Leatherwood Rolling Out New Hi-Lux M40 Tactical Hunter Scope

                Here's An Early Review On The New M40 Tactical Hunter Model

"The heart of the M40 Tactical Hunter is the reticle. Instead of using MOA or mils these scopes are marked to estimate the distance to the target based on its size in the reticle. Then the shooter just positions the target on the appropriate hold-over mark and pulls the trigger."

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Hunting With The .50 Fast-Twist Rifling Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken And Long 6x 1850's Style Wm. Malcolm Scope

Following are excerpts from a great hunting article published on the NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING website...

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"NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING first started shooting this rifle in 2007, and the bullet that first gave us the kind of accuracy and knockdown power we wanted was the 450-grain .50 caliber conical bullet shown in the photo at right. A good supply of the bullets had come with the test rifle, and shooting an 80 grain charge of FFg black powder, we were able to punch a number of 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inch hundred yard groups - but only after we had mounted one of the long 6x "Wm. Malcolm" circa 1850's styled 3/4" diameter steel tubed "telescopic rifle sights" produced by Hi-Lux Optics.

The lubed bullets loaded easily and shot very well. That first fall I filled several whitetail doe tags at ranges out to 80 yards. Everything knocked down by the rifle and load tended to stay knocked down. Now, I'm not knocking the old patched round ball, but it does have its limitations. The modern hunter looking to do a little traditional muzzleloader hunting, especially if shots are likely to reach out at 100 or more yards, may want to concentrate on such a bullet-shooting rifle. "  

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"One of my favored hunting spots in the so-called "Missouri Breaks" is one place I had always wanted to go after a buck with the rifle. With the rebuild of this website in late 2011, we began to expand our coverage of hunting with trditionally styled muzzleloaders. We knew that the site would always continue to cater mostly to modern muzzleloading hunters - who now make up 90+ percent of all muzzleloading hunters these days. However, I have always had a love of traditional muzzle-loaded rifles and felt that, perhaps, that side of the sport had dropped off so drastically due to the fact that it simply was not getting enough coverage.

I also realized that while I had continued to take a doe or two most seasons with a traditionally styled front-loaded rifle ever since going to an in-line rifle in 1986, I had taken ONLY one buck with a traditionally styled rifle during the 25 years since going "modern". And that's the buck in the photo at left - taken in 2005 with a custom half-stock fast-twist bullet shooting .50 caliber barrel. That year I was wringing out the recently introduced long "Malcolm" scope, and had the rifle shooting very, very well - taking this nice buck at about 125 to 130 yards."



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"Sitting on a favored knoll overlooking a long narrow river-bottom hayfield, by the time the sun began to peek over the ridge at my back, at least 40 whitetails had passed within 200 yards of where I sat with the .50 caliber bullet-shooting Hawken propped on a set of home-made hickory cross-sticks. Four of the deer had been smaller 3x3 and 4x4 bucks - on a couple of which I had eased the rifle up and taken aim through the long Malcolm 1850's style scope.

While this scope can be quickly adjusted for different ranges, and I had my 200 yard mark clearly defined, I had decided to sight the scope about 2 inches high at 100 yards, and simply hold at the top of the back for shots at 200 yards. I'd decided not to shoot beyond 200 yards, even though the powder, charge and Hornady FPB bullet were fully capable of delivering the shot with sufficient energy for taking deer at more than 200 yards."

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                                        http://www.namlhunt.com/mlhunt11.html

Military Arms Channel Reviews The Hi-Lux Optics 1-4x CMR Scope

If you've ever truly wondered how well the Hi-Lux Optics 1-4x CMR (Close-Medium Range) tactical scope compares to much higher dollar scopes of the very same basic design - here's a great video review by the Military Arms Channel.

Wonder No More!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27uTiDjre0

Leatherwood/Hi-Lux's New Max-Tac Red Dot Sight – SHOT Show Optic Preview

                                                                      By Timothy G. Yan

     Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics displayed their new MaxTac Dot red-dot sight at SHOT Show 2014. This new red-dot packs a lot of features for just a $199 MSRP. Some of those include a robust machined aluminum housing, dual-mode digital illumination control, built-in picatinny mount and a screw-on anti-reflective filter comes with the sight.

     On the top of the Hi-Lux Optics new MaxTac Dot you'll find an ambient light sensor which is a part of the automatic illumination control feature.  The user has the option of overriding the sensor to manually adjust the reticle brightness.  The objective lens size is the standard 30mm - and all lenses are multi-coated. 

   

    On the left side of the new Hi-Lux red-dot, there’s the battery compartment for the CR2032 lithium battery. The battery life is between 400-500 hours and there’s an automatic shutdown to save battery power. A touch of either button will wake up the sight from sleep mode. Hi-Lux is currently working on a mount spacer that will increases the sight height to 1.5 inch for shooting with AR style rifles. 

     The Hi-Lux MaxTac Dot’s lens covers are metal and screw into the front and rear of the machined aluminum body housing. The anti-reflective filter that's included also threads into the front of the sight, using the threads for the metal lens cover. The sight’s capped adjustment turrets offer 1/2 MOA per click. The sight housing is sealed, and is water proof and shock resistant.

     The Hi-Lux MaxTac Dot has a 4 MOA red dot reticle (the dot is off focused in this image). I found the lens coating has a noticeable greenish tint at low light. Due to its use of larger honeycomb grids, the Hi-Lux anti-reflective filter does not seem to dim the sight picture as much as other similar type of ARD filters.


                           Watch For This New Sight On The Hi-Lux Website Soon!

HI-LUX/LEATHERWOOD CMR4 1-4x24 Scope Review

"Where most optics are designed around a single duplex reticle with a “best ballistic compromise” zeroing point (usually 300 yards for AR15s), a BDC reticle like the one on the Hi-Lux CMR4 greatly increases precision at all ranges. For example, an AR15 zero’ed to 200 yards delivers a bullet path that will vary approximately 1.5” high at 100 and only 1.5” low at 225 yards and a 300 yard zero will get you out further, however the bullet path will vary considerably more up to 4.5” high at 200 yards to 12” low at 400 yards. The BDC reticles offer more precise pre-calibrated aiming points than a single duplex reticle and offer you most precise shot placement at all distances. The CMR4 BDC is designed around the ballistics of the 55 gr ballistic tipped Hornady TAP round however I found that most other 55 gr rounds matched the BDC marks well at 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 hash marks and provided a hit and satisfying gong ring at each distance."

Major Pandemic

To read more of his report, go to -

http://www.majorpandemic.com/2013/09/HI-LUX-LEATHERWOOD-CMR4-1-4X24-Scope-Review.html

HI-LUX CMR1-4X SCOPE REVIEW

"One of the reasons 1-4X scope have been taking the AR industry by storm is that at 1X magnification, the scope can take the place of a both eyes open red-dot sight and with higher magnification setting it provides the power for reliable hits at longer distances. The scope features Diamond Tuff14 multi-coated photographic polished lenses for clear sharp images and true 96% light transmission, fog-proof construction, combination horse shoe dot reticle, a subdued 308/.223 calibrated bullet drop compensating reticle, “no-math” ranging MOA and MIL-DOT reticle, choice of red or green illuminated models with 11 levels including a very low night vision setting. Other notable features are Leatherwood’s zero-able “Zero Locking System” target turrets, wear resistant Prema-Coat blue-black finish, positive audible turret click adjustment, and class leading FOV. The Hi-Lux CMR is a hell of a scope for the money. The scope sits in the middle ground between crazy expensive and in-expensive. It is nearly twice the price of the Millet DMS, but it is about half the price of the competing Trijicon AccuPoint all while offering more features."

Major Pandemic

See what else he has to say about Hi-Lux Optics' best selling model...

http://www.majorpandemic.com/2012/02/hilux-cmr-1-4x-scope-review.html

11,000 Hard Recoiling .50 Caliber Muzzleloading Rifle Rounds And This Hi-Lux TB-ML Scope Still Precisely Places Shots!

            

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            Experienced riflemen know that the long recoil produced by a large-bore muzzle-loaded rifle and hefty hunting load delivers more punishment to a rifle scope than the recoil produced by the vast majority of center-fire big game rifles.  No one in the U.S. does more shooting with the popular No. 209 primer ignition in-line muzzleloading rifles than Toby Bridges of the NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING Association.  During the course of an average year, he puts between 3,000 and 4,000 rounds down range, and his muzzleloader hunting scope of choice is the one he helped Hi-Lux Optics develop - the 3-9x40mm multi-reticle TB-ML model.

            Bridges conducts extensive testing of muzzleloading rifles, powders, sabots and bullets, and in a single year any given rifle or scope that he shoots with sees more service than the typical scoped modern muzzle-loaded hunting rifle survives during the lifetime of its owner.  The silver finish TB-ML scope shown in the accompanying photo has certainly been no exception.  In less than 4 years, this scope has now had 11,000+ hefty muzzle-loaded hunting charges fired under it - including the one that took this Montana whitetail buck at 140 yards in November 2013.

            The load for the .50 caliber Traditions Vortek Ultra Light LDR rifle consisted of 110-grains of Blackhorn 209 and a saboted Harvester Muzzleloading 300-grain Scorpion PT Gold bullet.  At the muzzle of the 30-inch barreled No. 209 primer ignition rifle, the combination develops a muzzle velocity of 2,009 f.p.s., generating 2,691 f.p.e.  Due to the progressive burning tendency of modern black powder substitutes such as Blackhorn 209, the load also generates a long recoil that often proves destructive to lesser scopes.  The scope shown here has already stood up to nearly four lifetimes of modern in-line ignition muzzleloader shooting - and it's ready to take on a fifth.  For more on Toby Bridges' testing of this scope, visit the NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING website at www.namlhunt.com.

            The Hi-Lux Optics TB-ML models are one of the very best buys in modern muzzleloading rifle optics today.  The blued model retails for $179, and the silver model retails for $189.  Both come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.

            More than 1,000 rounds were fired to develop the BDC style reticle of this scope, which allows a dead on hold at 100 yards and again at 200 yards, 225 yards and 250 yards.  Other features that make this scope such a great buy include photographic quality lenses which are fully multi-coated to insure a bright, clear and super sharp sight picture.  The TB-ML scope is also built with positive 1/4" click windage and elevation adjustment and Tri-Center spring tension to insure that those adjustments are positive.

            More on this scope and others in the line can be found on the Hi-Lux Optics website at - 
www.hi-luxoptics.com.