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Riflescopeblog is written by Steven K. Ledin, OpticsPlanet’s Director of Product Intelligence. Follow Steve’s daring exploits as he shoots, travels, hunts, tests, teaches, modifies, and breaks the latest rifle scopes, red dots, lights, lasers and more. Get an insight into the corporate world of a professional gunbitch with a dose of his philosophical insight.
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Russian AKs, Drowning Dogs (Almost), FNGs, and My Current Favorite Flashlights and Headlamps
September 10, 2013
It's a 1968 AK receiver from the Tula Arsenal. With the required number of hot rodded and coated American parts, it's a badass gun. It is a gift from a friend to a friend. I just got all the stuff and cut one of my unused SKB cases. The mags, bayonet, and pistol grip are original Russian bakelite. I really hope it gets shot. It's the best feeling AK in terms of function I've ever played with, and the trigger is actually fair. I would shoot the heck out of it, not look at it.
My Shirley and I went …
Continue ReadingM3GI and a Learning Curve
August 23, 2013
I'm hard to roll over, but Crimson Trace did it. I get it now, I understand. There was no way I could've shot the Crimson Trace M3GI (Midnight 3 Gun Invitational) as well as I did without lasers on my rifle and pistol. I particularly never did like increasing the size of the grip on my pistol by installing a laser. Gaston Glock exhaustively researched his original model 17 design to have the optimum grip size and angle for the average hand, and I've gotten intimate with several of these superb pistols since the late 80s. But again, I could not have shot the course as well …
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