“Tag: Hunting Scopes”

Among all the world’s riflescope manufacturers, Nikon has arguably done the best job of making it easy to buy the right scope for specific shooting jobs.

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.

Store shelves tend to be loaded with scopes in the 3-9x power range. Styrka’s S5 3-9x40mm Plex is yet another entry into that busy product category, so what makes it different? Here are five features that you need to know.

Leupold has expanded the reticle options in its Mark 6 and Mark 8 lines of riflescopes.

Carl Zeiss Sport Optics has announced its latest Outdoor Family Days Promotion. From April 1 through May 31, 2016, Zeiss is offering savings on some of its most popular products.

The Swarovski X5(i) has the best dial-up system of any long-range scope Bryce Towsley has used, and without a doubt it’s the easiest one to learn. Of course, the optics are brilliant; after all it’s a Swarovski.

Zeiss' Terra XB75 Crossbow Scope is our 2016 Optic of the Year.

Bushnell's optics are getting a facelift. Some of them, anyway. While at the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits, the company announced that its Trophy line of optics would be undergoing a re-engineering. In addition, it's being joined by the new Trophy Xtreme line.

Steiner has announced that its P4Xi 1-4x24mm riflescope—previously available only to law enforcement personnel—will now be offered to the general public.