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ProHear EM066 Ear Pro

After I visited the ProHear booth at SHOT Show 2025, they reached out to offer me their EM066 electronic earmuffs to test. I received a set of earphones that looked suspiciously similar to my go-to headphones, Howard Leight Impact Sports. There has been some online speculation that ProHear makes Howard Leights or that they are both made at the same Chinese factory. But after my testing, I’m nearly certain this is not the case.

The EM066 are labeled “Machette” headphones. On first blush, they look very similar to the Howard Leights with slightly harder edges in their design. The most obvious difference is the EM066’s microphone grill covers and the vertical orientation of its volume wheel. The EM066 was designed to use Howard Leight compatible ear pads, which necessitate its nearly identical physical specs.

Like Howard Leights, the EM066 renders stereoscopic sound and a 4-hour automatic power cut-off to preserve battery life should the user forget to switch the unit off (something I’ve been guilty of with other headphones). The sound quality of ambient sounds is not identical. The EM066 renders a thinner and tinier sound environment when replicating ambient noise. The EM066 is capable of being louder than the Howard Leights.

Next, I tested the EM066 sound quality using an AUX audio cable; the music sounded slightly better than Howard Leights, though both had mediocre bass response when playing House music. A headphone’s ability to render music is a good indication of a headphone’s ability to recreate a realistic representation of the sound environment.

Testing the EM066 at the gun range, they cut out gunshots without completely cutting off voices mid-conversation like other cheap, budget headphones. I could carry on a normal conversation amidst the sound of gunfire. The EM066 padded headband and foam plastic earcups were comfortable, though I will be looking to upgrade them with gel earpads.

Overall, these headphones have all the best features of my beloved Howard Leight Impact Sports and a few subtle improvements.

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Amazon https://amzn.to/3GmTwcv

SPECS

EM066
NRR: 23db
Reaction Time: 0.01 sec
Max Amplification: 4x
Body: Plastic
Battery : 2x AAA
Battery Life: 300 hrs
Auto Shutoff: 4hrs
Weight: 9.6 oz
Dimensions: 6.5″ x 5.1″

Shooting Sports

TMI 250423 Amiga with Scott Robinet


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be talking about VIC-20 and Amiga computers and games with Voltaric Software founder Scott Robinet.

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EARLYBIRD Clue:
This computer company’s brand name is also a naval flag rank or position: a rank between captain and a rear admiral. It is often a temporary command title, given to a captain commanding a flotilla or squadron of ships. 

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This brand started as an electric typewriter company in Canada in 1958. They sold electronic calculators before creating some of the first personal computers, the PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) in 1977. In 1980 they released the most affordable PC at the time, the VIC-20.

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Special Guest: Scott Robinet

Scott Robinet is a software developer in Canada. He grew up in Ontario outside of Toronto where he went to college at the University of Windsor. As the VP of R&D at Network Automation, helped build and successful startup in California. 

He moving back to Toronto in 2014, where he founded and currently leads Voltaric, an analytics and optimization cloud software company that focuses on the Energy industry and Energy infrastructure.

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EARLYBIRD Clue:
This company was one of the most popular first-generation personal computer companies, along with Apple Computers, Texas Instruments TRS series, Times-Sinclair, and Atari Computers.

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TMI Live 250416 with @jh5869


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be chatting about Easter, the Last Supper, and the TV series “The Chosen” with @jh5869 the host of Livestream show “Georgia Shooting Connection”. top leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Read my notes https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-live-250416/

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EARLYBIRD Clue:

Version 1.0.0

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This brand was founded in Bethlehem Pennsylvania in 1953 and markets marshmallow confections in the shape of chicks, bunnies, and other animals.

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Special Guest: https://www.youtube.com/@jh5869
Jamie Howell aka JH586 is the host of long-running YouTube livestream show Georgia Shooting Connection, which is on Fridays.

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Bubble Level Contest
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NAME THE BRAND CLUE:

This brand’s mash mallow confection was originally only available at Easter but is now available year-round. It is still a staple of many kid’s Easter basket.

HASHTAG DRAWING #peeps

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Next Livestream Wed April 23

Shooting Sports

TPO KT 5-40×56

Texas Precision Optics is now putting out their scopes under the brand name TPO, and dropping their old brand name Sniper. I welcome this change as I always found the name “Sniper” to be a bit cringy; like a knife company using the brand name “Ninja”.

I reviewed a few Sniper scopes a few years ago. They were budget-priced scopes that came with a wealth of accessories and a few compromises. They had sharp glass but with noticeable chromatic aberration. Their build quality and construction were a bit rough and unrefined. I had low expectations when they offered to send me a KT 5-40×56 to test.

The KT has TPO’s industrial aesthetic with turret’s and knobs that look like motor gears. The fit and finish was unrefined; its parallax and magnification knobs were exceptionally stiff. The turrets had quite a bit of slop between clicks and felt imprecise. Despite this, the turrets tracked and the scope held zero.

Its most positive feature was its glass, which had far less chromatic aberration than previous TPO scopes. But the scope had a very tight eyebox and was dim and low contrast at its higher magnification. The reticle is a traditional cross-hair with MIL stadia, but may be too thick for precision shooters.

The KT promises 5-40×56 performance but compromises its fit-and-finish and eyebox. But with a street price under $300, some budget-conscious shooters who need a 40x may be willing to overlook its shortcomings

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Available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Ei79cd

RESOLUTION

Group 0 / Element 1

SPECS

Magnification: 5-40x

Objective: 56mm

Eye Relief:  4.9~4.2″

Focus: 30 yards to infinity

FOV: 15~2.6 @ 100 yrds

Click Value: 1/8 MOA

Max Elevation Adj: 80 MOA

Max Windage Adj: 80 MOA

Illumination: Red/Green

Battery: CR2032

Weight: 43 oz

Length: 18″

Gadgets, Shooting Sports

SHOT 2025 Athlon Rangecraft Chrono

Athlon Optics is known for making a wide range of high-quality scopes on par with other Leupold, Vortex, and Burris at a more reasonable price. At SHOT Show 2025 their most surprising new product wasn’t a scope or optic.

Athlon is releasing the Rangecraft Velocity Pro ballistic chronograph. Looking strikingly similar to the Garmin Xero, the differences lie in its user interface which is much easier to use and snappy. Like their scopes, the biggest advantage that Athlon delivers is price. The expected street price is about half that of the Garmin Xero.

UPDATE: Due to the Trump Administration’s Tarriffs, prices for electronics made in China went up and there were delays in shipment. The original launch date was intended for late April but the first shipments were delayed.

Shooting Sports

SHOT 2025 Athlon Budget Thermal Scope

Athlon Optics released a slew of new products at SHOT Show 2025, but one of the most exciting is a budget-priced thermal scope, the Cronos ATS Pro 25p. This high-performance thermal scope will have a retail price of around $699 with a 1024×768 OLED HD display to provide a sharp, high contrast view with vivid color.

As Dustin said, Athlon has been offering shooters great value, and with these updates, even more so. I look forward to trying out all of these new products in the coming year.

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Shooting Sports

SHOT 2025 Leupold VX HD Gen2

At the Leupold booth in SHOT Show 2025 I was brought into their meeting room to see just one scope. But this scope was the Gen 2 update of their flagship VX hunting line. The VX HD Gen2 features ED glass and a newly redesigned tool-less resetable turrets. These turrets have a lever which sits flush into the circular turret, which swings out to release the turret top to reset the zero.

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Amazon Leupold VX-6HD Gen 2 3-18×44 https://amzn.to/3QQjwyM

Shooting Sports

SHOT 2025 Staccato HD P4

Staccato 2011’s are one of the hottest 1911-style pistols because they are double-stack 9mm bridging the gap between those who love the 1911 platform but want a pistol with the capacity of a modern 9mm duty pistol. At SHOT Show, they debuted their new HD P4, a compact design to be a CCW pistol.

There’s also a rumor that this new pistol would be certified to be available to civilians in California. I asked if that was true at their booth but unfortunately, it turns out to be just a rumor.

WEBSITE

https://staccato2011.com/products/staccato-hd-p4

Shooting Sports

TMI Live 250409 Will Rosado


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be meeting Will Rosado, who is the illustrator for GI Joe. This video is sponsored by Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Read my notes https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-live-250326/

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EARLYBIRD Clue: This toy company’s products include Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Rom the Space Knight, Micronauts, M.A.S.K., Monopoly, Furby, Nerf, Potato Head, Bop It!, Play-Doh, Twister, and My Little Pony

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This toy brand started as the Hassenfeld Brothers company in Providence, Rhode Island, in late 1923. The company originally made textiles, then produced pencil cases and school supplies. 

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Special Guest: https://www.williamrosado.com/
William Rosado is a comic book artist and illustrator. He began his career in 1993 working for Marvel Comics as a penciler on the title G.I. Joe. His first published work for DC Comics was over the New Titans title as a penciler. He worked on some of the Batman and Superman titles during the 90’s.

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE:

This toy brand’s logo has changed several times over the decades.

HASHTAG DRAWING #hasbro

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Next Livestream Wed April 16

Shooting Sports

SHOT 2025 Burris Optics

At the Burris / Steiner booth in SHOT Show 2025 they had a ton of new optics to show off. Their entire line of Fullfield scopes has been updated for their 50th Anniversary. These scopes feature stylish red turrets which are user changable to other turrets with zero stop and calibrations.

Burris has a new enclosed emitter Fastfire E. But by far, their biggest debut is their new XTR PS model of electronic augmented long-range scope with a in-tube heads-up-display. This optic syncs with their ballistic App for you phone that helps you calculate your adjustments as well as starts a shot timer when it senses recoil from your rifle.

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XTR PS