Yeah it’s been a while since I’ve reported on anything. Quite honeslty, I’ve either been buying stuff that I touch at the shop and posting direct reviews on them or just not seeing anything worth while to mess around with. But a few goodies I had to check out in the last few trips.
LaRue Tactical – 30mm Pivot Mount w/ Hendsholt 2.5 Magnifier
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Manufacturer: LaRue Tactical (USA)
Type: Side Folding Mount
LaRue Tactical – 30mm Pivot Mount w/ Hendsholt 2.5 Magnifier
I've been jealously eyeing AEX Mickey's Samson Side Folding Mount and Aimpont 3x Magnifier since he first got it a few years ago. but with a price tag near $600, I put this on the back burner.
Fortunately, the good ol's boys at LaRue Tactical came up with their own setup. It's a side folding mount with 30mm ring and setup to mount an Aimpoint, EOTech or any 30mm tubed magnifier at the same height of an aimpoint. They also make a version that is the proper height for an EOtech 551, 552 direct rail mounted. The side fold is easy to operate and keeps the magnifier positively held in position.
LaRue Tactical – 30mm Pivot Mount w/ Hendsholt 2.5 Magnifier with Eotech
The LaRue guys also found a bunch of surplus Hensholdt rocket launcher 2.5x sights. They are only 1 inch tubes (with included 30mm adapter), but for the price they work great. 2.5 Magnification is great for airsoft engagement distances. It gives you enough of magnification advantage w/o being too powerful to track your bb's flight path.
LaRue Side Flip Mount and Hensholdt Magnifier costs under $200.00 and LaRue was nice enough to throw in other goodies (Hat, Armadillo Multi-Tool).
UPDATE
Quality optics wise that Hendsholdt sight is crystal clear. Probably due to the glass not being tinted, but impressivly nice optics.
LaRue Tactical – 30mm Pivot Mount w/ Hendsholt 2.5 Magnifier with AP mounted on a Samurai M69 adjustable height mount.
SWAT Replica IBH Helmet (Tan)
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Manufacturer: SWAT (Hong Kong)
Type: Gear
- Removable Foam Insert
- Dummy Tri-Point NVG Mount
- 4 Point Chin Strap System
How does it compare to the $100.00 Proud IBH Replica? The Proud replica appears to have a bit more texture on the shell, and the straps webbing seems to be a bit higher quality, but they are pretty close in build. the Proud Helmet also includes black velcro loop patches, but the SWAT version does not.
The Toy Soldier Swimmers and Devgru Frogman headsets worked well with this helmet.