Gear Review: Primary Arms 6X ACSS .22 LR Scope
March 11, 2014: the U.S. Patent Office approves a patent for the Advanced Combat Sighting System, or ACSS. This novel reticle design combines near-instant, intuitive ranging of human targets out to 800 yards with...
Gear Review: ATN X-Sight Digital Day/Night Optic
There are few things in this world cooler than night-vision optics, and next to a Batman-style grappling hook I can’t think of many gadgets I’ve wanted more since I was a little kid. Unfortunately,...
Gear Review: Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 10x 42mm Tactical Monocular
I like to spend my time in the outdoors looking around. Occasionally, I find something far away that I want to check out, and reach for a magnified optic. Unfortunately, most magnified optics are...
Gear Review: LUCID L5 Rifle Scope
At SHOT Show this January I begged, borrowed, or bought a few goodies that came home in my suitcase. The two that I was most excited about were the MagnetoSpeed V3 Chronograph and the...
Gear Review: Bushnell Elite Tactical DMR 3.5-21X – 50mm
A wise man once told me that I'd be best served by spending my hard earned shekels buying an expensive optic and putting it on a cheap gun versus buying a cheap optic and...
Gear Review: TRUGLO 30mm Triton Red Dot Sight
Usually, when you think of red dot rifle optics, it means one thing: big money. From Aimpoint's wide selection to Trijicon's RMR and even the Redfield line of Leupold red dots, small things don't...
Gear Review: Norman Gray’s Top 5 AR-15 Iron Sights
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- In my time, I used iron sights on my military issued M-16A2 simply because EOTech and Aimpoint didn’t exist. Fast forward 26 years and every civilian shooter, soldier and law enforcement officer has one...
Gear Review: Warne Maxima 7.3/22 QD Scope Rings
I love my Ruger American Rimfire. A lot. So much so that I end up shooting it more than my Appleseed compliant 10/22. Even with .22LR prices what they are, it is still a...
Gear Review: Redfield Accelerator Red Dot
I had just been looking at the Redfield Accelerator when Nick wrote about the Meopta Meosight III red dot. He mentioned the accelerator a few times in comparison and I liked what I saw...
Gear Review: SWFA SS HD 1-6×24
When I was putting together my gear plan for the Pecos Run n Gun, I knew I'd need a speciality optic. One of the stages goes to 400 yards and my eyes have never...
Gear Review: Bushnell Elite Tactical SMRS 1-6.5×24
Perhaps the biggest improvement to the basic M-16/AR-15 design was the move away from the integral hand guard in favor of a more optic-friendly “flattop” design featuring M1913 Picatinny rails adorning the upper receiver....
Gear Review: Seek Thermal Camera
Thermal optics are amazing. Using a part of the light spectrum that we can't see, they can turn a pitch black night into virtual daytime, showing us a completely new level of detail. The...