Leupold Mark Vs. VX Rifle Scopes
Leupold has been a leader in the rifle scope market for decades, but as the Oregon company brings new models to its catalog, it can be hard to know...
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Holosun 407C vs 507C
Holosun arrived on the “red dot” scene in 2013.
Holosun’s business plan centered on affordable electronic dot sights while still offering a suite ...
SIG Sauer SIG-LOC Handgun Optic Mounting
It is not unusual to see weapons developed by the military embraced by the civilian shooting community.
The performance, reliability, and effecti...
The Best Binoculars for Whitetail Deer Hunters
As much as the hunting industry would have you believe that you need the latest super gadgets to be a successful deer hunter, most whitetail hunter...
Trijicon RMR and Leupold Delta Point: Pros and Cons of Two Leading Red Dot Sights
Head to Head: Trijicon RMR and Leupold Delta Point
Drilling into the pros and cons of two popular red dot sights for handgunners.
Which is better, ...
10 New Rifle Scopes Worth a Look
It’s been a great year for rifle scope introductions, with at least three new price-point product lines hitting retailers over the last two month...
Meprolight MPO Pro-F: Proof a Red Dot is a Great Fit for a Shotgun, Too
Like any good science, what started as one project led me to other discoveries. Early work with Mossberg’s 990 Aftershock non-NFA “pistol grip fire...
EOTECH’s Vudu 3-9x32 Represents a Disruptive New Optics Category
It’s not often that an optic breaks tradition enough to be called disruptive or novel. Generally, in analog (non-electronic) optics, we have produc...
Understanding Light Transmission
Several factors influence the amount of light that passes through an optic to your eye.
First light and last light are the magic times for most Nor...
Red Dots and Magnifiers: Making a Good Thing Even Better
In my view (pun intended), red dot optics — to include emitters, holographic, enclosed, plain dot, circle reticle, and green or red options — are i...
First Look: Vortex Crossfire HD rifle scopes
Today Vortex is updating its Crossfire II line of hunting-oriented rifle scopes with a new line called the Crossfire HD.
The new family will have...
Fifty Years of the Burris Fullfield
Over the past 50 years, American-made cars are mainly made in Mexico and Canada. Domestic beers rely on Old World recipes. And some proudly America...
Anatomy of an LPVO: Required Features for Your Next Low-Power Carbine Scope
The hottest category in magnified optics is the LPVO, which stands for Low Power Variable Optic. You know them by sight, if not by name. These are ...