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Here’s an inside look at the hottest new hunting riflescopes for 2019.

At its core, the Steiner HX series is designed as an olive branch to the U.S. market—it packs high-quality German glass into a package that’s meant to be familiar to the American hunter, and at a price that’s upper-middle class yet not eye-popping.

Designed to be offer a new class of hunting binocular, the HX Series incorporates some of Steiner's finest technology, all while trying to maintain a price point that American hunters could warm up to.

In the century or so since its founding—not as an optics company, mind you, but we'll get to that in a minute—Leupold & Stevens, often referred to simply as Leupold, has provided riflescopes to hunters, shooters and the entirety of the United States military. There's no real shortage of things to say about Leupold's long history. That said, we've dug up 10 (possibly) little-known facts about the Beaverton, Ore., staple.

There's not just one stereotypical whitetail hunter—it's more like six. Have you met them all? Read on and find out.

The German-designed but American-made Minox ZA3 is powerful, rugged and affordable.

Hunt on any budget with these cost-cutting measures!