TRUGLO continued to expand its offering for sights and optics at the annual SHOT Show this year. Two of the new items that caught our attention were the TRU-TEC 20mm and TRU-TEC 30mm red-dot optics. The 20mm version is a nice compact red dot that won't add a lot of weight to your rifle, but will still provide excellent aiming and reflex shooting capability. The 30mm version not … [Read more...]
EOTech Adds Vudu 1-6x24mm Scope
EOTech came out with their new Vudu 1-6x24mm rifle scope at SHOT Show this year. The Vudu is a first focal plane, variable magnification rifle scope, mostly targeted to the AR-15 or similar rifle. The design captures the best features of a reflex sight, with the advantages of a variable magnification rifle scope. Though a little late to the heavy push for these scopes in the … [Read more...]
Glock MOS Expands to G17 and G19!
Last year Glock announced the introduction of their Modular Optic System (MOS) pistols. At the time, the only Glock pistols included in this very nice configuration were the long slide models - 34, 35, 40, and 41. At this year's SHOT Show Glock is expanding the MOS line with the Glock 17 and Glock 19 MOS options. This is a game changer for Glock as they introduce vastly more … [Read more...]
Sightmark Ultra Shot Reflex Sights
Sightmark Ultra Shot Series Reflex Sights Sightmark continues to expand on their line of reflex sights, and I was glad to visit their booth at SHOT Show this year. I'll be posting articles on a couple of Sightmark's new products in coming weeks, but I wanted to take a moment to review the Ultra Shot series of reflex sights that have been on the market for a few years … [Read more...]
EoTech 558.A65 Night Vision Reflex Sight
EOTech, a division of L3 Technologies, is one of the world leaders for red dot, or reflex weapons sights. The BlueSheepDog Crew has already completed an article on the EOTech 518, and now it is time to look at the new EOTech 558, night vision compatible holographic weapon sight (HWS). The EOTech 558 can be viewed as a mission-specific upgrade to the similar model 518. … [Read more...]
Meprolight Tru-Dot RDS
Meprolight of Israel is distributed through the Mako Group in America, and have been producing high quality accessories and optics for military, law enforcement, and civilian markets for many years. Meprolight products have proven themselves in battle during use by several units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The optics sold in America are designed to meet Mil-Spec … [Read more...]
Leupold D-EVO (Dual Enhanced View Optic)
During SHOT Show this year I was only able to briefly visit the Leupold booth, and in my casual look around I totally missed this gem. Leupold has released their D-EVO (Dual Enhanced View Optic), which is an incredible advancement in AR-15 patrol rifle optics for police officers. Obviously, the D-EVO optic has a much broader reach to competition, sport, and hunting shooters as … [Read more...]