Burris is keying into the tactical market with an interesting combination offer: Three packages, including a prism sight as well as either a top mounted red dot or a 3x magnifier. The packages even come in their own carry cases. From the press release: GREELEY, CO – Burris® helps tactical and competitive shooters get ready […]
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Of all the new products at SHOT Show, only one new product made me say “****, I never knew I needed this, but I do”. That product was the Leupold D-EVO Scope and so I am declaring it “the most impressive new product at SHOT Show 2015″. (This is my personal opinion. This award was not bought or paid […]
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Electronic gunsights, such as those developed by TrackingPoint, will become an increasingly important aspect of military and civilian small arms development in the coming years. Such optics have already given dramatic improvement to accuracy and hit probability in larger military systems, for example tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. While TrackingPoint’s system is clearly geared […]
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Weaponsman seems to think so: Iron sights are obsolete. Britain saw this one, and acted on it, before the United States did. (So did Germany, even earlier; but then they backed off). The plain truth is that iron sights are obsolete, outdated, dead; they’re not just resting or pining for the fjords. They’ve shuffled off their mortal coil and […]
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Leica, the international company known for their quality optics and camera lenses, is coming out with a new scope. It’s designed for long-range shots and features precise windage and elevation adjustments. MSRP not yet listed. From Leica: “The new Leica ER 6.5-26×56 LRS riflescope is packed with high-performance features designed for outstanding image quality, quick […]
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The Ruger 10/22 has been a popular rifle almost since the day of its inception, and despite the passage of decades its popularity remains. With that popularity comes the marketing of after market options such as these new sights from HIVIZ Shooting Systems. The new sights are designed to allow an exceptional amount of light […]
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Lucid has introduced their P7 4x Optic, a fixed-power low-magnification combat scope. Featuring a new reticle designed with a built-in BDC. Rather than orient the optic specifically to one loading and barrel length, the optic features 8 MOA drop dots, numbered on the right. The reticle is illuminated by a single AA battery is automatically […]
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While I am not a typical precision rifle shooter, I do occasionally go out and reach to the long ranges with a good bolt gun. Like many today, I was once confused on the two major systems for scope reticles that populate the market: Milliradians and Minutes-of-Angle. Precision Rifle Blog has an excellent write-up of […]
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Leapers UTG is now selling a new scope they’re advertising as being extremely versatile and capable of delivering an exceptional performance. We’re all familiar with the various optics available for many different needs, and now Leapers is saying they’ve come up with one that pretty much does it all. The new scope is the 2-16X44 […]
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Legacy Sports, the company known for their wide range of products including those from Howa and Citadel is coming out with a new rifle scope series. The new line is the Nikki Stirling Panamax Series, and the scopes being introduced were made specifically to deliver excellent performance at a lighter weight. There are three magnifications […]
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Recently, I was interviewed by my friend and gun author Robert Kay for his book on how to buy an AK. Bob asked me for a recommendation on an AK optic mount for one of his books chapters. Without hesitation, I said any of the RS Regulate’s AK-300 series of receiver side-rail optic mounts. RS […]
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A new scope from Legacy Sports promises a broader field of vision as well as a steadier view while being used at higher magnifications. According to the company this scope is designed specifically to be used with larger caliber rifles by being tailored to withstand stronger recoil. As with all Nikko Stirling line scopes there’s a lifetime warranty […]
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I recently did a TFB write-up on the inner working of the Chinese QBZ-95 bullpup. That piece plus my RS Regulate AK optic mounts and the new QBZ-95 optic articles got translated into Chinese and posted in some Mainland website as soon as they were up on TFB. That site didn’t bother to even put a link-back to […]
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The makers of “precision-guided firearms” appear to be in financial distress. RecoilWeb reports: TrackingPoint, Inc., maker of electro-optical, precision guided rifle systems has stopped taking orders. The company posted the following on their website this morning, “Due to financial difficulty TrackingPoint will no longer be accepting orders. Thank you to our customers and loyal followers […]
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Nikon has proven that not everything in the .308 or larger caliber world has to be that expensive. They have just released their P-308 riflescope, a dedicated BDC-reticle optic with 4-12x zoom and a 40mm objective lens. The BDC-800 reticle is specifically set-up for the .308 WIN 168-grain HBT Match bullet at 2,680 fps. The […]
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A prominent Russian blogger has published an extensive photo essay of the stages of production in Izhevsk on her blog. The article gives a full description of the various process’s the AKs go through in their production, but it is all in Russian and Google translating it makes it just barely readable so we’ve brought […]
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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were one of the first militaries to understand the importance of an optic equipped rifle for every infantryman. The standard reflex sight of the IDF is the Meprolight M21, but a select few in each unit are issued a specialized reflex sight with a built-in laser designator. The first in […]
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Released at the SHOT Show 2015, Minox USA introduced their new tactical line of optics and among those is the new ZP8 1-8x24mm model. For those that have never heard of the brand, Minox is a very old German optic maker and it has recently acquired Optronica, the German manufacturer of the 3-15x56mm sniper scope for the US Marine […]
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Whether you’re a hunter or a target shooter, you might need a scope for your handgun. Especially as hunters use their pistols to take down game on an increasing basis the need for good quality handgun scopes is increasing, and answering that call is Leapers/UTG. Earlier this year the company put out their very first […]
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The new riflescope’s rangefinder does more than just let you know how far away an object is, it also has a scanning feature so you can track targets on the move. In addition to the obvious cool factor of a built-in laser rangefinder this riflescope has a total of thirteen reticle options, each of which […]
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