A relative newcomer to the hunting and shooting market, this Kansas-based company has plenty of scope options with innovative, rugged features for topping all kinds of rifles, plus a strong warranty. STORY BY JIM DICKSON • PHOTOS BY ATHLON OPTICSAthlon Optics is a relatively new manufacturer of rifle scopes that has

Story by Tom Claycomb IIIWe can all boast life lessons that have taught us certain principles. For me, the optics lesson happened years ago. Ed Sweet, the host of Kid Outdoors, and I would take a lot of kids bear hunting. I’d write articles about the hunts and he’d film them for

A SWAT Officer puts Vortex’s 1×8 Low Variable Power Optic through its Paces at Two-Day Carbine Class. Story and Photos by Nick PernaHolographic optics have come a long way in a very short time. They went mainstream in the late 1990s, and by the early 2000s were extremely popular with the

Red dot optics on rifles have been the norm for the past 15 years, says author Nick Perna, but they are now gaining popularity on handguns like the Glock 45 pictured here. With positives and negatives, deciding if a red dot sight is right for you boils down to your

Trijicon VCOG With such a tremendous proliferation of low or high-powered optical systems today, even the most veteran AR15 rifle or semi-automatic pistol owners sometimes struggle with what scope to mount on the gun’s upper receiver or slide. Typically, the final decision will be a scope that best matches the