Hi-Lux Optics Blog

A reflex sight (also known as a red dot sight) is an essential tool for shooters across various disciplines, from tactical and competitive shooting to hunting and self-defense. Its primary function is to provide a fast and accurate aiming solution, offering ease of use over traditional iron sights.

In simplest terms, iron sights are sturdy pieces of metal atop your rifle that need to be visually lined up. As you’re looking at the target, your goal is to line up the iron sights with each other and to place them over the correct portion of your target.
In practice, of course, there is more than one way to go about this.

Rene Macare was in the 173d Airborne and was one of the first Army soldiers to attend sniper school in Vietnam. Rene went on to use the ARTel scope during the Vietnam War. He's sitting with us to share his experiences in the war and, just as importantly, what it was like coming home.

We're joined today by Chris Wu and Corbett Leatherwood, talking over the beginning of the A.R.T. line and the early years of a young Jim Leatherwood.

(If you're a veteran that's used an A.R.T. Scope during your career and are interested in sharing your story, please reach out to us!)

The A.R.T. Scope, once introduced, sped up the training cycle by eliminating the need to deal with some of the tricky fundamental aspects of distance shooting.

February saw a number of new releases among our scope lineup: the new Sporter 3-12 and M40 Mk2 are hitting the shelves. We've put up some videos about the scopes after taking them out for a nice range day in the desert, which also yielded some fun photo opportunities.