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Mounting a Rifle Scope: Is Yours Too Far Back?

Mounting a Rifle Scope: Is Yours Too Far Back?

If you have to pull your head back to see a full field or prevent the ocular ring from dinging your brow, your rifle scope is mounted too far back. Check out these tips on how to scope a rifle.

Choosing the right scope can be more challenging than picking out a gun, due to all the options available today.

Choosing the Best Scope is a Daunting Task

The number of scope options available to modern shooters is overwhelming. Here are some questions to begin asking.

Accuracy 1st Anti-Cant Scope level is easy to install and mil-spec tough. It's curved vial and ceramic ball bearing allow for smooth adjustment and discrimination down to less than 1 degree of cant.

Best Scope Level for Long-Range Accuracy

One variable you need to keep under control when long-range shooting is rifle and scope level. To compliment the Whiz Wheel, Accuracy 1st has developed the very slick Anti-Cant Scope Level.

The author made all shots with his Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics 8X Wm. Malcolm USMC Sniper Scope from the bench for this article. Targets were placed at 100 yards.

The Newest Old Scope on the Market: Wm. Malcolm 8X USMC Sniper Scope

Introduced at the 2012 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, the Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Wm. Malcolm 8X USMC sniper scope is the newest “old” scope on the market.

Handgun Hunting: Choosing Scopes and Sights

Handgun Hunting: Choosing Scopes and Sights

    You have made the decision to hunt with your new big-bore revolver, and now you are facing the decision of choosing a sighting system for this short-barreled firearm. Or maybe you will only be punching paper and not hunting. What is the best system available? That depends. There are a number of factors [...]

Here's what the Leatherwood ART M1000 scope reticle looks like with the center ranging bracket on an 18-inch high target. By zooming in to fit the paper in the bracket, the scope automatically adjusts for the range, which happened to be 400 yards.

The Leatherwood ART M1000 Automatic Ranging and Trajectory Scope, Part 3

Testing the Leatherwood ART scope at long range, does it live up to the fanfare?

Tips for that Remote Tape Switch on Your AR-15

Tips for that Remote Tape Switch on Your AR-15

For the general purpose AR, a dedicated weapon-mounted light is a popular accessory, whether mounted on the rail or the vertical foregrip. If you’re using a remote tape switch with your light, there are a couple of critical points to watch for.

The 100-yard (simulated 250-yard) sight-in of the Leatherwood M1000 ART Scope. Rifle is the Armalite AR-10 NM.

The Leatherwood ART M1000 Automatic Ranging and Trajectory Scope, Part 2

In this installment, Part II, we’ll discuss setting up and sighting in the Leatherwood Hi-Lux M1000 ART Scope – a unique optic developed during the Vietnam War.

Nikon P-Series Mount

Free Mount with Purchase of New Nikon AR Riflescope

  For 2012, Nikon has expanded its precision AR optics line with the introduction of the new P-223 series. Built specifically for the .223 cartridge, the P-223 line is available in 3-9×40 and 3×32 Carbine models, each with Spot On™ optimized BDC AR-specific reticles. Nikon has really sweetened the deal on these all-new P-223 scopes [...]

What’s the Tactical Error, and Who Won the Book?

What’s the Tactical Error, and Who Won the Book?

Thanks to everyone who entered to win a copy of “Own the Night.” Blog readers were quick to identify several errors in last week’s “what’s wrong with this picture” question.