Manufacturers have taken advantage of materials, such as aluminum and carbon fiber, to reduce weight. For years, shooters have adapted photography tripods for their purposes.īut the basic design of a tripod essentially hasn’t changed - three long legs attached to hinges with a head on top. They provide a steady platform for both shooting as well as spotting and observing. Tripods have proven themselves extremely useful to shooters, whether for recreation, hunting, competition, or tactical applications. The first models released are mil/LE-restricted, but the folks at EOTech have assured us that an unrestricted model is soon to follow.Īvailable in gray and FDE, full boat MSRP of the OGL sits just below $2,200.īEST OF THE BASEMENT: REVOLVE TACTICAL TRIPOD It also accepts any Crane Standard PTT switch (you can see it gracing our cover and elsewhere in this issue wearing a SureFire SR dual tape switch). The EOTech OGL is also bundled with a bevy of pattern generators and the popular-for-a-reason Modlite Modbutton with a 7-inch cable. We like that the controls match the AN/PEQ-15, and we particularly like the beam divergence lever - gliding the infrared illuminator from a spot to a flood is smooth with just the right amount of give. The IR and visible green lasers are slaved for a single zero. The OGL features an estimated nine-hour runtime from a single CR-123A battery and tethered covers. Sized right between a ATPIAL AN/PEQ-15 and a Steiner DBAL-A3, the EOTech OGL comes with familiar ergonomics and complete with accessories purchasers normally seek from the aftermarket. This year’s SHOT Show saw EOTech pushing further into the i2 device market with their first-ever laser pointing device, the OGL (On-Gun Laser). You probably know Michigan-based EOTech for their holographic sights, and especially for the development of the now-ever-popular circle/dot reticle.īut a lot has changed since that first holosight was released in the mid 1990s in the intervening years, EOTech expanded into variable optics and most recently began producing numerous thermal and IR devices. Love it or hate it, this rifle brings a lot of interesting features to the table and goes way beyond the idea of slapping an M-LOK tube on the front of a 150-year-old drive design. Since you need more effort to push an AR BCG forward over the top of the magazine to strip the next round, but less when pushing it backward to eject an empty, this dual-cam system builds in a mechanical advantage that smooths out the lever’s stroke across the operating cycle.įinally, in one last mash-up of old and new, the gun sports an ambidextrous AR-style mag release and cross-bolt safety. The angle at which the lever pushes on the bolt is different on the way back as it is on the way forward. But, if you’re even thinking of jumping on the “cowboy assault rifle” bandwagon, the Bond Arms contribution has some thought-provoking features. The rifle we saw at the Bond Arms booth was still in prototype phase. While there may be mixed feelings about the relevance of derringers, there’s no doubt that - whether you like them or not - tactical lever guns are in style, in a big way, right now. But their entire product line has traditionally been focused on derringers. Our selection for Best Firearm is remarkable for two main reasons:ġ) it’s from Bond Arms, and 2) it’s a most unusual take on lever guns.īond Arms is certainly not a new company. We’ll keep you posted when we have more details.īEST FIREARM: BOND ARMS TACTICAL LEVER GUN As for the thermal DRS-TH, there’ll be a standard model available for approximately $1,600 and a premium, higher-resolution DRS-TH Pro model available for about $2,300. That’s impressive considering an AEMS red dot is nearly half that without the extra optical system on top.
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