New SIG Sauer Hunting Optics
Hunters have their own specific set of needs when it comes to optics, and SIG Sauer is responding to those needs with their new Electro Optics line. For the hunters out there they’ve added the WHISKEY...
View ArticleWeatherby Offers Vanguard Leupold Package
To many firearms aficionados the Weatherby Vanguard isn’t just any rifle, it’s the heart of the company’s long gun line. Weatherby refers to Vanguards as “the flattest, fastest shooting rifles on the...
View ArticleMeopta Releases New MeoPro 6.5-20×50 Riflescopes
We’re a fan of the Czech-made optics from Meopta, but this time they are expanding their USA-based production with their MeoPro line. As part of that line, Meopta is expanding the line to include two...
View ArticleNew SIG Sauer Tactical Riflescopes
SIG Sauer is launching a new line of optics within their Electro-Optics Division: the TANGO series. At the beginning of December they announced their Whiskey scopes which are designed for hunters and...
View ArticleNikon Releases MONARCH 5 Riflescope Line
Nikon has announced the upcoming release of their MONARCH 5 (all CAPS theirs, not mine) line of riflescopes. The new Monarch line is set up around Nikon’s new “Advanced BDC” reticle which is designed...
View ArticleBattlefield Las Vegas: Optics Report
The owner of Battlefield Las Vegas has yet again graced us with another high round count report, but this time purely on Optics that the range has on their rental firearms. When they say high round...
View ArticleWarne Scope Mounts 25th Anniversary
It’s happened to all of us at one time or another: we have a hunt or range time planned in the morning and here we are, discovering we don’t have right mount for our optics. Or maybe we do have the...
View ArticleBurris announces new turret adjustment knobs
Burris Optics has announced some new products, in the form of turret adjustment knobs. This system is known as the Modular Adjustment Dial (M.A.D) System and is now currently for sale. Essentially it...
View ArticleNew Scope Base for Lever-Action Rifles
Lever-action rifles are fantastic guns whether you’re interested in a walk down Wild West memory lane, looking for a new hunting rifle, or just want a good gun for target practice. Of course, they can...
View ArticleNikon Releases their BDC Reticle in First Focal Plane
Nikon has announced the release of their BDC reticle in the First Focal Plane. Touted as the “Distance Lock” function, the FFP scopes are now available across a variety of scopes with different...
View ArticleNew Reticle Options from Leupold
Reticle preferences tend to be just that: preferences. Even when shooting and hunting at longer ranges different shooters lean towards varying reticles, which doesn’t make one or the other right (or...
View ArticleKinetic Development Groups Newest Q/D Modular Optics Mounts
Kinetic Development Group, known for their excellent assortment of innovative Q/D accessories and pushing the envelope on SCAR weapons manipulation, has updated their Sidelok system to now be...
View ArticleBadger Ordnance Precision Rifle Accessories, 16 Inch Rifle | SHOT 2017
Badger Ordnance has been a very innovative precision rifle accessory company for some decades now (this year the 35th anniversary). The companies products have been used in competition and in...
View ArticleInterview with Nightforce Optics Founder Ray Dennis
While at the Nightforce industry event back in November 2016, TFB received the privilege of talking one on one with Ray Dennis, the Australian dentist who founded one of the premier optics companies of...
View ArticleNikon Debuts BLACK Series of Riflescopes
Nikon, known for their optics (and fabulous cameras), has debuted their latest new series of riflescopes, the BLACK series. The BLACK series is designed specifically for precision long-range and...
View ArticleNEW: Vortex Announces 1-8 Strike Eagle Scope
Vortex just sent out an email blast teasing a brand-new Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8×24 Rifle Scope that they have added to the wildly popular Strike Eagle line of low-powered, variable optics. Vortex...
View ArticlePOTD: Unertl Optical Co. 1994 Price List
While I was at Keith Biddle’s machine shop having a barrel re-threaded, I asked if he remembered the price of his Uncle’s scopes. He said he had a price list lying around. This price list is dated...
View ArticleTruGlo Goes All-Out on Glass with New EMINUS Tactical Scopes
Not content to have excellent offerings within the fiber optic iron sighted world, TruGlo has opted to apply their sighting expertise in the scope realm. Out of the gate is the first of two series of...
View ArticleBushnell’s Engage Optics Line
Bushnell recently introduced a new line of optics. Called the Engage line, this new line includes both rifle scopes and binoculars that are designed for hunters and other shooters who spend time...
View ArticleZeiss Conquest V6: Versatile, Precise, and Tough as Nails
Zeiss has been at the glass game since the mid-1800’s. With industry leading techniques in optoelectronics, lenses, microscopes, and many other highly technical fields, it should come as no surprise...
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