Ahh, the mighty .17 Winchester Super Magnum. While most .17 caliber rimfire rounds were developed by simply necking down existing .22 rounds, the .17 WSM was made by necking down a powerful .27 caliber nail gun blank, which allows it to push a bullet at a whopping 3000 feet per second. Naturally this screamer of […]

Buying American made products can be increasingly hard in a global economy. Many items sold by American companies are made overseas, or are a mix of imported and US parts assembled here in the states. And while there are a great many very fine imported rifle scopes (for instance it’s hard to question Zeiss or […]

A special purpose rifle (SPR) is a semi-auto rifle dedicated to being a precision weapon. It falls in between a sniper rifle and a normal rifle. Most commonly, this is an AR 15, and in the United States, it’s the most prevalent. Scoping an SPR can be difficult. You need an optic that will let […]

CZ as a gun company is mostly known for their fantastic series of handguns. Still, most CZ shooters come for the pistols but stay for the rifles. The CZ 455 is one such rifle. It’s rugged, good-looking, and a very polished and reliable rifle. Like most bolt action rifles, the gun can benefit greatly from […]

BSA scopes and factories have been around a lot longer than most people realize. They are a premier British optics company that has long served their country and are now taking a commercial route. Although they are a small company, they make a ton of different optics. They produce red dots, variable scopes, scopes for […]

Barska scopes and Barska, in general, are pretty well known in the gun industry for their line of effective and affordable optics and firearms accessories. Barska’s line is expansive when it comes to optics, and they can be used for hunting, tactical, target practice, and plinking. Regardless of your role, Barska probably makes a scope […]

America Versus Germany—this is a battle we’ve fought twice before. Not since World War II, however, has there been such a disputed battle of wills. Of course, I’m talking about the war between Zeiss and Leupold. Both Zeiss and Leupold are well-known optics manufacturers and respected in both their homelands and worldwide. They both produce […]

Low power scopes are very popular with those in the know about accurate shooting. While it may be appealing to put a scope big enough to hunt satellites with on your rifle, there comes a point when you are simply investing in too much optic. Shooters will tell you that low-powered optics are quite viable […]

The .308 is one of America’s favorite cartridges–perfect for hunting medium to large game, common, and quite effective up to a thousand yards. To realize the full potential of the .308, however, you’d either need the eyes of an eagle or a quality optic. But a good scope is just one part of the equation; […]

The AK 47 is a venerable old rifle, once the arm of our ideological enemies, and found all over the globe thanks to massive Soviet arms programs during the Cold War, it is a rugged, durable and hard hitting firearm. Said to be the most common military rifle on the planet, it is widely sold […]

Illuminated reticle rifle scopes are one of the marvels of modern scope technology. To say that illuminated reticles are a game changer is something of an understatement; they’ve actually redefined how we use rifle scopes. From the earliest scopes to the present day, the reticle has been a series of black lines, which work reasonably […]

Night hunting with a crossbow is a fun, exciting, and challenging sport, but it can be dangerous if you don’t have the proper gear. One of the most important pieces of gear is a good night vision optic. Crossbows have different scope requirements than rifles. The best crossbow scopes need to have a lower magnification, […]

Many game animals are nocturnal or semi-nocturnal, and many a successful hunt has taken place in the wee hours of the morning or in dusky twilight at the end of the day. Other times, weather conditions will leave you hunting in darker conditions than you might like, and to that end, you need to make […]

Muzzleloading rifles have exploded in popularity with the rise of dedicated hunting seasons and an appreciation for simpler ways. The unique advantages of being able to hand-craft and custom-build the load for each shot is appealing, as is the romantic nature of a muzzle stuffer. Some folks will take to the woods with authentic wood-stocked […]

US Optics and NightForce are two highly respected brands of premium quality, long range optics. Given this, sooner or later, people will start comparing the two, which is far more logical than some of the other things people compare to each other, like different flavors of soy ice cream or which type of hybrid car […]

It’s time for another scope comparison article! This time we pit the ever popular and well-known Leupold against Vortex. Both companies are known for quality optics, both are US based, although Vortex imports a great many of their optics from state of the art factories overseas, and both build scopes for the demanding hunter and […]