Gear Review: The Device MK 1 Mod 0 Upper Receiver Fixture (M16/AR-15)
Just about a year ago now I was in the back shop at C.a.r. Firearms, just south of Seattle, when a robust, blocky, yet sleek-looking item caught my eye. It consisted of two parts...
Is Your Local Gun Shop Helping or Hurting the Cause?
Over the last few years my involvement in the 2A community has been quite enlightening. One of the realities I have become more and more aware of is that our tendencies as human beings...
Gear Review: Burris AR-F3 Mount for FastFire 3 Red Dot Sights
Most shooters have at least one build that will never be complete. Many times these are the firearms we shoot and train with the most. Just as often, it's our "fun guns" or those...
Optics Review: ACME Machine 6-24x50mm FFP TR Scope
Reader Ken Whitmore writes:
ACME Machine is a relatively new entrant in the firearm parts, accessories, and optics business. They've been around for a couple of year now, while their parent company, Global Precision Parts...
Optic Review: Atibal Nomad 3-12×44 With V-Plex BDC Reticle
A little over a year ago I asked TTAG for a decent, low cost scope to use for rifle reviews. I'd gotten pretty tired of pulling scopes off of my own rifles for one review after...
Gear Review: XSKEL30TW Gen 2 Extended Skeletonized 30mm MSR Mount
I was recently forced into a refresher course in scope mount quality when, at five inch-pounds shy of the maximum torque rating, I unexpectedly stripped the cross-bolts on a sixty-dollar Primary Arms Deluxe AR15...
Optic Review: Primary Arms 4-14X44 ACSS DMR/HUD Riflescope
It’s pretty impressive how far budget optics have come. For the first in a series of budget optic reviews, I put the Primary Arms 4-14X40 ACSS DMR/HUD riflescope through its paces. The Chinese-made manufacturer...
Gear Review: Leupold VX-Freedom 1.5-4×20 Duplex Reticle Scope
I’ve rarely been dissatisfied with Leupold optics. Their consistent quality and durability are characteristics I have come to rely on throughout the years. For certain, that gold ring carries some weight.
In late January 2018 Leupold...
EOTech’s New Vudu 5-25 Super-Short Scope and Green EXPS2 Holographic Sights
EOTech was showing off two in-store-for-summer products at NRA last weekend. The first is the latest addition to their Vudu line of scopes, the impressive 5-25x50 Super Short, perfect for mounting on an...
New From SIG SAUER: Ballistic Data Xchange (BDX) System
Possibly the most exciting new product released at the 2018 NRA show is a system called BDX from SIG SAUER. It links rangefinder, smart phone, and riflescope to instantly provide ballistic holdovers inside of...
New AR Optics from Bushnell
Bushnell has been one of the better-known optics companies in the gun industry for more than 65 years. Since they became a subsidiary of Vista Outdoors several years ago they’ve continued to grow and...
Wells Fargo Dumps Tactical Night Vision Company…Because Guns
Citibank recently made news by announcing arbitrary restrictions on firearms-related merchants who hold accounts with them. Now, it Wells Fargo has quietly made a similar move, dumping Tactical Night Vision Company, citing the company's "profile"...