Most hunters obsess over magnification because it’s the easiest number to understand. More power feels like more capability, ...

On a shelf above my cluttered desk is a book that was favored reading when I was an innocent lad. It’s a Shooters Bible, published in 1956, and on the cover is a crouching tiger. The pages are worn ...

Long-range target scopes have one job: to place bullets with repeatable precision at distance. But there’s plenty of room for variation within that performance envelope, and this year’s crop of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You certainly know about binoculars and telescopes for magnifying faraway objects. But consider their ...

You certainly know about binoculars and telescopes for magnifying faraway objects. But consider their in-between sibling, spotting scopes. They’re the sweet spot of specialty optics, letting you zoom ...

For a long time, European optics manufacturers did not configure their rifle scopes to best suit American hunters. Their scopes were often large and heavy with bold reticles positioned in the first ...