Hi-Lux Optics 2-7x LER Scout Scope Features Drop Compensating .308 Win. Reticle

           Whether you love or hate the short and fast-handling Ruger Model 77 Gunsight Scout rifle, the new model has been a resounding success for the company.  Touted as the "if you could have just one rifle" rifle, Ruger's production of the new model, chambered for .308 Winchester, has been unable to keep up with demand.

            Popularized by gun writer Jeff Cooper about 40 years ago, the Scout rifle concept called for a fast handling, hard hitting short rifle that could be thrown to the shoulder and used immediately at near point blank range when the target was suddenly up close and personal - but which still had the capability of placing shots with a relatively high degree of accuracy at 300...400...or more yards.  Ruger's new rifle is just such a rifle, and to fully tap both its short range handiness and its longer range effectiveness, a majority of shooters are installing a long eye-relief scope on the forward mounted rail type platform that comes standard on the rifle.  One of the more popular scopes for this rifle has been the 2-7x LER Scout model offered by Hi-Lux Optics.
 

            The company has now made the scope an even more ideal companion for this rifle by introducing a model that features a reticle with built in bullet drop compensating hold over crossbars that will keep hits with most 150- to 168-grain bullets for the .308 Winchester in "The Zone" out to 600 yards.  The locations of the hold-over crossbars have been based on the slightly slower 2,600 to 2,700 f.p.s. velocities of the short 16.5" or 18" barrels of the carbine length Ruger Scout rifle.

            This is not a handgun scope, this is a scope designed specifically for mounting just forward of the receiver of a Scout rifle.  The eye relief, depending on the mounting for the scope and the shooter's eye, is 9 to 13 inches.  While the hold-over crossbars of the new drop compensating LER27x32BDC Scout model have been positioned to allow for .308 Winchester ballistics from a short barrel, the reticle can be very effectively used with just about any rifle caliber.  It just requires the shooter to do the shooting to determine the ranges where the hold-over crossbars are on with the caliber, load or bullet.
 

            Like all Hi-Lux Optics riflescopes, the new BDC variation of the 2-7x32mm LER Scout scope comes with fully multi-coated optics for exceptional clarity and brightness.  This extremely well built scope weighs just 12.3 ounces, and won't add a lot of weight to a fast handling short rifle.  It is also backed with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.  The new variation of this popular Scout rifle scope retails for $199 - and is available for shipment now.  The scope is also offered with a fine duplex reticle and retails for $189.

            For more information on the LER Scout model scopes, visit the Hi-Lux Optics website at www.hi-luxoptics.com, give the company a call at 310 257-8142, or drop them an e-mail at info@hi-luxoptics.com.

Introducing the M40 Tactical Hunter

                                     Original Vietnam Era M40 Rifle & Scope

                                 Hi-Lux Optics M40 USMC Scope Reproduction

             
                                        Hi-Lux Optics M40 Tactical Hunter

                 During the Vietnam conflict, the U.S. Marine Corps set out to establish something of a standard rifle and scope combination for its best long range marksmen - the Marine Corps snipers.  The rifle they settled on was the Remington Model 40x, chambered for the 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester) cartridge.  The rifles were custom accurized by Marine gunsmiths and topped with a 3-9x40mm scope featuring a built in ranging system that was simple and easy to use.  The combination of the rifle, a premium grade of the bolt-action Remington Model  700, and scope became known as the M40.

                Many former Marines and even more hunters of the 1960s have been quick to recognize a remake of the scope, which has been displayed by Hi-Lux Optics at the 2013 SHOT Show and at this year's NRA Show.  Those shooters who have looked through the OD green finished militarized version of what the company has dubbed the M40 USMC riflescope, which features the same reticle as the original, have voiced how much they would like to see the same scope, featuring the same ranging system, offered for today's big game hunter. 

                Hi-Lux Optics listened, and is now introducing a black finished sporting version of the scope - the M40 Tactical Hunter.

                This 3-9x40mm hunting scope is built with the same ranging system that Marine Corps snipers relied on in Vietnam - only it has been improved.  To determine the distance of a target, the hunter simply zooms the power/magnification higher or lower until the chest cavity (appx. 18" top to bottom) of a deer, pronghorn, wild hog, or similar sized big game animal, is framed by the two parallel crosshairs near the top of the reticle.  (A pair of cross-bars on the horizontal crosshair also allow easy ranging by framing the body length of the game being hunted - from coyotes to big game.) The range can then be seen on a yardage scale at the bottom of the rear lens.  Knowing the distance to the target and knowing the trajectory of the rifle and load allows a more precise placement of the shot.

                        M40 Tactical Hunter Reticle (Shown Without Ranging Scale)

                Hi-Lux Optics improved this ranging system by relying on an etched glass yardage scale, positioned in the first focal plane, instead of the plastic scale found in the original scopes mounted on the M40 Marine Corps sniper rifles.  The system determines ranges from 200 to 600 yards with reliable accuracy for most hunting situations.  Another improvement with the M40 Tactical Hunter ranging reticle is the addition of bullet drop compensating  cross-bars for placing shots at 300 to 600 yards.  These BDC holdovers have been calibrated for standard service round .308 Winchester and .223 Remington ammo, but work well with more than a dozen other popular calibers.  Likewise, when the shooter takes the time to do the shooting to determine where these cross-bars place bullet impact, this scope can be effectively used with any rifle chambered for any cartridge or load.

                Like all Hi-Lux optics riflescopes, both the M40 Tactical Hunter and the M40 USMC versions of this scope come with fully multi-coated lenses for the absolute brightest and sharpest target image possible.  The M40 Series scopes are backed with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.  Suggested retail price for either version in $399.

                Hi-Lux Optics is scheduled to have the M40 USMC model in stock by the end of summer, and the M40 Tactical Hunter model should be available in early fall.  Watch for availability info on the Hi-Lux Optics website at www.hi-luxoptics.com , give the company a call at 310 257-8142, or drop them an e-mail at info@hi-luxoptics.com to learn more about when these scopes should be ready to ship.         

50 Shots Through The Same 1.2-Inch Hole At 100 Yards!

Precision Hi-Lux Optics riflescopes are an integral part of this annual test for the consistency of high performance muzzleloading products.  That's 50 consecutive shots through that 1.2-inch hole - thanks to a pair of quality rifles...a very consistent powder...bullets of precise weight and diameter...and two great Hi-Lux Optics riflescopes.

For more on this testing, go to -

http://www.namlhunt.com/mltesting.html



 

Wm. Malcolm Played A Major Role In The Earliest Riflescope Development...

"In 1855, Wm. Malcolm opened the world's first true riflescope manufacturing company in Syracuse, NY. Several things set his scopes apart from all of the custom built scopes that had been produced prior to that time. Malcolm's scopes were the first to utilize a 3/4-inch diameter seamless steel tube, and lenses set into brass cells or mountings that were held in place by screws, which were not affected by recoil. More importantly, the Wm. Malcolm scopes, which were offered in magnification ranging from 3x to 20x, featured an adjustable ocular (rear) lens. This scope could be quickly and easily focused to the individual shooter's eyesight, meaning these scopes could be sold by any general mercantile store or gunshop. Likewise, since the scope required no custom lens grounding, the cost of the scope was considerably lower. Malcolm also made the mounts for his scopes more easily adjusted than earlier rifle maker produced telescopic rifle sights - and the parts were interchangeable."


This is an excerpt from and article/report just published on the NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING website that takes a good look at how the long-range accuracy of the muzzle-loaded bullet rifles produced through the 1840's into the 1860's led to the development of the earliest riflescopes.  Here's a look at the key people who worked to tap the accuracy and performance of the rifles built during that period.

Go To -

http://www.namlhunt.com/mlscopes.html

The Firearms Blog Report On The Hi-Lux Optics New CMR-AK762 Tactical Scope

Here's an excerpt from a great review written by Timothy Yan...

"The CMR-AK762’s zeroing procedure is a bit different than the standard CMR’s because of the ballistic difference. The center 1 MOA dot inside of the double-horseshoes needs to be zero at 200 meters or yards for the rest of the BDCs to work. If a 200m range is not available, use the small “V” on top the smaller horseshoe for a 100m zero. For subsonic 300 Blackout ammo, I used the MIL hash marks in the CMR-AK762’s reticle. In general, the subsonic 300 Blackout rounds drop 3-5 MILs (10.8 in to 18 in) at 100 meters range depended on the velocity, ballistic co-efficiency and the bullet weight. I found the vertical strata line has enough holdovers to use out to 500 meters with good subsonic loads like the Hornady 208 gr A-Max, American Eagle 220 gr and the PNW Arms subsonic with the excellent Sierra 220 gr Match King OTM projectile."

To read the entire article on this great new version of the CMR (Close-Medium Range) scope, go to...

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/05/30/hi-lux-leatherwood-cmr-ak762/

Hi-Lux Optics Uni-Dial Scope Delivers Life-Time Hunting Experiences

I'm writing you to give your company an evaluation on your product!..

 

Let me just say that between me and my wife (Ruth) we have had a whirl wind the last three years!!  You see, three years ago I won an elk contest and the first prize was a custom made 30/06 rifle,  topped with your LEATHERWOOD/HI-LUX UNI-DIALSERIES.  To be honest, I'd really never heard of your company!   So, I was a little skeptic at first and was looking to upgrade with another scope that I knew about, and  already own!

 

But you see, I was so excited to shoot the new gun!  It had already had the barrel broken-in on the gun range and was sighted to (what they told me at the awards ceremony)  at 1000 yards!   I was told, "It's a shooter!"  So, I said what the heck and headed off to the gun range!   My first three shots at 100 yards was what they told me it was... sub-minute of angle!!   Wow... and the scope was very clear!

 

I asked myself..."Could this be real?"  So, I took my range finder and found the 500 yard mark on the range and set up my 30'' metal plate target! Three more shots at 500 yards...with a 5 inch group!   

 

That next year, I drew an antelope tag and was lucky enough to find a Boone & Crockett buck...but he was 501 yard away.  I had the confidence in the gun and your scope, so I dropped the big boy! Next was my wife's hunt where she took a Coues-Whitetail buck at 584 yards...with 7 of family and friends watching...she dropped the buck!   Everybody couldn't believe it!   That's the day the rifle got its neck name "Freak Nasty"! That year I also took a 3x3 desert mule deer buck at 375 yards.

 

Then came the most important hunt of my life...for DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP!   First day...at 300 yards...my ram of a lifetime was down! The story is coming out in Trophy Hunter Magazine 2013 summer issue, where I credit your scope as some of the equipment I used!  I just want to thank you for a product that I can count on every time I pull the trigger!  I'm sending some of my photo's with your scope in the picture, hope you enjoy as much as I did.

 

Thank you!

Stephen D. Smith

 

Commemorating 50 Years of the Leatherwood A.R.T. System...

     Introducing the All New M-1200 ART-XLR

     Jim Leatherwood's Automatic Ranging and Trajectory riflescope (simply known as the A.R.T. scope among tactical shooters) of the early 1960s literally took the guess work out of long range shooting.  All a shooter had to do was zoom in on an object of known size...steady the aim...and take the shot.  Built around what he called a "Camputer", the scope automatically compensated for both the range and for the trajectory of the bullet.

     To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the A.R.T. design, Hi-Lux Optics is pulling out all stops to combine all of the latest Leatherwood A.R.T. technology and advanced modern features to produce an all new version of the M-1200 - the A.R.T. Extreme Long Range model.  (Photo Above - The original M1200 6-24x50mm ART scope.) 

     This 6-24x50mm A.R.T. scope is truly designed and built for the shooter looking to take those shots out to 1,000 yards...and even a bit farther. 

     Photo at right shows the new M-1200 ART-XLR, featuring a bigger and brighter 30mm tube, plus a larger and beefier cam ranging system that can be calibrated for most rifles in calibers ranging from .223 Remington to the big .50 BMG models - automatically compensating for bullet trajectory from 300 to 1,200 meters.   A stronger mount also offers additional external windage adjustment - something that's very often needed when shots begin to exceed a half-mile.  The M-1200 ART-XLR also comes with a new illuminated etched glass reticle, with built in ranging features and the Hi-Lux "No Math Mil-Dot" system for those who want to know the range.  Each click of the target style adjustment turrets moves point of impact 0.1 mil, and the scope comes with a new side focus parallax adjustment.

     Like all Hi-Lux Optics rifle scopes, this state-of-the-art Auto Ranging and Trajectory model features photographic quality lenses that are fully multi-coated for optimum light transmission.  The scope comes with a Fast Focus eye-piece for multi-shooter use, Tri-Center coil spring tension on the erector tube for positive click adjustment, and a tough external finish for long lasting good looks.  The all new M-1200 ART-XLR  retails for $635 and comes with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.

     The first 500 of the New M-1200 ART-XLR scopes will be marked "Limited Edition James Leatherwood Commemorative" in honor of the late Jim Leatherwood - Reserve Yours Today!

     For more information on the new M1200 ART-XLR, contact Hi-Lux Optics at 888 445-8912, visit their website at www.hi-luxoptics.com, or drop them an e-mail at info@hi-luxoptics.com.