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NRA Gun Gear of the Week: Pistol-Mounted Red-Dot Optics

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American Hunter Staff

posted on December 5, 2016

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Of the various disciplines in the shooting world, shooting a handgun is among the more difficult. American Rifleman's Joe Kurtenbach spends some time on the range introducing some of the basics of shooting with pistol-mounted red-dot optics.

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