Optic Review: Meopta MeoPro 4.5-14x44mm HTR Riflescope
The MeoPro series by Meopta includes riflescopes, binoculars and spotting scopes that are made in Meopta’s USA facility located in upstate New York. Being modest about it, Meopta uses the term...
View ArticleOptic Review: DI Optical RV1 Red-dot sight
DI Optical is a South Korean optic manufacturer that have been around for 25 years. Their main products are various gunsights for auto-cannons and crew-served weapons. Those bigger DI Optical weapon...
View ArticleReview: LaRue MBT Trigger
LaRue Tactical, a high-end manufacturer of resetting target systems, Quick-Detachable optic mounts and AR precision rifles, began producing their own 2-stage trigger design in 2015. Named the MBT-2S,...
View ArticleBeretta BM59, De-Mil RPG-2 launcher & Valkyrie Revolvers (IO Writers Event 2016)
It was late September 2016, and I was again invited to visit I.O. Inc. in Palm Bay, Florida for their 3rd annual Writer’s Event. The event showcased I.O. Inc.’s upcoming products and touring their...
View ArticleOptic Review: Primary Arms Advanced Series Red-Dot Sight
Primary Arms, a popular online retailer of optics and gun accessories, introduced their own line of affordable optics a few years back. The Advanced Series is their full-size red-dot sight models. The...
View ArticleOptic Review: Torrey Pines Logic T12-M Mini Thermal Imager
During the last Big 3 Media Event in Daytona Florida, I was introduced to a mini thermal imager made by Torrey Pines Logic. While it may look like a mini red-dot sight, the Torrey Pines T12-M is...
View ArticleOptic Review: Zeiss Conquest DL Scopes
The Zeiss Conquest DL series is an update of the Zeiss Duralyt series that was released a few years ago. Scopes of both series are made for the hunting and sporting market. The optical design remained...
View ArticleMagpul AK Furniture, a long term report
For the last few months, I have been using Magpul AK polymer furniture on my Kalashnikov rifle. The Magpul polymers transformed my Krebs special edition Early Afgan War pattern AK74 to something a bit...
View ArticleGun Review: Lancer L30 LTR Precision Rifle
Lancer Systems is known for their high quality polymer magazines for ARs and other small arms. A few years ago, Lancer entered the accessories market with their carbon-fiber furniture and flared...
View ArticleAlexander Arms’ Expanding 300 Blackout Subsonic Ammunition and Ulfberht Upgrades
The 300 Blackout caliber has become the second most popular caliber for the AR-15, after the 5.56mm/.223 Remington caliber. What the 300 Blackout caliber especially excels in is firing subsonic...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: DI Optical EG1 and DCL-120
DI Optical is a relatively new name at the Shot Show and the US commercial market. However, the South Korea based optic maker have been building military optics for machine gun, automatic grenade...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: Aimpoint’s new 3X and 6X magnifiers
Aimpoint, a maker of red-dot sights for the US military, updated their magnifier lineup during Shot Show 2016. Aimpoint was the first optic company that developed a magnifier to use with their red-dot...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: Burris XTR II 1-8x24mm Riflescope
Burris XTR II 1-8x24mm is the 3rd 1-8x scope released at Shot Show 2016. I have previously reviewed the 1-5x24mm model of the Burris XTR II series and I found it to be an excellent performer for the...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: ELCAN Holographic Combat Optic
Elite Defense, a distributor of tactical accessories, displayed a prototype holographic weapon sight that’s made by ELCAN. The sight is named the Specter HCO (Holographic Combat Optic) by ELCAN....
View ArticleShot Show Optics: Hi-Lux CMR8 1-8x26mm Tactical Scope
During Shot Show 2016, there were three optic companies introducing their new 1-8x scope. The second of those is Hi-Lux Optics with their new CMR8 1-8x26mm model. I did a preview of the Hi-Lux CMR8...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: EOTech 1-6x24mm
EOTech introduced their new line of conventional rifle scopes during Shot Show 2016. I was told that they have been working on this for the past three years. The new EOTech rifle scopes will be made in...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: Dedicated AK Optic from Browe and RS Regulate
For SHOT 2016, Browe Optics and RS Regulate collaborated in the development of a low bore height magnified optic for the AK platform. The specially made Browe sight is machined with a lower mount base...
View ArticleShot Show Optics: Zeiss Victory V8 1-8x30mm Riflescope
Zeiss introduced the new Victory V8 8-fold optic line at the Shot 2016. All four models are part of Zeiss’ top-of-the-line Victory series. Of the four, I had some range time with the 1-8x30mm model...
View ArticleWPA Steel Case 6.5 Grendel Ammo
It seems like WPA and Alexander Arms have been working on a steel case 6.5 Grendel forever. When it was finally released about a year ago, the steel case 6.5 Grendel was hard to find. Alexander Arms...
View ArticleOptic Review: Burris XTR II 1-5x24mm Tactical Scope
The original Burris XTR 1-4x24mm is one of the best 1-4x tactical scopes on the market. Recently Burris replaced the 1-4x model with a much improved 1-5x24mm XTR Gen 2 model. It’s interesting that...
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