One of the easiest things to personalize on a handgun is the sight system. There are a zillion sighting options on the market, each promising to be the ideal solution, so how do you decide? You’ll find post and notch solutions, fiber optics, u-notch, straight eight, and red dots, just to name a few. Heck, […]
Will Standard Pistol Sights Ever Change?
When it comes to smartphones, no one blinks when new models violate tradition and the “old way” or doing things. So, when we hear that the new iDroid X++ will inject cranial microchips so you can thought control those Angry Bird slingshots, our response is, “Cool! That sounds like a handy feature, I can’t wait […]
Review: Trijicon REAP-IR Thermal Optic
Once you go thermal, you’ll never go back… I first got my hands on thermal optics about five years ago, in the form of a thermal monocular, and was impressed by thermal imaging and its tactical potential. Since then, I’ve used a variety of thermal monoculars and riflescopes for scouting, identifying and tracking warm-blooded targets. […]
What You Need to Know When Buying a Scope
Whether for hunting, competition, tactical, or plinking, there are some basic scope attributes common across virtually any magnified optic. Read the rest: What You Need to Know When Buying a Scope | OutdoorHub
A New Red Dot Choice: The Crimson Trace CTS-1000
Crimson Trace gets into the optics business… The laser recently made a big splash in the more traditional optics world. Over the past year they have not so quietly produced a family of red dot sights and a related family of traditional rifle scopes. I guess if you started out in the “aiming” business it […]
Are The New XS DXT2 Big Dot Pistol Sights a Better Mousetrap?
Years ago, the folks at XS Sights caused quite a ruckus on the internet when the introduced their Big Dot sights. Now they’ve upped their game with introduction of the XS DXT2 Night Sights. Since the beginning of time, when station wagons roamed the earth, pistols have been equipped with the traditional notch and post […]
New Rifle Scopes from Crimson Trace
America’s top brand of laser sights, Crimson Trace®, today announced the company is now shipping several models of riflescopes to dealers across America. These feature-packed riflescopes are designed to meet the needs of tactical, long range, hunting, and recreational firearms enthusiasts. The riflescopes include the 1-4X24mm, the 4-20X50mm, and the 5-25X56mm long-range tactical riflescope. Each […]
New Red Dot Sights From Crimson Trace
America’s top brand of laser sights, Crimson Trace®, today announced that several models of its recently released line of electronic sights for pistols and long guns are now widely available in retail outlets, stores and ranges across America. These innovative sights are designed to meet the needs of 3-gun competitors, home defenders, hunters and recreational […]
Sightmark 5-30×50 Pinnacle Riflescope Operations Review
If you tuned in last month, then you already know that one of you is going to become the proud owner of a Ruger Precision Rifle chambered in 6.5mm Creedmoor when that new rifle and scope giveaway begins in a few weeks. [enter our Current Giveaway, while you wait.] During our testing, the Precision Rifle is proving to be […]
First and Second Focal Plane in Rifle Scopes for Dummies
When you hear terminology like “focal plane” it sounds like serious physics is about come at you like an amped up spider monkey, but it’s actually a pretty simple concept. Here’s why. The reticle that you see through a scope is a physical thing. Back in the day, reticles were made from actual Wooly Mammoth […]