“thermal optics”

Ruger now chambers its popular AR-556 MPR rifle in .450 Bushmaster, offering hunters all of the benefits and fun of an AR while gaining twice as much umph downrange.

Alternative optics such as thermal and night-vision optics, while great tools to extend precious predator hunting hours, don’t operate like your average scope or binocular. Here are a few things to take note of before embarking on your next nighttime hunt.

From keeping coyotes under control to catching poachers in the act, thermal optics may be the most exciting, beneficial new technology to come along in years.

Today’s hunters have a wide array of choices in both light-intensified optics and thermal optics to help them see their prey when the lights go out. Which technology works better, though, is more of a debate than you may realize.

The latest tech driving hunting-scope development has given us unprecedented versatility, catlike night-vision, built-in ballistic solutions and, would you believe … plastic lenses?

Leupold has introduced the latest in its line of Leupold Thermal Optics in the form of the handheld LTO-Quest.

Wild swine are devastating property and wildlife across the country and one way to combat the threat is to employ military-like tactics such as night vision.