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Riflescopeblog is written by Steven K. Ledin, OpticsPlanet’s Director of Product Intelligence. Follow Steve’s daring exploits as he shoots, travels, hunts, tests, teaches, modifies, and breaks the latest rifle scopes, red dots, lights, lasers and more. Get an insight into the corporate world of a professional gunbitch with a dose of his philosophical insight.

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    >Leupold Reticles

    Steven K. Ledin, December 2, 2008 >Leupold Reticles

    There’s a lot of misinformation out there about Leupold reticles. Even a google search states that most are wire. Not true. This was mostly true many years ago, but technology grows. All Leupold illuminated reticles are etched. All Mk IV, and VX-III, and VX-L, mildot, Boone & Crockett, and Varmint Hunter’s reticles are etched. The Duplex is not wire, either. It is a metal form stamping made out of a single, solid piece of steel. About the only wire reticles left are the CPC, target crosshair, and target dot. Not
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    20 Nov

    >A Merry Red Dot Christmas

    Steven K. Ledin, November 20, 2008 >A Merry Red Dot Christmas

    Red dot sights always make great gifts because they are adaptable to so many applications. Some special deals going on this season are represented by the Burris Fastfire with the picatinny mount, or if you need the sight without the picatinny so you can choose a different Fastfire mount, you can do that too. Another great choice and an excellent value is this single ring version of the Tasco Propoint. The Bushnell HOLOsight is a proven performer, and made by EOTech, a main provider of holographic sights for our military. All make great gifts.
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    20 Nov

    >Fobus Holsters and Accessories

    Steven K. Ledin, November 20, 2008

    It’s hard for the average consumer to choose a holster by themselves. There are seemingly countless choices available, and fit charts seem to get exponentially more confusing as pistol models increase. Even I have a hard time reading charts from some manufacturers. The Fobus holsters and accessories are among the easiest to peruse because of their excellent holster fit chart available on OpticsPlanet.com. Magazine pouches are listed in their own category as well. I use Fobus products regularly and think they are some of the most durable and user friendly products available. They even make holsers that hold guns with …

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    08 Nov

    >Riflescope Tracking

    Steven K. Ledin, November 8, 2008 >Riflescope Tracking

    I got an email the other day about a customer who bought an inexpensive riflescope and wanted to return it because it wouldn’t “shoot a box”. Shooting a box is a good test of riflescope tracking. Here’s how I do it. Sight in in the center of a large target. The target should also have aiming points in each of the four corners some distance away. My aiming points are 10 inches away from each other. When you’re sighted in, move your elevation turret 10 inches up, or forty clicks on a 1/4 minute scope. Aiming at the lower left
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    16 Oct

    >Bushnell Elite 3200s for Airguns

    Steven K. Ledin, October 16, 2008 >Bushnell Elite 3200s for Airguns

    I picked up a new airgun scope for a favorite spring gun, my Beeman R1 in .20 caliber. I decided on a Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12×40 #324124A. This is a rugged, bright, and repeatable scope, marketed as going down to 10 meters for official airgun competition. Unfortunately, I found that the 10 meter parallax advertising for this scope is not true. It’s really about 12 meters, making it useless for my needs. I swapped it for another 3200, the 5-15×40 #325154T. This also has some advertising issues. This scope has tall target turrets. Nowhere is this described in the
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