Web Exclusive Preview: Trijicon ACOG

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posted on March 28, 2018
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Tonight on American Rifleman Television, we head to the Trijicon factory in Michigan to give you a behind-the-scenes look at how the firm makes the ACOG—Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight. Used by the U.S. military, more than 1 million ACOGs have been produced, and in this web exclusive, Brian Sheetz goes into detail about the construction of this ultra tough platform. 








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