An in-depth look at some of the more popular scope brands on the market, including an overview of some of each brand’s most popular scope series and models.
This is a question that I see in hunting and shooting forums on a regular basis as most people are looking for a deal and don’t want to pay full price on a Sightron scope. The short answer to that question is “online”. The most accurate answer to that question will also be dependent on … Read more
During my time working at the rifle scope counter of a large outdoor retailer (that I’m not going to name), I spent most of my day answering questions about scopes, mounting scopes on rifles (which was a free service if you bought the rifle and scope from us), and showing customers the different scopes. At … Read more
In order to answer the question of “What’s the best Vortex scope for deer hunting?”, we first have to establish some parameters about exactly what type of deer hunting are we talking about. For the most part, when you hear the deer hunting phrase, most people assume you are talking about hunting the Whitetail deer … Read more
The SII Big Sky series was initially introduced as a stepping-stone scope series between the Sightron SII scopes and the upper level (and more expensive) SIII line of scopes. When the SII Big Sky series was first introduced, it was initially marketed as the SII SS series. The name was eventually changed to the Big … Read more
The Sightron SII series of scopes is also built on a 1-inch tube and utilizes slightly better-quality glass with a 4 level coating (versus the 3 levels found on the SIH Hunter and SIH Field Target series). The SII scope series also offers slightly better eye relief compared to the SIH models and features a … Read more