The HIPERTOUCH Enhanced Duty Trigger is a high-performance drop-in duty trigger upgrade for AR-15 and AR-10 rifles. The Enhanced Duty Trigger has user-adjustable trigger weights of 4½ and 5½ pounds. HIPERTOUCH has taken their match-trigger feel and put it into a duty-trigger weight at an affordable price. HIPERTOUCH triggers retain Eugene Stoner’s simple design elegance […]
Oakley Tombstone Eye Shields: Quick Look
Monday at the 2015 SHOT Show, Oakley Standard Issue introduced the Tombstone, a new system of eye protection for competitive shooting. While derivative of their military products, the Oakley SI Tombstone is optimized for competitive shooters with a wider, unobstructed field of view, a new rapid lens-exchange mechanism, and Oakley’s Prizm lens tint technology to […]
VG6 Precision’s EPSILON 556: First Impressions
I love the muzzle brake. I love the way guns that have them shoot, but the overpressure, flash enhancement, and noise they generate make them tactically unsound and impolite. Enter the VG6 EPSILON 556 combination muzzle brake and flash hider. The magicians at VG6 have reduced recoil and blast, making them fast-shooting, yet subtle. Designed with competition […]
Tridentis Tactical LR 308 Free Floating Rail: First Impression
The Tridentis Tactical LR 308 Free Floating Rail is everything you need and nothing you don’t. Quad rails tend to be heavy, expensive, and abrasive. Tube forends, by contrast, are lightweight, but you have to buy accessories to get the rail you need. Tridentis Tactical did all the thinking for you. With their LR 308 Free […]
Think Like a Green Beret: Problem Solving
Green Berets rely on their problem solving abilities to survive in combat. Much of SF selection seeks to assess this talent and the Special Forces qualification course develops and improves creativity. Many times, military problems must be solved with the application of force. Green Berets are not afraid to get their hands dirty, but they […]
Tech Sight’s 10/22 Adjustable Aperture Sights: First Impressions
If you want to have fun shooting, you have to be able to hit something. Tech Sights offer a replacement to the antique fixed sights on the ubiquitous Ruger 10-22 rifle with their modern adjustable aperture sights.  If you want to train your offspring or the extended family to shoot rifles, this combination of quality and […]
Timney 10/22 Trigger: First Impression
The Ruger 10/22 rifle is 50-year-old classic rifle everyone should own. Because of its simple design, reliability, and low price, it is the first semi-auto .22 rifle of choice for shooters across the fruited plains. Its modular design and abundant aftermarket lets you build the exact gun you want. Among the best of these additions is the […]
Think Like a Green Beret: Teamwork
From the dawn of man, our ancestors have trained recruits, established hierarchies, and cooperated to survive. Those skills are just as important today as they ever were. Green Beret soldiers are selected not only for their intelligence and skills, but also for their ability to lead and follow as the situation dictates. The Special Forces […]
Travis Haley SKIMMER Enhanced Carry Trigger System: First Impression
GlockTriggers.com has recently released a new custom drop-in trigger, the Travis Haley SKIMMER Enhanced Carry Trigger System, which they claim gives Glocks the performance of a stock 1911 using 100 percent OEM parts. They had me at OEM. It is a trigger job in a box for duty carry. When you open the cool tubular package, you […]
Sprinco Recoil-Management System First Impression
Sprinco USA Recoil Reducers manage impact forces on the handgun slide and frame interface to produce the optimum balance of recoil and reliability. A lot of science went into the design of the graduated sub-spring. They are engineered for each model of handgun to ensure normal cycling and reliability. Reduced slide-to-frame impact results in reduced […]