One more from our friend Chris Enloe at Aimpoint. He gave us a detailed look at the Micro T1, a popular sight with SEALs, other spec ops and some Rangers. One of the things he mentioned off camera was that snipers like to use the Micro T1 as a side-mounted sight to help acquire closer […]
From the monthly archives:
January 2010
We spoke with reps at rifle sight maker Aimpoint at the media day shoots on Monday, and learned a little about their recently-released Comp M4S, which takes the current M4H and tweaks it a bit to make it more rugged, easier to use and help the battery life. It’s a popular sight (over 500K fielded […]
Unable to resist the draw of cool new camouflage patterns, I was drawn like from a Death Star tractor beam to the small setup belonging to a company called Special Operations Department — an inartful name, for sure, until you meet the product technical manager Max Valente and realize his company is Italian. Max showed […]
Military.com has a story coming out this afternoon on the whole Trijicon bible verse controversy. Since I’m at SHOT, I figured I’d start the company’s day off right by popping by their booth first thing to ask why in God’s green earth they put bible verses on their ACOG weapons sites fielded to US military […]
Greetings from Las Vegas. Military.com associate editor Greg Grant and I are attending this year’s SHOT Show in Vegas and we had an opportunity to demo some of the hottest products from vendors today at the couple ranges outside the gambling mecca. One of the most interesting themes we ran across was the change in […]
