feature leapers starts the year with a bang US manufacturer Leapers has a host of new and exciting products under its fresh Integrix and Accushot Pro branding. <strong>Gun</strong> <strong>Trade</strong> <strong>World</strong> discovers what the trade can get excited about through <strong>2023</strong>. 40 www.guntradeworld.com
Leapers has outfitted shooters for more than 30 years. Most, if not all, have come across Leapers’ well-established brands online, at a gun show, and or at the local gun shop down the street. Leapers’ mission is to promote a quality lifestyle through innovative and solution-oriented hunting and shooting sports optics and accessories with complete concept-todelivery services to customers all over the world. Innovation, quality, value, and service are central to every one of their brands. Streamlined structure Leapers is excited to announce the launch of two unique brands of optics in <strong>2023</strong>, Integrix and Accushot Pro. Two additions to reach new and continued customers alike with a streamlined tier structure and greater access to products that fit each and everyone’s lifestyle, shooting discipline, and level of experience. Concurrently, at SHOT Show <strong>2023</strong>, Leapers is also introducing its first billet AR upper and lower receivers, manufactured at its manufacturing centre in Livonia, MI. “In <strong>2023</strong> there is a lot to look forward to, Leapers welcomes and appreciates new and continued support from shooters everywhere,” says company founder, David Ding. The Integrix Difference Integrix, Leapers’ new premier optics starts with the end user. Intensive market research and numerous discussions with users from different areas – sports shooters from different disciplines, hunters from different nations, and users in the police and military – make it possible to recognise the constantly changing and growing requirements for optics. To hit the target with pinpoint accuracy over long distances, optics with maximum resolution, the highest light transmission, and extreme repeatability are required. Key Specifications • Individually Centration Tested German and Japanese Glass, Concentric Tested Post Assembly • Multi-Coated Lenses for Glare, Reflection, and Scratch Resistance • Low Aberration Optimized Image Quality with Over a 92 per cent Light Transmittance • Edge-to-Edge Sharpness, High Contrast and Resolution Standard • Reliable Adverse Temperature and Environmental Performance with -40° to 160° Fahrenheit Operational Range and IPX7 Waterproof Rating • Rated, at Minimum, for .338 LAPUA Magnum • Red and Green Reticle Illumination with eight Brightness Intensity Settings • 12 Hour Automatic Shutoff • Intuitive Lockable and Zero Resettable Windage and Elevation Turrets, Serrated and Oversized for Glove Use • Serrated Power Ring and Rear Adjustable Eyepiece Diopter • Make Transitioning Across Magnification Range Effortless with Included Oversized Throw Lever Accushot Pro All Around Performance Leveraging qualities from Leapers’ premium Integrix scopes and fully utilising over 30 years of experience, this is their most well-rounded and balanced brand of scopes having optimised functionality, feature set, and build quality at a fair price. Every step from design, manufacturing, build assembly, through precision inspection and scenario testing embraces Leapers’ “The Best Never Rest” motto, embracing their commitment to provide new product options with higher standards every year. Augmented optical performance, mechanical integrity and repeatability, and sleek functional aesthetics can all be had with Accushot Pro. Key Specifications • Multi-coated Lenses for Optimised Image Quality • Sharp 90 per cent Light Transmittance with High-definition Clarity and Contrast • Reliable Adverse Temperature and Environmental Performance with -40° to 160°F Operational Range and IPX7 Waterproof Rating • Red and Green Reticle Illumination with 10 Brightness Intensity Settings • 5,000+ Hours Battery Life with 12 Hour Automatic Shutoff • Serrated Flat Profile Lockable and Zero Resettable W/E Turrets • Serrated Adjustable Eyepiece Diopter and Power Ring • Includes Optional Oversized Power Ring Throw Lever and Flip Open Lens Caps Top Level Manufacturing Within Leapers’ UTG PRO Livonia, Michigan manufacturing facility is a machine shop floor lined up with worldclass CNC, injection-molding, robotic automation, and in-house Cerakote. The capable manufacturing facility produces Leapers’ USA-made line of handguards, stocks, buffer tubes, scope rings, magazines, and now AR billet receivers. Releasing first is a standard lower receiver, available as a set with their upper or standalone. This lower provides the same standard battery of arms and parts commonality as one would expect from a forged receiver but implements features that shooters of all skill levels and disciplines will appreciate. A true ambidextrous lower will also be available shortly after and both lowers share the same overall design elements and shooter driven ergonomics. Ever lose a spring, detent, or two? Avoid the pain and frustration from dents, scratches, and the loss of detents and springs. UTG PRO lower receivers feature a captured buffer detent and rear takedown pin housing. Threaded steel pins replace the typical use of roll pins throughout the upper and lowers, easing installation for first time and even well-versed builders. Common parts compatibility was a key must-have and the ability to easily source parts from all over adds to how simple it is to get up and running with a UTG Pro receiver. Outside of the originally designed parts for the true ambidextrous lower, the majority of standard drop-in and aftermarket handguards, LPKs, BCGs, and FCGs are compatible. Ergonomic considerations go hand in hand with the lower receivers shortened and flared mag well which allows for compatibility with most, if not all, magazines and drums. Its aggressive inner flaring speeds up magazine insertions and ambidextrous trigger finger swells in line with the outer ledge of the mag well provides a deliberate trigger finger index for large hands. For those who do not wear a size large shooting glove, ambidextrous ledges milled into the middle of the receiver provide trigger finger indexing for medium-sized hands and cutouts in the trigger guard provide the same for smaller hands. Being billet, the receivers are precision CNC machined from industry standard 7075-T6 aluminum and finished in a type III class II matte black hard coat anodize. The receivers design removes excess materials from viable areas without hindering reliability and while providing a modern aesthetic unique to UTG Pro. Overall melted receiver geometry reduces snag points and hot spots. A lower to upper receiver tensioning screw comes standard. It is important to note that both UTG Pro lowers remain fully compatible with most uppers in the marketplace. A tapered rear flattop upper provides shooters with a better purchase on charging handles with or without gloves and is particularly useful if ever having to mortar their rifle to clear a severe stoppage malfunction. The flattop is machined with an additional Picatinny slot compared to a standard upper. www.leapers.com leapers www.guntradeworld.com 41
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