“reflex sights”

Associate Digital Editor David Herman takes to the field with five different reflex sights this turkey season, to see how they perform when the spring thunder rolls.

Modern shooters have found the AR, combined with holographic or reflex sights, a better mousetrap. What’s been missing is the icing on the cake, an AR optic that offers rapid, up-close sighting and precision, long-range engagement. Enter EOTech.

Handgun hunters: Glock just introduced its G40 Gen4 MOS, a long-slide 10mm with a cut milled near the rear of the slide for mounting a small reflex optic, like the Trijicon RMR.

Crimson Trace extends its product line to include electro-optics, which hunters will find practical for all kinds of game. Designed for use with long guns, the new compact CTS-1300 reflex sight delivers a wide field of view, provides for easy windage and elevation adjustments and weighs less than 3 ounces.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has announced 36 new configurations of the Ruger American Rifle Generation II, which includes 18 configurations of the new Predator variant.

Until recently Glock pistols were viewed as guns for military, law enforcement, personal defense and competitive shooting. While many of these semi-automatic handguns were capable of being used in the field for hunting, most Glock owners never seriously considered them for that purpose. That has now changed with the introduction of the Gen4 MOS (Modular Optic System) pistols. The standout for hunting among the four Glock MOS models is the G40 Gen4 MOS chambered in 10mm Auto.

The new 33-ounce, 16-round Springfield XD(M) in 10mm Auto is easy to carry, concealable, accurate and offers serious firepower.

Hunters are coming around to the merits of red-dots, especially for close-range, running game, or low-light scenarios. Aimpoint has responded with its Micro H-2.