The Odd History of Electronic Firearm Aiming Devices
Red dot, reflex, and holographic gun optics have come a long way in the last 50 years, but the concept and development of this technology
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Red dot, reflex, and holographic gun optics have come a long way in the last 50 years, but the concept and development of this technology
17 Mas finds the Langdon treatment comes to his eye faster than any other carry optic combo he’s used. They said it couldn’t be done … but Ernest Langdon did it. The firing pin block rises through the top rear of the slide when the trigger is pulled and the Beretta 92 has an open-top slide. How in Hell was anybody going to mount a red dot optic on one of those? “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” it is said. Those old sayings have gotten to be clichés because they’re generally true. The guy who figured out how to get an optical sight on a 92 was Ernest Langdon … and, I s...