Vortex Optics made headlines in 2022 when it was selected to provide the Next Generation Squad Weapons–Fire Control (NGSW-FC) system for the U.S. Army’s NGSW program. That has led to both securing additional military optics contracts and the resulting advanced technology trickling down to civilian products. Both of those are evident in the release of the company’s AMG 1-10X 24 mm FFP, the world’s shortest and lightest FFP 1-10X low-power variable optic (LPVO), to the civilian market. Vortex’s AMG 1-10X 24 mm FFP is the world’s shortest and lightest FFP 1-10X low-power variable optic and is designed to be used…

Smith & Wesson added another chambering to the FPC line, with the new 5.7×28 mm joining the original 9 mm, .40 S&W, 10 mm and .22LR. This innovative carbine folds in the middle, allowing mounted optics to remain in place even when the rifle is folded for storage. Two magazines can be carried in the polymer buttstock to augment on-board capacity. Inspired by Smith & Wesson’s M&P handgun line, M&P FPC models all share familiar features. This new folding carbine design incorporates an M&P 5.7 pistol grip and flat-face trigger, and is also compatible with the same 5.7x28mm magazines. It…

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On January 26, 1887, ground was broken and construction began on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.   It was completed on March 29, 1889, in time for the 1889 Paris World’s Fair. The Eiffel Tower then surpassed the Washington Monument as the world’s tallest man-made structure — a record that it held for 41 years. But it was eclipsed by the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York City, in 1930. — And on January 26, 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, was established. — All eyes are on the Comex market this morning, after Friday’s surge to $103.91…

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