Just when I thought the trend of short, fast, illuminated rifle scopes was cooling, a new class of excellent low-power variable optics revived my affection for these do-everything scopes. The new ...

Not long ago, thermal scopes were superfluous gadgets. Now, they’re essential kit for serious predator and hog hunters. This collection of thermal sights includes military-grade scopes that cost more ...

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Ruger hopped on the long-range precision rifle craze when it introduced its Precision Rifle in 2015. In typical Ruger fashion, the “RPR” was a highly customizable and adaptable platform that ...

For the first time, a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF and the University of New Mexico have succeeded in cooling silica glass by ...

With three spectacular cosmic events happening, January is the perfect time to pick up a telescope. We've rounded up the best telescopes for beginners, to suit a range of budgets. January is ...

Find the best telescopes to unlock the wonders of the night sky and view lunar occultations, celestial conjunctions and planetary parades in January. The best telescope unlocks the wonders of the ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that the direction of the spin-polarized current can be restricted to only one direction in a single-atom layer of a thallium-lead alloys when ...

Choosing the best spotting scope tripod can be tricky. It can be tempting to go for something ultra-cheap – which isn't difficult to find – but there's definitely such a thing as false economy when it ...

The DM-10 is the most misunderstood gun in Black Ops 6. By default, this marksman rifle has a scope, leading many players to assume that it’s a long-range, precision weapon. However, the DM-10 ...