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08 Jul

Midwest Outdoors, Product Training and Wierdness with Mannequins

Steven K. Ledin,

Some more “Tips of the Week” were filmed for Midwest Outdoors TV show yesterday. The products showcased were the excellent Streamlight PT 2L flashlight, our new FDE OPMOD EOTech MPO’s (Flat Dark Earth color with single 65moa circle and one minute dot), Nikon Buckmaster riflescopes, and the new Insight Technology M6X LED with green laser. The weather was nice, and my face had just stopped peeling from the sunburn I received from filming last week for Google TV.

The Google TV ads featured the Nikon Buckmaster scopes, the standard black EOTech MPOs,
01 Jul

Happy Independence Day With Products From OpticsPlanet!

Steven K. Ledin,

The weekend is here, and lots of OP employees are looking forward to camping, fishing, and shooting adventures. We keep a stable of products to loan out. A bunch went out in the last few days, including our own OpticsPlanet dobsonian telescope, the awesome OPMOD PVS-14 with Summit DLOC mount, to be used with our soon to be introduced exclusive EOTech MPO II tan OPMOD EXPS3 holographic weapon sight with single dot reticle and carried in an OPMOD bag, a Bushnell Stealthview digital monocular, an 8x and 10x Zeiss Conquest binocular, an 8x and …

25 Jun

Yukon Twilight Digital Night Vision

Steven K. Ledin,

The recently introduced Yukon Twilight digital night vision monocular is my new favorite! It uses only two AA batts, has a long life, has almost the resolution of the much larger Digital Ranger, and is the most compact digital viewer on the market! At 300 bucks it’s a steal. More testing to come….
27 May

ATK Outdoor Products Conference May 2011, Remember the Alamo, and Uncle John’s Cabin

Steven K. Ledin,

Last week I attended the ATK OPC (Outdoor Products Conference) outside San Antonio, Texas.

ATK is an aerospace, defense, security, and sporting goods company, and the parent company of Federal ammo, BLACKHAWK!, Eagle Industries, CCI, Speer, Gunslick, Outers, Shooters Ridge, Champion Target, Weaver mounts and optics, Alliant powder, Estate cartridges, and others.
Opening evening was entertaining, with a tailgate party with all participants, probably numbering over 200. OpticsPlanet was the only company represented that was not a firearms dealer. Most of the attendees were the owners of gun stores from
13 May

OPMOD PVS-14, Springtime, Airguns, and ATK

Steven K. Ledin,

Our OPMOD PVS-14 is selling like hotcakes. It is the best value in a third generation night vision monocular on the market. It comes with headgear and accessories and is a couple hundred dollars less than anything like it on the market. A superb product and a great buy. The OPMOD double gun case is flying out of here as well. It is a limited edition, so buy yours now. Click on the previous link and watch the video.

I’ll be in San Antonio with ATK for a shoot and school next week. A day of shooting the hell