Need Help Choosing a Scope?

As you may have guessed from the website name, this site is about rifle scopes and how to choose the best one for your needs. Choosing a rifle scope for hunting, target shooting, or general plinking, use to be fairly simple. Not any more. With all the advances in optics and scope technology, it can be extremely confusing now.

Hopefully, that’s where this web site can help. Our goal is to provide some background information about scopes and how they work. We also want to provide some information and opinions about the various scope models on the market, and where to find the best deals on those models.

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  • Understanding Parallax in Rifle Scopes

    Understanding Parallax in Rifle Scopes

    You see the term often used when describing scopes, but what exactly is parallax? More importantly, what does it mean in terms of rifle scopes? Parallax describes a situation where the focal plane of the object in the scope is offset from the reticle. If you have parallax, you basically have an optical illusion of…

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  • Reviewing the Nikon Monarch 7 Series of Rifle Scopes

    Reviewing the Nikon Monarch 7 Series of Rifle Scopes

    Here’s a fairly in-depth overview of the new Nikon Monarch 7 series of rifle scopes. I’ve published the entire review and then added my thoughts under the original review. “Today’s refined rifleman demands modern reticles featuring holdovers for elevation, wider magnification ranges, improved optical systems, better lens coatings, improved turret designs and illuminated reticles. Many…

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  • Benchrest Shooting Tips and Tricks from a Master

    Benchrest Shooting Tips and Tricks from a Master

    Hey sharpshooters, here’s a how to” video on benchrest rifle shooting—mastering the precision rifle, close up! I took this two-minute video at a registered NBRSA (National Benchrest Shooters Association) match at the Fairchance rifle range in Pennsylvania —of me shooting a 0.373” group at 200 yards —that’s under two-tenths inch Minute of Angle. Watch the…

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  • Reviewing the Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 4.5-14X44SF Rifle Scope

    Reviewing the Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 4.5-14X44SF Rifle Scope

    Over the years, I’ve had a fair amount of experience with the Bushnell line of scopes. But, honestly, I was never super impressed. I always thought it was a good solid line of scopes, but they never really had any models that really dazzled me (until now, that is). My introduction to the Bushnell Legend…

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  • ATN Rifle Scopes

    American Technologies Network (better known as ATN) is an American optics company, which was formed in 1995.  Based in the San Francisco, CA, ATN produces a number of products designed to aid sight or provide illumination.  These include products such as: ATN equips government law enforcement professionals via a service contract with the General Services…

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  • Tasco Scopes

    Tasco is a well-known manufacturer of sports optics.  They are perhaps best known for their telescopes, but also manufacture microscopes, binoculars, and a variety of other optics equipment.  Based in Miramar, Florida, the company was founded by George Rosenfield in 1954. Before being renamed Tasco, it was originally known as the Tanross Supply Company.  In…

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