Springfield Echelon VIS: The Smartest Optic Mount Going
The Springfield Echelon VIS mounts most optics straight to the slide, no adapter plate needed. Here's why it works, plus two holsters built for it.
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Colt Optics Launches Three New Red Dot Sights and Magnifier
Colt Electro Optics LLC announced its first family of red dot optics on June 29, 2026, according to a press release. The Michigan-based company introduced three products: the MRS-1 pistol red dot, the CSQ-1 rifle red dot, and the C3X-1 3x magnifier. All three optics are designed, engineered, and ...
TFB Review: Vortex Venom Enclosed 6 MOA Micro Red Dot
The newest trend in handgun optics is enclosed emitters over the last several years. As the industry leans into incremental changes and improvements to make optics, handguns, and our shooting experience better, many optic manufacturers believe enclosed emitters are the way. Vortex Optics has anno...
The Rimfire Report: Celebrating 75 Years of CCI — A Trip to Lewiston
There are media event trips, and then there are the kind of trips that remind you why you fell in love with this industry in the first place, and continue to sacrifice much to keep working in it. My recent visit to Lewiston, Idaho, to participate in CCI Ammunition's celebration of its 75th a...
TFB Review: XS Sights Walther PDP Tritium Sight Set & RMR Optic Plate
The Walther PDP has quickly become a pistol of choice for all manner of applications: defense, recreation, and competition. Like many stock handguns though, it can leave much to be desired in the way of iron sights and even the adaptation of optics. So, in this TFB Review, we are going to take a ...
EOTech EXPS2-0 Holographic Sight Deal: Now $529.99
Palmetto State Armory has the EOTech EXPS2-0 68 MOA Holographic Sight marked down to $529.99, saving shooters $270 on a proven compact optic with a QD mount, side controls, and EOTech’s popular 68 MOA ring with 1 MOA center dot.
TFB Review: Vortex Optics Viper Shotgun Enclosed Micro Green Dot
Red dots - and green ones, too - have been the future of many firearm platforms in recent years; especially handguns. One of the most clever innovations that I have witnessed from an optics company in recent years is the shotgun dot. The Vortex Optics Viper Shotgun Enclosed Dot has such a clever ...
After Hemani, Bruen’s History and Tradition Test Has a New Target
The Supreme Court’s Hemani decision reinforces a simple constitutional reality: the government cannot restrict the right to keep and bear arms unless it can prove the restriction fits America’s historical tradition.
Should I Put Optics on My 1911 (or Not)?
I love 1911 handguns. There is something about the short and light trigger that helps me shoot 1911 pistols more precisely than any other pistol platform. Quite simply, the 1911 pistol hits “home” with me. The craftsmanship engineered into a 1911 supersedes other semi-auto pistols by far for ...
Revision Military Expands European Manufacturing Capability with Assembly Operations in Poland
KETRZYN, POLAND, June 24, 2026 – Revision Military, a global leader in ballistic eyewear and protective systems, announces the expansion of its manufacturing footprint with the launch of assembly operations in Ketrzyn, Poland. The new assembly line supports the production of select Revision...