-: Hey everyone and welcome back to Shot Show 2026
with our new product Premiere.
Today I am joined by Meridian's team, Josh and Casey,
and they're gonna talk a little bit about their new
optics that they have.
But I know that Veridian has a special birthday this year.
How old is Verdean turning this year?
So we are celebrating 20 years this year
and we couldn't be more thrilled to be celebrating Athaw.
Well, congratulations.
And, you know, to celebrate their 20th anniversary,
they have been working hard on creating a whole lot
of new optics for handguns and carby.
Josh, why don't you tell us a little bit about
what you got new for 2026?
So, our newest product is the RFX one.
It's specifically designed
and custom designed for the Bodyguard 2.0.
It's the, the most unique feature about it is
that it doesn't require an optic to cut slide.
So if you simply push the rear side of the gun,
there's a plate that mounts inside the dovetail,
the optic sits on top of that
and then screws onto the, to that plate.
Well, and that's a really interesting concept
because when Smith
and Wesson came out with the Bodyguard 2.0, they said
that the slide was too thin Yep.
To mount any traditional optics.
So they weren't gonna have a slide cut,
so there really wasn't any option.
Right. You guys said, hold on a second, we can come up
with something, but this is a really innovative design.
Very small, rugged, durable, easy to carry. Yep.
I love that optic. What else you have?
Well, so we also have the RFX 42,
which is A-R-M-S-C footprint.
This is our compact enclosed emitter
features a 3.5 MOA dot.
It has 10 brightness settings, two for night vision retails
for 3 79.
Nice. And the enclosed emitter obvious keeps debris lint.
Yeah. Lint out of it.
Still compact enough to carry every day. Awesome.
-: And the 42 also has a battery compartment on the side
to ease your battery changes
-: So you don't have to take, take the optical.
Correct. Right. That, that's a, that's a major benefit.
Huge. Then we've got our MDS lineup.
This is our modern.site lineup.
We've got the 35, which is our bigger window,
and the 25 here will feature A BRC radical,
which is, I mean, you want
to explain a little bit about that?
-: Sure. It's essentially, it's a bullet rise,
compensating redle.
It takes incon into consideration the distance
of the radical above the bore.
-: Yeah. - And then, we'll, if you zero at the top dot,
it's a 5,200 yard zero, which means you're coming up
through 50 and back down through 200,
and it's about a one inch rise at a hundred yards.
Then the second dot down is for 15 yards,
and the third dot down is for seven yards.
So allows for close quarters, very accurate shooting,
but also the ability to reach out 200 plus.
-: Yeah. And that's a really interesting point that you make.
We're used to seeing drop compensated verticals
or optics where the further out you go, the higher you hold.
But this is, you're actually at seven yards.
You're using the lowest dot.
So it's a little, it's counterintuitive at first,
but once you actually look through this,
the redle is super clean.
You've got your three dots, you've got your Chevrons
really fantastic optic.
I haven't seen anything like this redle.
So I really love that one.
-: Thank you. And to the red, like you said, the,
the Chevrons can also be used for ranging.
-: Yeah. - So you can catch your range from, you know,
eyeballs at about seven years at about 15,
shoulders at 25, et cetera.
-: Yep. And then you've got, you've got your
compensation out to 200.
So very cool concept on those optics.
What else do we have new this show?
We also have our venta, which is a one by 22 green dot optic
for rifles as well.
That retails for 1 69.
And then finally we have the RFX 11.
This particular model, this is one of our,
our most popular models that we sell.
It retails anywhere from 1 99 all the way up to 2 29.
This particular one is custom designed for the Echelon
Springfield's, also running all
of the RX elevens on their gear pack program.
And well, that just lends a lot of credibility to the,
to the brand and their trust in us.
Well, and that's a great package too.
You're getting an Echelon pistol and a Viridian R 11 site.
You know, you're getting everything you need
right out of the box.
And it's a really good setup for anybody.
The world has moved toward optics, right?
Both red dot and Green dot.
Now, Viridian optics, one thing that we should point out,
they're not, we don't wanna say red dot all the time,
like they're all red dots meridians
aren't, they're green dots.
Right. And that has to do with the,
the eye's ability to pick up green light.
Right. Our slogan is, I see green better.
And that's rooted in science.
So the human eye can see green, the,
the green spectrum better in most lighting
conditions than, than red.
And I notice that when I'm shooting,
I have green dots on several of my pistols.
Yep. You can really see that green.in a wide range of light.
And that makes a huge difference in,
it's in a self defense situation, if you can't see your dot
and you have that pause, that's a real problem.
We run into a lot of guys the two of that
that have stigmatisms.
Yeah. And the dot
and the green is generally crisper if
you've got astigmatism.
So that's another, another benefit to green.
Well, you showed us all these optics here,
but you guys don't just make optics, right?
You make other accessories for firearms.
They might not be as noticeable.
So let's walk through a little bit about some
of the other accessories you have here.
We, so on, on these two rifles,
we've got our HS one hand stop, which is a laser hand stop.
Yeah. And then we also have our
four Lux 2K, which is a light and laser combo.
It's got multiple settings, high, low, medium strobe,
and then you can cycle through with both the laser
or just light only.
It has multiple modes on the side.
And then a intermittent button on the trigger.
Well, what, what a great setup if you're
gonna have a hand stop, right.
If you're gonna have that on your rifle, you might
as well go ahead and incorporate a light or a laser.
You're just taking advantage of the space that you have.
Everything's more convenient, everything's nicely spaced. So
-: As well with that, when it's got a a rechargeable,
it comes with a battery pack
and it's a magnetic charging cord.
Yep. So you can have it always ready
-: Or throw it in your safe and keep it fully charged.
Perfect. All right. So there you go.
Ton of new products from Veridian for 2026.
You've got optics for handguns,
for car beans, anything you want.
Check out their website at Veridian Doc Tech.