Official History of Optics and Firearms Mark Butler Fire Lances Before thermal optics, night vision, red dot lasers, rifles, riflescopes, handguns, cannons and rudimentary muskets, there were fire lances. Fire lances were the proto-gun, the 10th century ancestor of all modern firearms. Fire lances were essentially spears with explosive bags of gunpowder at […]
New from Pulsar Thermal Imaging SHOT Show 2019
We checked out Pulsar’s new thermal monocular the Axion and the new thermal scope the Thermion. Thermion First things first, we’re not sure why we think it’s so super cool that the new Thermion thermal scope looks like a traditional riflescope, but it really is. We’re especially impressed with the customizable reticle and color palette […]
Affordable Quality Red Dots Do Exist! The Sightmark A-SPEC is a Keeper!
I had the opportunity to take my first tactical carbine class recently where we were given Sightmark’s new line of red dot sights to try out. Generally, I’m an iron sights gal myself—preferring the old-school method of aiming. I’m pretty sure this is due to my experience with red dots in the past. I’ve had […]