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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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