Category: Shooting Gear Review

Jard AR-15 Single Stage Adjustable Trigger Review

You can have a great rifle and not achieve all the accuracy potential if you have a poor trigger. This couldn’t be truer than in case of the AR-15. Many of the AR-15’s built have potential for being accurate, however, most of them ship with an 8-10 lb mil-spec trigger that is gritty and has a lot of pre-travel. Heavy, gritty, triggers make it difficult for anyone to shoot tight groups.

One of the easiest things you can do to cut group size and aid in overall accuracy is to add a quality aftermarket trigger.

I recently installed a 2 lb Jard Adjustable Single Stage Trigger and am very happy with it. I am getting consistent trigger pulls in the 2.3-2.4lb range which is great. My trigger is crisp, light, and consistent. Continue reading Jard AR-15 Single Stage Adjustable Trigger Review

Arredondo Glock Base Pads Review

Arredondo Glock Base Pads

I have now shot almost 900 rounds through my Arredondo Glock Base Pads and am still just as impressed with the quality as when I first installed them.  I still haven’t had a malfunction or issue of any kind and don’t expect to.

The Arredondo Base pads or mag extensions extend your magazine to 140mm. 140mm is the limit for being legal for USPSA Limited and Scoped Tactical in 3 gun.  The extension allows for 6 extra rounds of 9mm for a total of 23+1 or 5 rounds of .40S&W.

To test the base pads I loaded them with 23 rounds of 9mm and dropped them from shoulder height on cement and hard dirt. They handled it fine and don’t’ even show wear. I had no luck even getting them to  loosen by dropping. To Continue reading Arredondo Glock Base Pads Review

Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14×44 Rapid Z 800 Review

Last summer I decided that if the perfect hunting scope existed, I would find it. Of course “perfect” is subjective as everyone has a different opinion of what “perfect” is. My perfect bucket list is known to change depending on application. For a medium to long range hunting scope I think its important that it not be too big or heavy, have good glass, turrets that can be dialed accurately, enough  eye relief to be used on a magnum rifle, have a good reticle with the ability to make fast holdover shots, enough magnification to make the long shot,  waterproof, fogproof, durable, etc. It also needs a good manufacture warranty to back it up just in case your horse rolls down a mountain with it.  Last, it shouldn’t require robbing a bank to buy one.  I ruled out an unbelievable number of good scopes  for one reason or another, including some very big name expensive scopes. A scope would seem like it was working but then would fall short in one of the categories I listed as being important. Things got so bad that I had an excel sheet with specs, eye relief, field of view, price, adjustment range, and any other data that I could get in an excel spreadsheet. I was analyzing reticles and  comparing glass in scopes every opportunity Continue reading Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14×44 Rapid Z 800 Review

Shooter – Ballistics Calculator for Android Review

Shooter, the ballistic calculator designed for Android phones has changed the way I shoot as well as use a ballistic calculator. While the calculations it does are not new or revolutionary, the fact that it is on my phone is. In the past I had to tape drop charts to my stock. If I was changing elevation, changing bullets or loads,  or experiencing large temperature fluctuations, the drop chart changes and isn’t as accurate. Because I am constantly playing with different bullets and loads things change frequently. It would take dozens of pages of printed dropcharts to come close to the amount of information that Shooter can calculate in seconds.

If you don’t read through any of the rest of this review know two things: 1) the ballistic calculations work and are Continue reading Shooter – Ballistics Calculator for Android Review

3 Gun Outlaw by Noveske Shooting Team DVD Review

3 Gun Outlaw was recently released (Jan 2011)  by the Noveske Shooting team. It is instructional video that covers concepts in 3 gun that might be overlooked even by experienced shooters. I thought it was an excellent video that covered many aspects of 3 gun shooting. Don’t mistake it for a video that teaches you how to shoot your gun. As a beginner you could learn valuable information but the video is targeted to someone who is already a fairly competent shooter.

I wish this video had been available before I shot all the 3 gun matches I’ve shot. Excellent information that goes Continue reading 3 Gun Outlaw by Noveske Shooting Team DVD Review