“Where art thou, Romeo?” Apparently, in SIG’s world, Romeo is everywhere. The SIG Romeo series of red dots has grown and evolved quite a bit. The Romeo5 has become the standard for budget red dots. Alongside the Romeo5, SIG also released the Romeo-MSR, another favorite budget-friendly red d...
In the world of pistol dots, there are two distinct camps: open emitter and enclosed emitter red dots. For a long period of time, I was a straight hater on enclosed emitters. My first experiences were with lower quality ones (not a good start), they didn’t fasten securely to the handguns I ...
We are awash in good-quality budget red dots these days. Optics like the ROMEO5 and the Holosun 403 provide an effective, albeit bare-bones, optical option for a fair price. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time when you had to decide between spending a mortgage payment on an Aimpoint or ...
Do you guys remember the dark ages of red dots? There was a time when the idea of a budget red dot meant you were stuck with that red dot from Call of Duty. If you didn’t have an Aimpoint, what’s the point? Times have changed, and now $100 can get you a SIG Romeo-MSR […] The post The Ro...
The Springfield Armory Echelon has been the darling of Geneseo, Illinois ever since its inception for innumerable reasons. The supremely-clever optics mounting system, texturing/stippling that borders on coming from a Custom Shop, a chassis design for ultimate modularity, and flat out performance...
The Springfield Armory Kuna packs a roller-delayed action, 6-inch threaded barrel, folding brace and two 30-round magazines into a compact 9mm platform. Mike Hardesty puts this Croatian-built PDW through its paces.
For years the original Crossfire was the default answer when somebody asked what red dot to hang on a first AR without spending real money. Vortex updated it earlier this month, and the Crossfire II lineup closes most of the gaps that had opened up between the old sight and the rest of the budget...