We didn't set out looking for the Night Fision (sic) booth, we just happened to spot them as we walked by. And they were hard to miss. They bill their product as "The brightest pistol sigh both day and night" and we spotted them from a good ways away.
Night sights are night sights are night sights, but these guys claim to have the highest concentration of tritium on the market to yield the brightest sights in low light and have bright fluorescent colors molded into the vial surround to make them easy to pick up in daylight.
US made of 4140 steel with black nitride coating and "bullet proof glass" lenses. We may have to check out a set of these - available for Glock, Canik, Sig, Smith & Wesson, and Springfield.
Also in the sight department is the new Meprolight FT Bullseye rear-sight-only sight "set". Relying on an elongated rear sight system, the FT Bullseye uses a tube that you look down to center the illuminated dot in the illuminated circle.
I'm certain that we got a good shot of the sight picture, but had to use a different camera to get it. I'll try to get it up ASAP.
And, in case you need an enormous 12ga drum magazine for your VEPR 12, SGM Tactical to the rescue...
We saw the Inter Ordnance (I.O. Inc.) mini revolver last year, but it was a VERY rough prototype. This year, they had actual polished-looking models in their booth that seemed to be decently well made.
We're not sure if they'll be able to give NAA a run for their money, but they'll probably sell alright with the small size and swing-out cylinder coming standard.
Our pal Tom from BulletSafe was on the show floor showing off their new 2.0 vest with a handful of upgrades:
- standard plate carrier
- Coolmax rear liner
- Hook & loop patch panel
- Optional tactical carrier to hump duty gear
- Modular side straps to allow for size changes or upgrading to optional armored straps.
Trinity Force Lured us in with a super-cheap ($40) pistol sight tool in the New Product Center, and kept us around to see all the other stuff they had, including AR parts, tools, optics, and more. Check out their site at trinityforce.com
If you're looking for an office-friendly, sophisticated, low-key way to off-body CCW, Supertool had their Magnetic Locking Case - a beautiful full-grain leather covered portfolio style case with a soft crushed velvet liner and dozens of strong magnets hiding between the two. The whole thing locks up to keep prying fingers out, unzips quickly for ease of access, and all those magnets keep your pistol and magazines in place so they are where you expect them to be when you open it up.
I think I need one.
Guess who's now jumping into the Glock replacement barrel game... It's our favorite cheap steel ammo maker, Wolf Performance Ammo. "Drop in" and "Match Grade," WPA's barrels are 416 steel and broach rifled with a 1:16 LH twist. Available in standard, ported, and threaded models.
Apparently their barrel guy was out to lunch, because the guy in the booth couldn't give me any pricing information or even tell me if they had standard or metric threads.
I was
super happy to see this in the American Tactical booth. Back when I was school, I knew a guy that had a Turkish imported .410 AR-15 upper that he got from ATI, then the supply apparently dried up. Guess what's back...
Built on ATI's Omni Hybrid metal-reinforced polymer receivers, they're now offering complete .410 AR Shotguns. 18.5" barrel, 13" keymod rail, 5-round box magazine with 15 rounders available, and takes interchangeable choke tubes (available in a set of full, extra full, IC, and mod).
Here's another one that actually got me pretty excited... No takedown 10/22? No Problem.
The Archangel Quick Break-Down Stock turns your standard Ruger 10/22® models into one that can easily be broken down for convenient packing, transport, or storage. It's got a cam lever on the bottom of the stock that interfaces with the standard v-block notch on the 10/22 barrel to let it come in and out quickly. Then, when the stock folds up, the barrel fits into the butt.