Optics and Sights

SpecterOS 4X Combat Sights

ELCAN produces high-resolution optical lenses for visual reconnaissance, night-vision equipment, and other sighting systems for many NATO militaries. They got their start in 1954, when ELCAN began supplying aircraft gun sights to the Canadian military. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy used an ELCAN camera system based on Leica’s technology, with a specially made low-light Noctilux lens. […]

Vortex Scope Survives Explosion And Saves Its Owner

I saw this on the Vortex Facebook Page and wanted to share. If you reload or shoot reloads, check twice. “This was my Savage 111LRH 338 Lapua I had accidentally loaded it with Hodgdon H-110 handgun powder instead of H-1000 rifle powder so when I touched it off the whole gun blew up like a […]

Sightmark Debuts its First Hybrid Night Vision Riflescope

Sightmark® Debuts its First Hybrid Night Vision Riflescope Sightmark out of (MANSFIELD, TEXAS) – released the Photon 5×42 Digital Night Vision Riflescope. They took a daytime riflescope, removed the objective lens, and replaced it with a cutting-edge night vision attachment. The unit comes complete with a CCD sensor and built-in infrared illuminator and it is also capable […]

L-3 Insight’s Thermal Sight

A handheld or weapon mounted thermal sight that works well in rain, smoke, snow and of course total darkness. The Light Weapon Thermal Sight (LWTS) sports a 640 X 480 uncooled micro bolometer which means nothing unless you look up “bolometer” which is a device for measuring the power of radiation. The LWTS allows for […]

Talon Horus Optics!

I am often asked, “What reticle do you use on your carbines?” and “What do you think about the Horus Optics/reticle?”. I came across the Talon Horus Optic this weekend and decided to give my views, along with my experience with the Horus reticle as a short/medium and long-range shooter. The Talon scope, and H50 […]

Vortex Viper PST 1-4x

A few months ago I was searching for the perfect optic to outfit my new LWRC SPR platform. I was having a hard time finding an optic that would fit the demands of everything I wanted to be able to do with the rifle. When I decide to purchase or have a rifle built I […]