Best Binoculars for Hunting: 8x or 10x, and What to Spend
What 8×42 and 10×42 actually mean, which one fits your deer hunt, eye relief for eyeglass wearers, and Vortex and Leupold binoculars from $184.99 to $2,599.99 with maker specs and warranties.
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What 8×42 and 10×42 actually mean, which one fits your deer hunt, eye relief for eyeglass wearers, and Vortex and Leupold binoculars from $184.99 to $2,599.99 with maker specs and warranties.
Truth isn’t stranger than fiction. Usually, it’s just a lot dumber. Everyone remembers the movie Bambi–even if you’re not a hunter who felt a bit insulted by the way we are portrayed in the film–so we don’t need to remind you that the event that sets the plot in motion is the death of…
Anyone who has spent enough time in the outdoors shooting, hunting, or fishing will recognize that moment when you watch an utter neophyte, someone brand-new to the sport, just stroll on in and hook the biggest fish, shoot the biggest buck, or take home grand prize in the whole shootin’ match. Growl as we will…
It’s time to get serious with these things! Although we here at GGD have run a couple of quizzes so far–including one that will tell you which pocket pistol you are, and one that will let you know which home-defense shotgun you are, it’s been brought to my attention that some people think my quizzes…
What do you need most in a big-game gun? Steyr recently introduced a brand-new big-game gun, the Carbon CL II rifle, and they clearly designed it around the needs of big-game hunters who aren’t afraid to go way, way off the beaten path in pursuit of the toughest-to-reach game animals. We’re not necessarily saying the…
Muzzleloaders from $305.95 to long-range rigs, the federal law that makes most of them not a firearm, and the state season rules on powder, scopes, caliber and primers that decide what you can hunt with.
Free ballistic calculator for bullet drop, wind drift, muzzle energy, MOA and MRAD conversions and SAAMI free recoil. Point-mass G1 solver validated against published Federal and Hornady data, with saved rifle profiles, shareable links and CSV dope-card export.
Kimber’s 1911 DS Warrior delivers American-made double-stack capacity, an optics-ready slide and four calibers at an attainable price.
Whether you are pursuing sheep on windswept mountain ranges or stalking whitetail in the hardwoods … Following last year’s release of the T6Xi series of tactical riflescopes, Steiner Optics, known for precision made riflescopes and binoculars with industry leading light transmission and clarity, releases a new lineup of premium optics designed with the modern big game…
When an unstoppable force creates an immovable object, it’s Magne-Tech magic! Weapon-mounted lights are a terrific idea–after all, most criminals don’t attack during broad daylight if they can help it. Weapon-mounted lights can also be a pain to install and uninstall, until now. A company called Magne-Tech has created a powerful light and mounting system…
Ten thousand hours of battery life, minimum. (We spelled that out so you’d know we didn’t accidentally insert a zero.) The Primary Arms SLx MD-25 Gen 2 Microdot, the next generation of Primary Arms’ SLx line, is now available with ACSS CQB reticle and a feature called AutoLive, which improve the functionality of an already…
They call it the assassin bug … and the Mantis can teach you its ways. Ever noticed that, every time you want to improve your accuracy downrange, everyone tells you to do dry practice? Ever noticed that it didn’t help much? That’s because if you’re dry-firing for practice without decent feedback, all you’re doing is…