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Say 'Goodbye' to Weaver! And 'Hello' to Picatinny!

Say ‘Goodbye’ to Weaver! And ‘Hello’ to Picatinny!

I am a hater of Weaver style bases, and I will make no apologies. If I could wave my magic wand and make one firearms accessory disappear, it would be anything with a Weaver slot. Why so hateful? Glad you asked.

Horus Vision - Top 3 Things Every Sniper Must Have - SHOT Show 2017

Horus Vision – Top 3 Things Every Sniper Must Have – SHOT Show 2017

I owe a great debt to Mr. Hodnett of Accuracy First/Horus Vision. He taught me things about long range that I would have thought impossible.

Scope Mounting Made Easy With Wheeler Engineering Kit

Scope Mounting Made Easy With Wheeler Engineering Kit

Purchase the product reviewed in this piece by clicking this link: To enter the Midsouth Shooters’ GunsAmerica Giveaway contest, click this link: https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/landingpages/gunsamericagiveaway.aspx There are few things on this earth as satisfying as successfully completing a project with your own two hands.  Little gunsmithing projects invoke some of the same feelings and one of the [...]

There are at least three main categories of AR optics, red dot, fixed power scopes, and high-magnification scopes. Which do you choose?

Optics Buying Guide: AR-15 Optics and Scopes

Matching the seemingly infinite number of AR rifles on the market is a multitude of suitable optics. Red dots, holographic sights, fixed-power scopes and variable-power scopes fill the shelves, so how do you choose? Let’s take a look at some factors to consider, then we’ll discuss some pros and cons of some of the common categories of AR-15 optics.

Green Beret: How to Zero Your Rifle in Five Minutes

Green Beret: How to Zero Your Rifle in Five Minutes

Back by popular demand, here is another excellent tutorial from GunsAmerica contributor Clay Martin.

The test rifle for these examples was a Volquartsen 17 WSM Deluxe with a Burris Veracity 4-20x50 scope.

Optics Buying Guide: How To Properly Zero Your Scope

Simply put, the process of zeroing a scope matches the point of aim to the actual point of impact. Put differently, the process ensures that a bullet lands exactly where you put the crosshairs