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Holosun has been a role lately. They’ve been providing extremely high-quality red dot sights at relatively low prices. They’ve never really done anything super original or innovative. They kind of just do what works and sell it at a lower price. However, their latest optic, the Holosun AEMS, shows that they can be quite creative. […]
I have featured the Vortex Optics UH-1 on a few articles and this is my final review on it. It’s badass and I can’t imagine switching to something else… end of review. Just kidding. The UH-1 has been adopted by anyone and everyone that can get their hands on it as the go-to CQC/CQB optic. […]
Serious competition shooters have been mounting red dot sights to handguns for a long time. In many cases, one can look to competition shooters for future trends in pistol design and employment as competition shooters are often quick to try out and vet concepts to see if it aids in getting times down. It sometimes […]
The Slide, Improved by GGP I like Glock pistols and I like red dot sights. Optic sights on your combat gun allow for faster target transition, a wider field of view with both eyes open, quicker sight acquisition of your target, improved accuracy at close and long distances, and allow you to stay target focused. […]
In the following video, I take some time to flesh out some of the major pros and cons of mounting a red dot to a pistol. Mounting red dots on pistols is nothing new, however, in the last 10 or so years, they have begun to find themselves on duty guns. As this trend increases […]
Travis Haley is a veteran Force Reconnaissance Marine who needs little introduction. In many cases, Travis Haley has been at the forefront of innovation in the firearms world. When Travis Haley drops knowledge you’d do best to stop what you’re doing and listen to what he has to say. Featured image courtesy of Haley Strategic
XS Sights has been producing some excellent “irons” for a few years now, a set of which I was lucky enough to review a while back. Recently, I had my Glock 17 slide cut for a mini red-dot sight which meant my old sight set was no longer tall enough to see through the optic. Needing suppressor height […]
Holosun is a company known for making quality optics for those on a budget. The Holosun HS503 has the body of the Aimpoint micro, with the outer circle reticle of an EOtech with an inner bullet drop reticle. The outer circle reticle can be turned off it so suits you. With so many companies doing […]
As technology marches forward, the limits of what was once thought barely possible have been pushed farther and farther forward. One mile shots were once a thing of legend (or fantasy) but are now within the envelope for many shooters. Long range hunting used to mean 200 yards for many hunters, now we have marksmen […]
*Republished with permission from Hooks & Ammo As always – video first When I started designing the pistol (Red Dot Glock Build ) that I wanted to have built for competitions I had a few things in mind, the biggest being I really wanted a red dot. I just had to research and I just didn’t […]