Leatherwood Hi-Lux

You may not always have a wind meter on you, and it may not always have batteries. Or you may want to judge the wind speed between you and your target, far away from your wind meter. Check here for visual cues for wind speed based on grass, trees, water, smoke, mirage, and others. Included is also a video of plants in the SoCal desert with a live view of the wind speed.

 

A handy set of questions for you to consider before you go picking a scope:

• What is the size of your expected target?
• What is the expected maximum distance?
• What sort of environment and lighting conditions will you be shooting in?
• Do you find metric or imperial measurements easier?
• Do you want more information in the reticle, or do you prefer a cleaner view?
• Is the scope’s weight or size an important factor?

If you’re shopping online and trying to navigate the minefield of scope rings, this page should help simplify the process. Let's look at how much ring height you need for your scope!

Running out of adjustment travel? Magnification ring locking up? These issues may be remedied by resetting your scope to optical or mechanical center.

Check out the article or the YouTube video for a follow-through on how to get this done at home.

If you've ever looked through a spotter scope and watched a bullet cut its way through the air, you've seen Bullet Trace. If you can see it, you can film it, and you can definitely use it for shot review.

Capturing bullet trace is actually pretty easy.

When you’re using a scope, let’s be honest - you’re going to be outside… and the outside world is full of grit, grime, dust, mud, strange little fibers. There’s stuff out there, and it’s going to get on your scope. Today, we’re going to be looking at how to get your scope to look as pretty as when you first laid eyes on it.

Once again we’re in the shop, and today we’re talking about optics. It's time to look at the differences between FFP and SFP (First Focal Plane and Second Focal Plane) scopes.

Today I want to talk about mounting an optic you finally purchased. I’m sure you shopped around, got the style you like. There’s a lot of options you had to decide before you bought that piece of glass. Now let’s talk about how you’re going to mount it to the rifle, the proper way - to keep it from losing zero and from scratching the tube up when you’re adjusting it, trying to get it just how you want it.

Being an expert marksman is hard enough, but poor vision adds another challenging element to the equation. It’s particularly difficult when your vision deteriorates from aging, because then you need to learn to adjust. Targets that you could previously see with ease are suddenly blurry, and you find yourself squinting for clarity.