Optics

Long-range success

Byron Pace takes the Leupold RX-1000 to the range, testing its rangefinding capabilities and its built-in ballistic calculator at longer and longer distances

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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?

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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

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Euro combo

The ‘misunderstood’ Merkel KR1 rifle could well have a range of applications on these shores. Mark Stone finds out how

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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

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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

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Sauer’s classic combination

Mark Stone marries a Swarovski glass to the Sauer 202 Synthetic, and is impressed with this quintessentially Germanic sporting rifle

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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

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