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I seldom do posts pertaining to product availability, but in this crazy market we live in, getting some of the AK and AR rifles and products has been interesting. I accidentally noticed that Palmetto has their AK-103 clone miraculously in stock. Not sure for how long. This gun uses the FN barrel, presumably the same […]
I’ve been talking about the Optika6 riflescopes for a little while now and figured I should sorta summarize my thoughts. I have not tested any low powered Optika6 scopes. The scopes I have tested are one 3-18×50 with MRAD1 reticle and two 5-30×56 with MRAD reticle. I designed these reticles for Meopta, but I did […]
Element Optics is a fairly new riflescope company. They are backed by FX Airguns, which is a pretty decent recommendation right there. FX makes exemplary airguns. I met with them during SHOT earlier this year. They seemed like a good group of people, so I figured once they have something to look at I should […]
I’ve been busy as all get out with no time to write anything significant, so I figured a short update is worthwhile. I published my video review of the Leica PRS 5-30×56 riflescope and the full write-up will follow as soon as I get a little time. Hopefully not too long. Here is the Youtube […]
Flashlights is not something I write about a whole lot, but that is a mistake I am going to rectify going forward. I own a ton of flashlights and use them quite extensively and frequently. Some are weapon mounted and some are handheld. I have flashlights from Surefire, Streamlight, Inforce, 4Sevens and a few others. […]
I get asked questions about different brands all the time and, recently, Hensoldt came up a few times. Hensoldt is kind of an odd duck in the civilian market. The brand is very famous and has been around for a long time. It really gets a lot of the mystique from how deeply integrated it […]
By ILya Koshkin Late last year I somehow managed to convince my wife to go take a rifle class with me at Frontsight. The class is basically a close range carbine class that focuses on the fundamentals of aiming and presentation with vast majority of the shooting done within 50 yards off hand. There is […]
I stumbled onto this excellent piece by The New Rifleman. That right there is an excellent does of reality: Also, the Everyday Marksman started looking at the Meopta Optika6 5-30×56 with my reticle in it. I value his opinion, so I am really happy to see he likes my reticle: On an unrelated note, just […]
A few months ago, I stared compiling a list of video explanations I need to put together: http://opticsthoughts.com/?p=2574 Then, life happened and I did not get to do most of those. I did address some and over the course of the next few weeks I plan to do some more. Please let me know if […]
It is official. Element Optics website went live and it looks like they have a good number of scopes out in the reviewer’s hands. I had a nice meeting with these guys at SHOT and I really liked what I saw. The key people behind the brand are smart, well funded and full of energy. […]
