It’s time to put your quad rail back in the fight – or probably just back in the hunt with the new Strike Picatinny to ARCA adapter. This handy inexpensive adapter quickly, easily, and reversibly takes your standard Picatinny rail section and adapts it to [Read More…]
Caldwell produces a wide range of shooting gear. From targets to rests to chronographs, they are a brand found in most sporting goods stores. One of their key product areas is shooting rests and sandbags. They also make the Precision Turret Rest, which is a hybrid [Read More…]
Tripod shooting is something that I’m relatively new to but also something that I see a lot of value in for hunters and precision shooters. While there are many options on the market, the new Vortex Switchback Carbon Fiber Tripod Kit offers you a lightweight [Read More…]
Athlon Optics MIDAS CF40 tripod is built for heavy rifles and hard use. The largest member of the MIDAS lineup, the CF40 features 10-layer carbon fiber legs designed to support up to 88 pounds. As someone who enjoys heavy rifles and tripod shooting, I was keen to [Read More…]
Vortex Optics just announced their new line of tripods for shooting, spotting, bird watching or scouting for game. The new line of tripods has several different price points to meet varied budgets and purposes. There are five tripods for the new line, of which the three [Read More…]
TFB have written about several interesting products from Really Right Stuff, like the Limited Visibility Spotter Kit, the BH-55 Ball Head, the Cinch-LR Bino Adapter and one of their larger tripods. They now have a new packable tripod called Ascend-14. It’s [Read More…]
Armageddon Gear, Buena Vista, Georgia (USA) has a new option for those who want to put some cosmetics on their tripod. I have a few of their bags for Precision Rifle Series-style shooting and have always liked their products and quality. Their new tripod caddy ables [Read More…]
Over the years I have seen several pictures of rifles on tripods, and finally, the temptation grew to get my own system. With some money to burn, I still wanted to keep the budget fairly low. I also wanted something light, so I decided to look for solutions made in [Read More…]
“The Ulfhednar (pronounced Ulf-heth-nar) were a group of Viking warriors. They wore wolf skin, and their own skin was black-died. Like the Berserkers, they preformed chants and ritual prior to battle to get in a “Berserker Rage”. Through adrenaline they became [Read More…]
“Limited Visibility Spotter Kit” – Just reading that makes me instantly want one, with all the gadgets (possibly more) in the photo above. Not that I really need one, but I could probably find a use for it. This is a new product from Really Right [Read More…]
Strike Industries has released their new LINK Tripod Adapter, which is intended to assist shooters with another firing position. This offering from Strike Industries aimed to attach to nearly all camera tripod connectors by mounting directly to a rifle equipped with [Read More…]
I met Steve of Mid-Evil a few years ago at the Big 3 East Media event. Back then Mid-Evil was trying to get awareness of their 360° VFG. It found use on Kel-Tec Shotguns and some ARs. To expand the line Steve added a QD pocket tripod system typically used for [Read More…]
Shooters have been utilizing camera tripods as shooting rests for a while now. The camera industry, as well as the firearm industry, has made the jump to carbon fiber to make lighter and stronger components. We will take a look at a relatively new-comer to the firearm [Read More…]
As an assistant mountain goat guide in Southeast Alaska there were two traits I really appreciated about certain hunters, being able to shoot accurately and packing light. The gear from Spartan Precision Equipment is oriented towards both of those virtues. To help [Read More…]
Joel tests out three of the top tripods used in long-range shooting. He shot in 4 different positions from 100 yards to 300 yards and finally, 600 yards in an effort to determine the pros and cons of each tripod system. Did one stand out above the rest? Watch Triple Tripod Test – 3 Of [Read More…]
Miles starts by examining the Cadex M2 Cradle Mount, designed for the Browning M2. On inspection of the mount we see the zero gravity capability and the ease of use provided for manipulating the Browning M2. On top of the Browning we notice the Cadex Kolos mount integrating a recoil mitigation [Read More…]
During the SHOT Show 2018, KNS Precision has introduced the second generation of their AR15/M16 Spade Grip. As the name implies, it is a spade grip conversion for the AR-15 type rifles. The Spade Grip installs on an AR-15 rifle with removed pistol grip and links the [Read More…]
Australian founded, U.S. operated Nightforce Optics is introducing some new products this year, especially for an optics company. Apart from the 7×35 ATAC-R, and CMP Service Rifle optic the company is bringing to market an interesting tripod with detachable legs for either hiking, shooting [Read More…]
Last week, Lancaster Police Department received a 911 phone call from a concerned citizen. The caller claimed that a gun man was armed with a minigun. The police showed up to the Griest Building looking for the suspect. They never found a gunman. What they did find was [Read More…]
Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) Manufacturing is introducing a new model of their tactical tripod: the TACT3 Accupoint. It is a tripod that “allows fine independent vertical and horizontal movement control of tactical optics weighing up to ten pounds”. [Read More…]
I actually never knew this was a “thing”… I am definitely intrigued. African Sporting Creations is the only company that manufactures wood and carbon fiber monopods, bipods and tripod shooting sticks in the USA backed up by an unconditional lifetime [Read More…]
CaptainBerz posted a three part video of how to make your own inexpensive tripod hog style saddle. The first video is just Berz and Nate talking about the benefits of shooting with a tripod and saddle. They did mention that shooters would use PVC pipe and cut it in [Read More…]
Ashbury Precision Ordnance Manufacturing (APO), a division of the Ashbury International Group, is coming out with a new shooting tripod, the RSTA-II Tripod Shooting System. It was designed with hunters and competitors in mind and adjusts for positions from sitting to [Read More…]
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