Affixed to a firearm via any Picatinny rail section of at least 4" long, the LaserLyte Ryder Center Mass projects a nine-laser spread pattern (eight smaller dots encircling a brighter center dot) that approximates the dispersion of a shotgun blast. A pressure switch offers both momentary-on and constant-on modes.
Price: $150.
Contact: LaserLyte; (928) 649-3201; laserlyte.com.
The Maschinengewehr 42, more commonly called the MG42, was Germany’s final development in its longstanding “universal machine gun” concept. American GIs and U.S. Intelligence officers were discussing its capabilities even while fighting raged across Europe.
Winchester will be featured on the No. 3 Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon as a part of the Richard Childress Racing team during the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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