Category: Scopes

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…