At SHOT Show 2026 they showed me a prototype of a new 1-10×24 LPVO and production models of their 8-80×56 Tracking spotting scopes. March Scopes creates handmade optics in Japan that produce bleeding-edge results, and their prices are eye-wattering.
Black Bear Diner is a chain of country/bear-themed casual restaurants that started in Shasta, California. They feature American comfort food and while their prices aren’t the cheapest, their generous portions generally make them a better value than Denny’s or Perkin’s. My family split breakfast two breakfast entrees. We left will full stomachs and left-over pancake.
Many of us have heard of IRAs and ROTH IRAs, but I learned only very late how much better the latter is and the tax implications of ROTH Conversions. Let’s dive into what I learned.
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This American financial services company was founded in San Francisco in 1971 as the First Commander Corporation before taking the two word name of one of its founders. It was briefly owned by Bank of America in 1984 before buying itself back and going independent in 1987.
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AI SLOP Nuked by YouTube
YouTube just deleted 4.2 million views and dozens of channels that it says violated it’s Terms of Use by posting A.I. Generated Low Quality Content “Slop”. Most of these channels were in India and Latin America. Some of them include these 5 biggest channels
CuentosFacianantes (Fascinating Tales): Considered the top AI channel in the report, it had ~5.9 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views before being removed. It primarily produced low-quality, AI-generated Dragon Ball-themed stories.
Imperio de Jesus: A major channel with ~5.8 million subscribers that featured AI-generated religious quizzes and content.
Super Cat League: A channel with ~4.2 million subscribers known for AI-generated content.
Screen Culture: A prominent channel specializing in “AI concept trailers,” often merging real footage with fake actors and stealing views from official content.
KH Studio: A major AI trailer channel often cited alongside Screen Culture for producing mass-produced, fake AI trailers.
While visiting Carmel, we drove south of town to Big Sur. A region along the California Central Coast, which is famous for its breathtaking rugged landscapes. I pulled over along the highway and followed a trail to the edge of a cliff and was treated to a dramatic view of the Pacific crashing into rocks and cliffs below me.
I’ve been using a CVLife laser bore sighter for a few years. It sits in a banged-up cardboard box in my range bag. Recently, CVLife has released a series of updated laser bore sight kits in deluxe plastic hard cases.
This 32-piece kit has more than double the caliber adapter tips as my old kit. Moreover, this kit has an arbor adapter, which helps when using the kit with a short-barreled pistol. Finally, this kit has a laser emitter that runs off an internal battery that is recharged by unscrewing the tip of the laser, exposing a USB-A plug.
While I may not need 32 adapter tips, the rechargeable tip makes this a useful upgrade for my old kit.
CLP gun oil impregnated disposable wipes are nothing new. Otis has had them for a few years. But CL1P is introducing a new disposable wipe packet that promises to be the highest quality wipes on the market due to its proprietary fabric material.
CL1P claims that a single wipe packet can clean an entire rifle. Its long fiber material has variable geometry fibers that pick up fowling particles and traps them in the material, allowing less contamination to remain on your firearm.
Moreover, it will leave your firearm foul-free and leave a thin coating of dry lubricant and protectant. Its cleaning and lubricanting solvent has very little odor and is less irritating to the skin.
Nitecore lit up SHOT Show 2026 with new flashlights. Their EDC37 output a crazy 8000 lumens. I reviewed its smaller brother the EDC29 last year which outputs 6500 lumens and burned a hole in my vest.
Nitecore has also branched out into selling ultra-compact power banks.
AI Slop everywhere. YouTube recently deleted channels with millions of views because they were A.I. Slop. But these channels are coming back with minor changes. Will A.I. crowd out the humans?
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This margine brand was created by the Lever Brothers Company which later became Unilever. It gets it’s royal european sounding name may be tied to Unilevers roots as a Dutch company.
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AI SLOP Nuked by YouTube
YouTube just deleted 4.2 million views and dozens of channels that it says violated it’s Terms of Use by posting A.I. Generated Low Quality Content “Slop”. Most of these channels were in India and Latin America. Some of them include these 5 biggest channels
CuentosFacianantes (Fascinating Tales): Considered the top AI channel in the report, it had ~5.9 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views before being removed. It primarily produced low-quality, AI-generated Dragon Ball-themed stories.
Imperio de Jesus: A major channel with ~5.8 million subscribers that featured AI-generated religious quizzes and content.
Super Cat League: A channel with ~4.2 million subscribers known for AI-generated content.
Screen Culture: A prominent channel specializing in “AI concept trailers,” often merging real footage with fake actors and stealing views from official content.
KH Studio: A major AI trailer channel often cited alongside Screen Culture for producing mass-produced, fake AI trailers.
CVLife rolled out the Bear Swift multiple reticle solar red dot, a completely solar powered reflex sight that runs off of an internal solar charging battery. The Bear Swift features a selectable 2MOA dot and a 32 MOA circle/starburst reticle. It has a Glock MOS footprint which along with this low base, allows it to co-witness to factory iron sights.
Overall build quality is top-notch and a far cry from CVLife’s budget offerings from 10 years. The glass is flat, the reticle is crisp, and it has motion activation from sleep to concerve battery life. It has a rated 20,000 runtime at low brightness on the dot which is over 2 years.
The BearSwift is an alternative to the CVlife WildHawk X, which has a back-up solar panel but runs off a replaceable coin battery but that has a RMR footprint. https://youtu.be/emxu_VHTdes
The completely solar-powered unit is useful for shooters who regularly go to the range, which would allow regular racharging of the internal battery. But for occasional shooters, collectors, or as a bedside gun, the requirement for solar charge can pose an issue. It would have been nice if this optic had a USB-C or magnetic charging as a backup.
UTG has been quietly modernizing the MP5 by offering clamp-on handguards that allow the mounting of all the lasers, lights, and tactical accessories that a Tier 1 Operator would want in the legendary SMG. At SHOT Show 2026, they brought a new extended lower handguard sized for suppressors and a new fully knurled round charging handle.