American Rifleman – September 2019

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Introducing the all-new 9mm Taurus 1911.™


All the features you want. All the power you need. The 9mm Taurus 1911™ returns.

9MM LUGER (9 + 1) • NOVAK DRIFT ADJUSTABLE SIGHTS • MATTE BLACK • 5” BARREL • 42 OZ.

A CLASSIC


IS REBORN.


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Solkoa Survival Systems


Hunter-Mountain Specialty Kit


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ontaining high-quality items applicable to eight
separate aspects of survival—signal,  re, tools, water,
navigation, shelter, medical and food—the Hunter-
Mountain Specialty Kit from Solkoa Survival Systems is
designed to keep the far-ranging outdoorsman safe during
short-duration emergencies. In addition to an attached
Mora Companion knife, the safety-orange, zippered nylon
bag contains 56 items, including: signal mirror; com-
pass; LED headlamp;  agging tape; pencil and waterproof
paper; parachute cord; duct tape; Kevlar line; emergency


blanket; ferro rod and  re tinder; adhesive bandages; water
bags; water-puri cation tablets; EMT shears; bleeding-
control dressing; aspirin; electrolyte tabs; and alumi-
num foil. Price: $155. Contact: Solkoa Survival Systems;
(719) 634-1687; solkoasurvival.com.

Leupold LTO Tracker 2


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he LTO Tracker 2, from Leupold, builds off the com-
pany’s successful LTO Tracker thermal optic, with the
addition of a recalibration mode that makes the device
in nitely more usable in thicker (and warmer) brush. In
what the company calls Beacon Mode, the temperature
threshold is re-balanced to subdue neutral background
items and vegetation, while illuminating anything warmer
in bright color(s). In addition to three color modes for
use with this Beacon setting—Hi Black, Hi White and
Hi/Lo Green—the Tracker 2 has three standard color

modes—Black, White and Green.
More than just a close-range tool, the
LTO Tracker 2 boasts 7X digital zoom,
with a detection distance of 600 yds.
(though Leupold says the typical deer detec-
tion distance is around 250 yds.) from its 206x156
thermal sensor. Zoomed to 1.5X, the Tracker 2’s  eld
of view is 16.9 degrees, while the 1.22" display itself has
a 240x204 resolution, and a 30-Hz frame rate. Price: $645.
Contact: Leupold; (800) 538-7653; leupold.com.
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