Viridian Weapon Technologies has just unveiled its new Venta Green Dot reflex sight, meant for long guns.  The new Viridian Venta Green Dot reflex sight is an unmagnified optic with a 22 mm objective lens that runs off a single CR2032 battery and provides an estimated 30,000 hours runtime. Its simple reticle consists of a 2-MOA green dot that includes 10 different brightness settings, eight visible and two night vision. For added convenience, Viridian ships all Venta green dot reflex sights with a co-witnessing, standard height 1.41-inch-tall mount. The Venta borrows the ubiquitous and industry standard Aimpoint Micro T1/T2 mounting…

Beginning in World War I, there was a serious debate over how to arm aircrews. Many pilots carried a sidearm before planes were even armed, and the apocryphal story concerning the beginning of aerial combat, is that the first “dogfight” was with pistols from passing pilots. This then quickly evolved into rifles, rifles with extended magazines, multiple pistols, and then finally (and thankfully) machineguns being usefully mounted on aircraft. As aerial warfare evolved, aircraft were armed with an array of machineguns, cannon, rockets, bombs, and eventually air-to-air missiles. However, all of these armaments generally did the pilot little good if…

SAN DIEGO — The fiscal 2027 defense budget could double the number of ships the Navy is set to procure under the fiscal 2026 defense budget, Navy Secretary John Phelan said during a keynote address at the WEST Conference in San Diego, California, on Thursday.While the 2026 budget allotted $27.2 billion dollars for the Navy to build 17 ships, Phelan said President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2027 defense budget of $1.5 trillion could bump that number up to at least 34, with a large contingent of auxiliary and support ships.“It is an area that we are in grave need of…

Editor’s Note: In this Skallywag Tactical Riptide review, author Eugene Nielsen takes a stab at evaluating an intriguing new knife. The tanto version of the knife was provided to the author by the company for this review. The author states, “All opinions are my own and are based on my personal experience with the product.” Skallywag Tactical is a U.S. veteran-owned company that has developed several innovative knives. The company has recently added to its lineup with its new Riptide family of hard-use tactical fixed-blade knives. The Skallywag Tactical Riptide family of knives allows you to choose from two blade…

We’ve already taken a look at the new for 2026 stuff from Civivi – but, as promised at the end of that article, its sister label We Knife Co. brought its own batch of brand new blades to Vegas this week. Here are some of the highlights. Anglex If there’s a theme this year from the We side of the tracks, it would have to be “techy;” a lot of the inbound models have a highly modern look and feel, such as the in-house designed Anglex. This big boy has a 3.89-inch wharnie with aggro, super-modern geometry. Combined with its…

The Florida Department of Health’s officials have released an update on a measles outbreak at a university.  There have been 46 confirmed cases of measles across Collier County from January 1st to February 7th. Fifty-seven students at Ave Maria University are quarantined, so far, as the school works on providing free vaccinations to those who may want them.  The vigorous campaign to vaccinate the masses is being promoted as a way to protect the community. Local fire departments are also working closely with health officials to hand out vaccines. Collier County has said that the majority of the Ave Maria University…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York City Board of Elections worker said it is not his job to report anyone when asked about processing registrations for non-citizens, hidden video footage shows.According to undercover video captured by Muckraker, in which its reporter attempted to pose as a non-citizen, a worker said he would process applications for non-citizens.”Once in a while … we have people come in here … and they register, they weren’t a citizen,” the worker told the reporter.When the reporter claimed to the worker that he was a green card holder from Canada, he…

Every industry uses a shorthand. It’s efficient, impresses friends and becomes part of the vernacular. Gun enthusiasts have their own jargon, an alphabet soup of acronyms so confusing that we maintain a list for reference when editing stories. Here are a few explanations that might be helpful to the uninitiated.    We’ll start with the bullet nomenclature often employed by gun enthusiasts: FMJ—Full metal jacket; best for practice ammo only. JHP—Jacketed hollow point; best for personal protection. BTHP—Boattail hollow point; low-drag and capable of going some distance. OTM—Open tip match; makes steel ring at long range. Here are a few…

Circumnavigating the suppressor world is a tough road to travel. Which is why CANCON has become such an invaluable asset to this niche in the firearms world. The world’s largest fully suppressed range day evolved into an important gateway to the fastest-growing firearms accessory on the market. And in its second year at the Clinton Plantation House in Clinton, South Carolina, it was an absolute quiet riot of hushed-up shooting. More shooters than ever before learned about, perused, and — most importantly — shot some of the best suppressors available today. But going hands-on with the latest and greatest quiet…

The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said Friday, putting more American firepower behind President Donald Trump’s efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear program.The USS Gerald R. Ford’s planned deployment to the Mideast comes after Trump only days earlier suggested another round of talks with the Iranians was at hand. Those negotiations didn’t materialize as one of Tehran’s top security officials visited Oman and Qatar this week and exchanged messages with the U.S. intermediaries.Already, Gulf Arab nations…