Accessories

To quote DemolitionRanch, “Um, yeah this thing is awesome. If you own an AR15 you need to buy this now, and no one paid me to say that.”

Looking for a new scope? Meopta makes some of the best. These are the clearest, most feature packed scopes out there. This Czechoslovakian glass maker sets the bar for quality, and they offer numerous configurations. Meopta is the company the other scope makers come to see at SHOT Show. Check out what’s new for 2015.

Lasers on guns are growing increasingly popular. I’m seeing Crimson Trace grips on many of the guns coming in for review. And as I get used to them, I’m starting to see their appeal. And now Crimson Trace is going green. They’re expanding their line up, and the available colors.

If you have any interest in perfecting your IWI Tavor, you should check out Geissele’s new Tavor trigger. Does it get any better? For the rest of us, ALG has two new AK triggers. These clean up the biggest issue with the Kalashnikov. And they’re incredibly well priced.

The Leupold D-EVO is harder to describe than it is to understand. It is an optic that allows you to see magnified targets. It also allows you to see targets at close range, unmagnified. At the same time. It is kind of like a badass bifocal, and it is going to change the way we think about optics.

M.U.L.E. Tactical was at SHOT Show this year showing a very interesting AR stock. It is called the Adaptive Storage Stock. Simply put, it is a stock you can put a handgun in. You could put other things in there, too, but it wouldn’t be as much fun.

Riflescopes have come a long way in the last ten years. It used to be that only elite hunters paid big money for high quality scopes, and those scopes mostly came from Germany. I don’t know if patents ran out on manufacturing methods, or manufacturing just got that much better overseas, but these days there are a lot of great scopes that are crystal clear even in low light conditions, and they don’t cost big money. You can still spend over $5,000 on a riflescope, but for $1,000 to $2,000 you can get what I’ve found to be as good a scope for a lot less (and sometimes even less than $1,000). This Burris XTR II 4x-20x is made in Malaysia, and I would put it against scopes many times its cost.

For me, a pistol without a rail is more or less a novelty. I shoot them at the range, but leave it at that. I won’t carry a full-size pistol if I can’t attach some implement of illumination to its frame. I’m not knocking range guns or older designs for their defects, but I carry guns I can use in low light situations. That’s where ReCover comes in.

Fans of the venerable 10/22 typically have only one gripe with the gun: the trigger. Even so, the stock triggers on 10/22s are better than much of the competition. But Ruger now offers an improved trigger for the 10/22 and Charger. The BX-Trigger is a vast improvement over the stock Ruger triggers and is incredibly easy and quick to install.