TrackingPoint is teasing their new, more compact model that is designed to fit the AR-15/M4/M16 family of weapons.
It even has something that looks kind of like a heat shield! Queue the outrage from US Representative Carolyn McCarthy about a more concealable version of the guns that “aim themselves” with shoulder things that go up in 3, 2, 1…
The new Fail Safe Sights from Griffin Armament will be formally introduced at SHOT Show 2014 but you can consider this a sneak preview. They should be available shortly after the show.
The Fail Safe Sights are offset iron sights that are designed to be used in conjunction with an optic on your carbine. They attach to the 12 o’clock rail like typical iron sights but place the sights offset to the rail so that the shooter can rotate the rifle slightly in order to use the sights without removing the optic. These sights are designed so that they are offset on the axis of the bore which means that they are still directly over the bore and can be zeroed as usual.
Griffin Armament built some pretty unique functionality into the Fail Safe Sights. The front sight is in the HK style with a full circle shroud. It is not adjustable for elevation which is a good thing with this style of shroud. The biggest strength of HK style front sights (and they reason they don’t always adapt well to the AR-15’s elevation adjustable front sight) is that the shooter will tend to center the round shroud in the rear sight aperture rather than the front sight post when they are using a faster sight picture. This technique can be very fast which makes sense for a sight set that is intended to offer a faster sighting alternative to an magnified optic. If the front sight was adjustable for elevation like on most HK style sights for the AR-15, there would be a slight difference in the point of impact when centering the front sight versus centering the entire shroud which is not desirable.
The rear sight is both windage and elevation adjustable which makes zeroing easier and makes the fixed front sight work. It features multiple sized rear sight apertures.
Check out Griffin Armament.
ALG Defense’s new Ergonomic Modular Rail (EMR) is set to make its debut at SHOT Show. This rail is lightweight, cost effective, absolutely loaded with smart features, and it will have a price that will turn the entire market on its ear.
The EMR more modular than your typical modular rail. Like most modular rails, it allows the user to place rail sections only where they want them. However, unlike most modular rail systems, the top rail is also removable! ALG Defense took care to ensure that when the top rail is removed, the shooter is left with a slightly raised, rounded tower that readily facilitates a variety of grips. All of the accessory rails thread into steel back plates for durability and can be attached at a variety of angles including a 45 degree offset.
The rail comes with an anodized aluminum barrel nut and the wrench necessary to install it. The EMR should be extremely rigid thanks to the way it screws directly to the barrel nut via 6 mounting bolts and its 1 piece, extruded aluminum construction.
The EMR includes a QD sling swivel socket so no additional sling mount will be necessary.
It will be available in 10″, 12″, and 13″ lengths with a hard anodized black finish and a gray finish as an option.
Here comes the “turn the market on its ear” part… The EMR is a complete rail system that includes everything, including the wrench, that you need to get up and running and it starts at just $135 retail!
Weight (the weights listed include the proprietary EMR barrel nut minus the weight of the stock barrel nut):
Diameter:
The EMR will be available soon. Check out the ALG Defense website and Facebook Page.
Sharp eyed readers will notice a preview of the upcoming ALG Defense SCB in this image!
Crimson Trace has made both lights and lasers that mount in front of the trigger guard before. The problem is that you always had to choose between a light and a laser… until now. They just unveiled the new Rail Master Pro Series rail mounted light/lasers in red (CMR-205) and green (CMR-204).
These compact units offer both a 100 lumen white light and an aiming laser in the same unit. Like other Rail Master offerings, the Rail Master Pro Series are adaptable to a number of different rail mounted applications and are activated via side paddles. They are powered by a front loaded CR2 battery.
I have little doubt that these new units are excellent but I long for the day that Crimson Trace rolls out a similar light/laser combination unit with their “Instinctive Activation” style switch.
Check out the new Rail Master Pro Series and other new offerings for 2014 at Crimson Trace.
How cool is this? RE Factor Tactical sells survival bands with a mission – to help others. They offer several survival bands in various colors that are unique or significant to the charity that sales of that particular will support. The program has been very successful as evidenced by this from the RE Factor Tactical Facebook Page:
Absolutely amazing! With your help we raised over $15,000 for the different charities that we support in 2013. Thank you all who donated, your generosity helps our nation’s finest. Here’s to another great year of fundraising.
Check out all the RE Factor Tactical Charity Bands and do some good.
