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Bushnell Elite 1600 ARC

Bushnell Elite 1600 ARC rangefinder comes with the company's patented Angle Range Compensation (ARC) technology and a ranging performance out to 1,600 yards. The unit also has Variable Sight-in Distance (VSI) that allows shooters to set the holdover/bullet drop information for their rifle’s zero and select between 100, 150, 200 and 300 yard sight-in distances for accurate information at the push of a button. It has both bow and rifle modes, along with other handy settings for specific field uses.

May 03, 2011

Bushnell and Horus Vision HDMR Riflescope

The HDMR 3.5-21X 50mm riflescope is a joint offering with Bushnell Outdoor Products and Horus Vision meant for a wide variety of weapon platforms and multiple types of engagements. At roughly two pounds and 13 inches in length, the HDMR is one of the lightest and shortest 34mm tube scopes on the market. This scope comes in a 3.5-21x 50mm configuration and the first generation model features the patented Horus H58 reticle.

May 03, 2011

Uncle Mike’s Reflex Holster

Among the many innovative products designed for personal defense and tactical use at the 2011 NRA Annual Meetings in Pittsburgh, Pa., was the Uncle Mike's Reflex Holster. The Reflex is a polymer-molded concealed-carry holster with an internal retention lug that was designed to meet the challenge of performing with gross motor skill function in almost any condition.Dave Young from ARMA Training checks in from the Uncle Mike's booth with the company's new holster.

May 03, 2011

LifeLock at the Annual Meetings

LifeLock at the Annual Meetings

May 03, 2011

The Measure of Accuracy

I stumbled onto a new website not long ago. The author was doing a pretty good job of evaluating the usefulness of a number of handguns that appealed to him. With an open-mind approach, he was shooting the subject pistols and revolvers in a number of different exercises, including accuracy at 25 yards and controlled pairs at 7 yards. Since I have been doing pretty much the same thing for more than 25 years, I appreciate the effort that goes into doing this, but I sometimes wonder about the precision of the information I have developed and reported over the years.

May 03, 2011

Let There Be Light

After posting my last blog on My Home Gun, I was asked by a reader whether I preferred to have the light attached to my gun or held in my support hand. My answer to this question is yes.

May 03, 2011

New for 2011 from Taurus

New for 2011 from Taurus

May 03, 2011

Universal Coin & Bullion

Universal Coin & Bullion

May 02, 2011

Folds of Honor Foundation

Folds of Honor Foundation

May 02, 2011

Is Colt a Sleeping Giant?

Could it be the sleeping giant is stirring? Colt is sporting a prominent sign in its nicely appointed booth here at the NRA Annual Meeting in a vast exhibit hall. The sign says: “If it’s not a Colt, it’s a copy.”

May 02, 2011

ATI Gunstocks' 8-Sided Aluminum Fore-end and More

ATI Gunstocks' 8-Sided Aluminum Fore-end and More

May 02, 2011

Kahr CM9 and Baby Desert Eagle

Kahr CM9 and Baby Desert Eagle

May 02, 2011

Crossbreed Holsters

Crossbreed Holsters

May 02, 2011

The Holland & Holland Royal

Leave it to me, an unrepentant lover of all things African, to find the one and only classic English double rifle among the hundreds of exhibitors at the NRA Annual Meetings here in Pittsburgh. The gun is a Holland & Holland “Royal” that belonged to a colorful Englishman-cum-elephant hunter named Fletcher Jamieson. The present owner, Logan B. Reed of the Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Assn., was graciously allowing NRA members to shoulder this great old classic and look over the very same V-notch sights that old Fletcher once aimed at mighty tuskers in the Zambezi Valley.

May 01, 2011

Barrett MRAD, 107A1 and REC7

Barrett MRAD, 107A1 and REC7

May 01, 2011