Tag: Firearms

With thermal imaging, the night is no longer your friend

  A rather horrifying video clip has emerged, allegedly showing Taliban marksmen taking down Afghan troops at night with the aid of thermal imaging riflescopes.  If you’d like to see it, click over to Solomon’s place and follow the Twitter link he provides.  WARNING:  It’s graphic.  Definitely not for the squeamish. The screen capture below… Continue reading With thermal imaging, the night is no longer your friend

Follow-up on those scope power ring levers

  A couple of days ago I wrote about the use of a “Coaster”, an item of fishing gear, to make an ad-hoc throw lever for a telescopic sight’s power ring.  A lot of readers seem to be looking into that, with much success. However, Tom G. wrote to describe an issue with his extended-eye-relief… Continue reading Follow-up on those scope power ring levers

A really useful accessory for rifle telescopic sights

  I’m sure many readers interested in the shooting sports are familiar with the “throw lever” sometimes integrated into the power ring (i.e. the adjustment ring to vary the magnification) of telescopic sights.  They look something like this example, sticking up from the power ring of a Swampfox Optics Arrowhead tactical scope.  (Click any image… Continue reading A really useful accessory for rifle telescopic sights

Don’t get shot by police if you’re the good guy!

  I’m sure many of my readers remember the recent tragic death of Johnny Hurley, who stopped an active shooter, but was then killed by responding police officers because he had picked up the shooter’s rifle, and was assumed by them to be the guilty party. Greg Ellifritz, whom we’ve met in these pages before,… Continue reading Don’t get shot by police if you’re the good guy!

A final reminder about our Glock raffle

  Our raffle for up to two Glock pistols and accessories (depending on the number of entries received – so far, 57 have come in) has just 12 days left to run before it closes on July 20th.  Entries received after that date will not be eligible, and will be returned to sender. I strongly… Continue reading A final reminder about our Glock raffle

A blast from the military past: “The M16 is a good rifle”

  I’m obliged to Matt Bracken for republishing an article from The American Rifleman magazine’s January 1969 issue.  The author of that article was a Captain in the US Army at the time.  He wrote it to try to counter the reams of negative publicity surrounding the then-relatively-new M16 rifle.  It holds a lot of… Continue reading A blast from the military past: “The M16 is a good rifle”

Heads up for shooters – online bargains to be had

  I want to give a shout-out to an online shooting sports vendor I’ve come to like over the past year.  RightToBear.com is a veteran-owned business based in Florida.  They have a lot of the usual products on their Web site, with some better deals than most on AR-15 accessories like barrels, etc.  (If you’re… Continue reading Heads up for shooters – online bargains to be had

Fielding some questions about AR-15 pistols

  With the publication for comment of the ATF’s proposed new restrictions on AR-15 pistols, a number of readers have contacted me, asking what they can do to prepare for the new regulations.  There are several practical steps one can take, and of course they all depend on whether or not the regulations are implemented… Continue reading Fielding some questions about AR-15 pistols