For those of you who might appreciate the bit of sharpening up 2 power magnification would offer in a red-dot sight, Aimpoint told me the company now offers no 2x products (not even the hunting scopes) and has no plans to offer a sight with 2x.

New is a law enforcement only model, the Patrol Rifle Optic (PRO), essentially an M3 with 2 MOA dot, with the quick release mount (model QRP2).  This sight comes with a clear rear lens cap so that the officer need not flip up the rear cover to acquire the dot and target.  Emphasis is on keeping the cost down for law enforcement departments and getting the units to them; thus, the initial offering is law enforcement only.

For those of you who doubt its existence and suspected it was a joke, here are a photo and a very short video proving that it is for real at MSRP around $350.

The fabled Chainsaw by Mossberg--in the wild

I posted yesterday about the Italian-made Chiappa’s remarkably reduced felt recoil, even firing .357 magnum.  A reader asked about the load.  They made .38 available and I shot some, but I specifically fired the .357 made available to test the claims about recoil reduction.  The ammo was .357 magnum caliber, CCI Blazer 125 grain.  Thanks, James, for asking for this important detail.

These guns feature an external hammer but this cocks the internal hammer.  Thus, the hammer spur does not stay back once the hammer is cocked.  Odd, huh?  A small red extension protrudes upward giving visual and tactile confirmation that the hammer is cocked.

Incidentally, Italian gun-makers are well-represented at the show.  Another little known detail: Yes, the gun take its name from its appearance, but the owner of the company is named Rino Chiappa.

Designed to be the rifle Jeff Cooper advocated, this bolt-action, detachable box magazine fed .308 short rifle carries an MSRP of $995.  Iron sights are identical to the Mini-14′s, but the rail is there for the extended eye relief scope.  You may also mount a regular scope with no gunsmithing required.  Magazines are by Accuracy International since the M-14 and FN-FAL magazines did not feed reliably.  I did not get to test fire one.  Light weight, good, fast handling characteristics.

Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle

Link to the Ruger page is here.

Flash hider greater detail is below.

Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle flash hider detail

I’ll be blogging mostly about guns next week, sending news by the Droid from the floor of the SHOT Show so, if you have specific things you’d like reported on, please let me know and I’ll try to get there.