Sights & Optics

Shotgun sights? Oh boy, I have been through the whole gamut of versions over the years. Bead on a barrel, ramped bead, buckhorn, and rifle sights, several...

It’s hard to make technical assessments about optics since I don’t have a full test bench of equipment, but based on my Mark I senses the Riton 5 Primal...

The engineers who designed the Model 70 had grown up shooting with open sights. So did nearly all the hunters who bought the first of these rifles on the...

Got an adjustable-sighted S&W revolver and want a heavy-duty fixed sight with a front tritium big dot sure to pop right up when you most need it?

The Holosun DRS-TH is a revolutionary rifle-mounted optic combining the capabilities of a red dot sight with the advanced features of thermal imaging. T

Fast, highly visible, easy to install yourself, and as unbreakable as a politician’s ego, the XS Sights Universal Standard Dot Shotgun Vent Rib can help...

An upgrade like the XS GLOCK Fiber Optic Sight Kit can significantly change your ability to hit fast and sure, and for less than $70, it’s an investment...

It’s not as inscrutable as the Bermuda Triangle. Shooters who ignore it won’t disappear. But the three legs of the optical triangle do affect what you...

We all want the top-of-the-line sights for our top-of-the-line pistol, but after we finish lying about it to our gun buddies, we go home and start shopping...

The new EPL 4 from Arken optics has been a real gem on the range. This 4-16x44 model comes with high-end features such as First Focal Plane, zero stop and...

As scope-makers all but relegate fixed 2-½x and 4x scopes to museums, I’m forced into weekly counseling to “manage my grief.” It is a humiliating and...

In prone competition, my scores with aperture sights often equaled those fired with my 20x scope at identical targets. Open sights would have doomed them to...

Digits above the red dot drifted up into the corner of the screen: 496 yards. Incline of 11 degrees; 8 degrees tilt. The data would be updated 54 times a...

The wait is over. One of the most anticipated new optics previewed at SHOT Show earlier this year — the Holoson SCS 320 — is now available.

If you’re going afield with intentions of lethally pestering antelope, mountain goats or even deer at longer-than-spitting distances, you need this gizmo...

If you are going from a box-stock-Glock to an optic, the Swampfox Wolverine will be part of your dream build.

Since I mostly hunt in the east, where 100 yards is often considered a long shot, I’ve mostly thought of binoculars as a nuisance. However, I’m a...

Never content to rest on their laurels, XS Sights' new R3D 2.0 builds on the commonsense design of the R3D

For serious competition shooters, Burris offers their newest XTR PRO. The optic has all the features needed for demanding PRS type competition including a...

In 1900, Irish optics engineer Sir Howard Grubb patented his “Collimating-Telescope Gun-Sight.” A reflecting surface projected an adjustable reticle to...

There are plenty of spare-cartridge pocket carriers on the market, everything from Speed Strips to speed loaders and all sorts of other systems. However,...

Oddly enough, the annual habit of offering up bigger, more complex and more expensive sporting optics seems unbreakable. Competition is fierce to peddle...

I’m now the proud owner of a CZ 527 American rifle in, of all things, 7.62x39. I needed (wanted?) a light, compact, light-recoiling deer rifle to help out...

If you’re like me, you’ve resisted any temptation to relegate the tried-and-true iron sights on your defensive handgun to “back-up” status by...

Designed for use with the Burris FastFire series red dots or any red dot that uses a Docter mounting pattern, the SpeedBead Vent Rib Mount is a simple DIY...

Quick-detachable scope mounts were common on hunting rifles when internal fogging, broken reticles and wayward W/E dials ensured a steady demand for iron sights

FOV in riflescopes is commonly stated in feet at 100 yards. In binoculars and spotting scopes, it is feet at 1,000 yards or meters at 1,000 meters. Schmidt...

I am often asked what technique or system is the best. My response is to try them all and pick the one that works best for you. A reader’s digest version...

The Strike Eagle line of riflescopes is a crowd favorite thanks to the quality/price ratio leaning more in favor of the shooter. Just added is the 3-18x44...

For most of us, telescopes have given way to spotting scopes and tripods have replaced staffs and crossed sticks. Techniques for steadying rifles have taken...

The first time I tried using a rifle scope must have been around 60 years ago. The father of a friend had somehow managed to attach a 3/4" tube scope made...

Over the years, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to use binoculars and spotting scopes. Today’s models, no matter who makes them, are the best optics...

Red dot optics are the latest advancement in pistol sighting systems but if you're like us, you still have trouble finding the dot quickly. Firearms...

The Holosun AEMS is a red or green dot optic that packs a lot of features. Watch as Nic Lenze talks you through them with some help from a friend.

There are some feral hogs that need taking care of, so Digital Editor Ashley McGee mounts an ATN ThOR 4 Smart HD Thermal Rifle Scope to her pig gun. Take a...

Just when you got used to red dots, here come green dots! Nic Lenze shows you the AEMS, a green dot option from Holosun. Groups for proof!