We live in amazing times for new and innovative products for people that use and enjoy firearms. No matter what area of the shooting sports you are engaged in, there is no shortage of features, materials and accessories competing for your shooting dollar.
These products may satisfy a need: a larger caliber, greater capacity or smaller lighter, and easier to carry. It may be an accessory, optics or sights that enhance your accuracy or help compensate for aging eyes. And sometimes you just see something and say to yourself “I have to have one of those”!!!
A few such products have caught my eye (and wallet) recently:
One problem many of us face is that our gun safes are too small. Oh sure, at the time we bought it there was plenty of room, but over the years as we expand our interests the space gets tight. We also realize that a fireproof gun safe is a great place to store other valuables and paperwork, taking up more space.
I came across a product called “Rifle Rods” by Gun Storage Solutions and immediately thought “Why didn’t I think of that?”. Most safes have notched racks for resting rifle barrels; these racks require the gun to be leaned into the notch and alternated or crisscrossed with guns in the opposing rack. With Rifle Rods all the notched racks are removed, a polymer rod with a Velcro cap is inserted in the barrel, the gun is placed in the safe and the rod pulled up and stuck to Velcro cloth on the bottom of the top shelf. With guns placed vertically not leaning or intertwined with other guns, I was able to get over 50% more rifles into the safe. Their website www.storemoreguns.com highlights this product as well as several others to help save space in your safe.
Rifle Rods by Gun Storage Solutions expands the capacity of your Gun Safe
LaserLyte has introduced affordable add-on lasers for several handguns including some revolvers. I recently added one to my Ruger LCP. Installation and adjusting Point of Aim was simple and straightforward. The laser is comfortable, easy to activate and after several hundred rounds fired, appears to be rugged and functioning well. A feature of this style laser is that it fits in your current holster.
Laserlyte mounted on a Ruger LCP
I enjoy using vintage firearms and one of my favorite is the lever action Savage 99. I have developed a fondness for the .300 Savage cartridge, in fact I have begun to collect other styles of rifles chambered in that same round. Many people consider the .300 Savage to be an obsolete round with few choices in ammunition available. I was surprised to find a new factory load for the .300 Savage offered by Hornady. Developed for their SuperPerformance line, these rounds take at advantage of new developments in bullet design and propellant technology to give modern performance to older chambering’s. They have also added several surplus military calibers to their Vintage Match line-up. such as: 6.5 Swiss, 303 British and 8mm Mauser.
One new product that falls into the “I need to get one of those!” category is the Ruger 10/22 Takedown rifle. The 10/22 rifle design is almost 50 years old and available in a variety of styles, and materials. In March Ruger announced a take down version that breaks down into two equal length components in less than 2 seconds. Requiring no tools to disassemble and constructed of stainless steel with a composite stock, it stores in a custom backpack (included) ready for camping, backpacking or hunting in any weather.
A quick call to my local gun store and one now resides in my gun safe where there is room thanks to my new Rifle Rods (see above).
Next month: The Myth of “Gun Free Zones”
Until then …….Safe Shooting!
Dick Cupka