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THE BUSHNELL AR OPTICS

1-4X24MM RIFLESCOPE

I am just past the half-century mark, Nowadays, Bushnell has developed Age, we would tolerate nothing else.
and the art of armed combat has evolved the ideal optical format for today’s The Bushnell Drop Zone-223 Bullet Drop
markedly during my lifetime. Modern, modern sporting rifl e (MSR). Compensator lets you make elevation
tricked-out combat rifl es are unrecognizable The MSR is a close- to medium-range adjustments on the fl y with a little
alongside their 1960s-era forebears. gun. If your target is lurking out there a practice. The scope’s second focal plane
One of the starkest examples kilometer away, you need a di erent tool. design means that the reticle remains
of this process has been in the The Bushnell AR Optics 1-4x24mm scope the same size, independent of the
area of tactical glass. is, itself, optimized for the MSR envelope. sight’s power setting. All this is packed
Rifl escopes back in the day pretty Turn the tube down to 1X, and you have a into a robust package that looks cool.
much fell into two broad categories: You zero-magnifi cation, both-eyes-open sight There are dozens, if not hundreds, of
could have a crude and clumsy fi xed for use at bad-breath ranges. Spin it up to optical options for your favorite black
magnifi cation optic or you could perch 4X, and you can drop your rounds on target rifl e. In the Bushnell AR Optics 1-4x24, you
something variable atop your smoke reliably out to several hundred meters. get reliable quality, along with features
pole—most typically, 3-9 power. This was Naturally, the optics are multicoated, the that are custom designed to fi t this
great for shooting deer. It didn’t work so unit is waterproof, and it can stand up to a platform. Versatile, robust and functional,
well in a fl uid, close-combat environment. holy beating. This deep into the Information this glass will keep you on target.

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