Iron sights seem to be an after-thought these days. It wasn't too long ago, however, when hunters were dependent on them. Scopes were a "new-fangled" item, neither very reliable nor very good. But as ...

I got interested in guns in the early 1950s, at just about the time that scopes were being generally accepted. They were, for the most part, wretched objects—difficult to mount, dim, and fragile, with ...

Ruger has introduced the newest addition to its American Rifle Generation II lineup: the Scout model.

XS Sights' XTI2 DXS Ember Standard Dot 45-Degree Offset Iron Sights for AR-15 rifles are a close-quarters, secondary sighting solution for rapid transition from a magnified primary optic. Eliminating ...

Am I obsolete? Of course. I haven’t spent the night on an airport floor since January, 1982, courtesy of Delta. People of modern manufacture get to do it all the time. Are iron sights obsolete for ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** British Galilean “optical” sights ...

The red dot on the pistol has become normal—but it still fails in the one way irons don’t. This tension lurked beneath the company’s most recent SHOT Show display: optics are faster and easier to ...

Elbit Systems has developed a new AI-powered rifle scope called the Assault Rifle Combat Application System (ARCAS) that turns a soldier's assault rifle into a portable combat information center, as ...