Mounting Your Red Dot Sight: The Screws Matter
If there’s a downside or Achilles heel to red dots on pistols versus good old irons, it’s the requirement to use threaded screws to secure either the mounting plate and/or the optic itself to the slide.
Optics
How to Protect Your Red Dot (and Other Colors Too)
OpticGard now has optional add-on lens covers that they call their “GlareGard.”
Maven RS4.2 Riflescope’s New Locking Turret Design
The upgrades that make this more than just an RS.4 are the new emphasis on dialing precision as well as a focus on user convenience in a package suited to high-stakes environments like PRS or NRL competitions.
Leupold’s New VX-4HD Line of Second Focal Plane Rifle Scopes
Built ultra-rugged to shrug off recoil and extreme weather, the VX-4HD gives you everything you need in one scope—performance, value, and durability.
Vortex’s RECCE Pro HD 8×32 Monocular
For a while now, we’ve been heading down the road of smaller, lighter, more compact gear. And that’s awesome… except
Vortex’s New Ultra-Affordable Triumph Red Dot Sight
The Triumph 2 MOA red dot is a simple, straightforward optic designed to help new and recreational shooters get going quickly, with a focus on practical features. In this case, less is more.
Gear Review: Vortex Venom Enclosed Micro Red Dot Sight
In 2025, Vortex launched new lines of enclosed-emitter red dots, available in the Defender and Venom series. Why offer two
You Need to Zero Your Pistol Red Dot…But At What Distance?
The 9mm cartridge is very flat-shooting at practical self-defense ranges. If you wanted to zero your optic at five or ten yards, your results wouldn’t be all that different.
Vortex Talon HD 10K 12X50 Rangefinding Binoculars
Vortex Optics is doubling down on electro-optics and intraplatform connectivity. Their latest release is the Talon HD 10K laser rangefinding binoculars that function within Vortex’s Relay ecosystem.
SHOT 2026: Meprolight Gets Greener
Meprolight is a great optics company known for their clear glass, reliable performance, and user-friendly designs (that last one really