Gear Reviews

Well, Christmas is a time of joy, thankfulness and for wishful thinking. A wish list may be things you want, though not necessarily need. So here are a few items to wish for, some are “Go big or go home” items, while others are a little more down to earth.

It is once again that time of year, Christmas season. While most of your list may be easy to find at the local mall, odds are slim that is going to work for your resident gun guy or gal. Fear not, dear readers, we have that covered.

Even adults have Christmas wish lists. Mine contains some of the guns I’ve most coveted and self-defense equipment that’s helped me over the years. Here’s the rundown.

I didn’t think I needed anything new from Aimpoint. My old stuff still works perfectly. But then I met the Comp M5 and suddenly it was time for an upgrade.

Geissele doesn’t just do things. They do them with style. Can you get an aftermarket trigger for a Remington 700 from someone else? Yes. But why would you?

Accurate shooting is based on repeatability and consistency. Tapers allow perfect, consistent alignment between barrels, muzzle devices, and silencers.

SIG’s M400 TREAD is moderately-priced premium rifle which gives the consumer the freedom to tailor the rifle to their application and budget. The extensive TREAD line delivers with the sheer number of upgrade options as well as in terms of quality.

Stern Defense makes great AR magazine well adapters and conversion kits which turn your AR Lower into a Pistol Caliber Carbine. They come in 9mm versions for Glock, Beretta and M&P magazines, but the one that caught my eye uses S&W M&P .45 ACP mags and installs in seconds.

On a recent South Texas hunt with the Nosler M48 Handgun, the Burris 3-12 let me see well enough to shoot right up to dark and then several minutes beyond. It took some good bouncing around, in hunting blinds and vehicles, and held zero.