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Posts about "optical"
How Tank Armor Really Works
There is a comfortable lie sold by war movies and video games that a tank survives incoming fire simply by being an absurdly thick wall of solid steel. You take a hit, the hull rings like a church bell, sparks fly into the dirt, and the crew rolls forward without spilling their coffee. Anyone who...
TFB Review: Schmidt & Bender 3-18x42 META FFP SBX Reticle
The Schmidt & Bender 3-18x42 Meta FFP with the SBX reticle is a compact first focal plane riflescope for hunters and practical precision shooters. After about a year of testing, training and timed DMR-style matches, my verdict is simple: it handles like a small scope, performs optically like ...
Leonardo DRS Wins $63 Million Order for FWS-I Thermal Sights
Leonardo DRS has received a $63 million production order from the U.S. Army for its next-generation family of Weapon Sights, Individual, better known as FWS-I. The order sits under the Army's existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for advanced, battlefield-proven thermal ...
TFB Weekly Web Deals 211: Deals for November 2nd, 2026
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The 20-Shot Zero: Stop Walking Away With a Near-O
Most shooters leave the range with what one precision rifle shooter calls a “near-o” rather than a true zero. Too few rounds go downrange, and the scope corrections that follow are not precise enough to trust. The fix is a sampling method that pools roughly 20 shots into a single data...
Shinenyx M1 Pro Fusion Monocular Review
Editor’s note: In this article, Scott Conditt reviews the Shinenyx M1 Pro Fusion, a monocular the combines night vision and thermal technologies for advanced digital imaging in low- to no-light situations. From hunting to police work, this kind of optical technology offers incredible advant...
Ayoob: How To Shoot Micro Pistols Better
It’s not hard to see why “Micro Nine” pistols of the Hellcat genre are best-sellers today. Firstly, they’re chambered for 9mm Luger, almost universally recognized as a capable defense caliber with today’s best ammunition. In addition, they are not only compact, but sometimes literally p...
Reptilia Launches AGS 30mm 20 MOA Mount
New 30mm configuration brings 20 MOA cant and a low mounting profile to the AGS family October 29, 2026 — Reptilia announces the launch of the AGS™ 30mm 20 MOA Mount in black, expanding its mounting options for modern bolt-action rifles. The new configuration pairs a 30mm scope diameter with ...
Real Optical Magic: The EOTech VUDU 4-12×36
I imagine the discussion that lead to the VUDU 4-12×36 in EOTech’s design room looked something like this. Several people sitting around a table staring at two well established optics. The first is a precision scope, perhaps even their own. But I like to imagine it’s a classic, l...