Three of the best
Tim Pilbeam takes out over £6,000 worth of glass from top manufacturers Swarovski, Zeiss and Schmidt & Bender. Can one of these high-specification scopes outshine the others?
Straight and narrow
Nick Latus tests the straight-pull action of the Blaser R8 topped with a Zeiss scope, grassing a big buck and a fox with a swift double shot
Euro combo
The ‘misunderstood’ Merkel KR1 rifle could well have a range of applications on these shores. Mark Stone finds out how
Sako 85 Classic
It’s a new rifle-scope combo for Mark Stone, who puts the Sako 85 through its paces and adds Leupold’s latest glass to this Finnish favourite
Full force
Tim Pilbeam reviews the military-spec Nightforce scope with an innovative reticle, testing how it copes with the switch to a hunting application
Sauer’s classic combination
Mark Stone marries a Swarovski glass to the Sauer 202 Synthetic, and is impressed with this quintessentially Germanic sporting rifle
Laser precision
The new rangefinding scope from Burris claims to give shooters a reliable point of aim as well as a range. Tim Pilbeam finds out whether it really works