Product Reviews

Continuing my mission to experiment with more pistol dots and experience the options, today I'm looking at the Shield AMS. I was sufficiently impressed with the SIS2 that I wanted to go another route with Shield, a British company that often gets overlooked in the market. The AMS is their enclosed dot designed for full size pistols.

After several months, I'm dropping my review of the Shield Sights SIS2. The second generation of their Switchable Interface Sight. Shield is a UK-based company that has a long history in electro-optics, especially miniaturized ones. Despite that, most people aren't familiar with their long-gun oriented optics originally designed for the UK Ministry of Defense. So here's your introduction.

In my effort to continue diving down the pistol optics rabbit hole, but also avoiding things made in China, I came across an interesting family of pistol dots from Meprolight: the MPO series. So I grabbed the full size open emitter version, the MPO-F, and mounted it to my recently purchased rimfire pistol to have a go. Here are my thoughts so far.

Today we're looking at a pair of binoculars I've had in my possession for a bit over two months. I've been in the market for a higher end observation tool, be it a spotter or binoculars, and got a chance to look at the Maven B.5 18x56 binoculars first- and man it's a high bar to set for others. Of course, that comes with a premium cost, too. Let's get into the review.

I started down the, so now let's take a formal review of the gun itself. This is my review of the B&T GHM9. We'll look at what I thought out of the box as well as what I've done to "make it mine" along the way. Buckle up, this is a long one.

I've been doing enough "serious" rifle and pistol evaluation that I've run into issues with chronograph selection. The ons I already had simply weren't cutting it for my situation. So, I did what I usually vouch against: spend some money to solve the problem. In this case, I picked up the recently-released Garmin Xero C1 Pro radar chronograph, and these are my thoughts on it so far.

For years, I've been on the hunt for my "perfect" magazine pouch, to no avail. Several things came close, but didn't quite get there. I even went so far as to start talking about custom work with gear makers. That is until a couple of months ago when Savotta put up a social media post that seemed to be the answer. Today, I'm reviewing that mag pouch, which just might be my favorite ever.

This is my ongoing "live" review of the Primary Arms GLx 3-18x44 rifle scope. Nearly purpose-built for tactical rifles serving in an SPR/DMR role, it's got a lot of intelligent features and a great price point for what it offers. So how does it stack up for me?

The Rival is Canik’s first competition-focused gun and is supposed to be ready to compete in USPSA, IPSC and IDPA out of the box. This is close to true, as that box is loaded with accessories.

There was a time where ammo was cheap, but those days are gone. The CoolFire Trainer allows you to train with your carry gun for the price of cheap .22lr in the comfort of your own home and on your own schedule. But after nearly 18 months of ownership, do I think it's worth it? Let's discuss.

When you talk about electronic hearing protection, most people either think "cheaper" like the ubiquitous Howard Leights or "Super Expensive" like Peltor Comtacs and Ops-Core AMPs. Today I'm looking at another American-made option you might not know about, the Otto Noizebarrier Range SA.

The Swampfox Trihawk is a 3x magnified prism optic intended for tactical usage by law enforcement and prepared citizens. It sports a best-in-class field of view, great optical clarity, and battery-powered illumination. At about a quarter of the price of an ACOG, will it become my go-to recommendation for people looking at prism optics? Let's take a look.