Here’s a trio of budget-friendly 4-12x40mm riflescopes that can do yeoman’s duty as a trusty backup, on a truck gun or even serve as a primary, cost-friendly optic.

Today’s night vision technology is light years ahead of what was available only a few short years ago — allowing hunters to stretch their efforts into the darkest hours.

Meet Mossberg’s new Patriot LR Tactical bolt-action rifle. Comfort, durability and repeatability at a value price.

Here’s a look at two truck guns that are built to take a licking and keep on ticking.

Christensen Arms Quest is a three-day training program with an emphasis on increasing skills and delivering ethical shots at those distances at which the shooter is capable and confident.

ATN’s X-Sight 4K Pro 3-14X packs a lot of value into a night vision optic that won’t rob the kids’ college fund.

Magnifiers add versatility to red-dot and reflex sights by extending their effective range when dealing with paranoid predators that hang up at 100 yards or slightly more.

Long after that smart TV, laptop, cell phone and tablet have become dismally outdated, collecting dust in a closet somewhere, the best products you take afield continue operating as designed. Optics are the most elegant illustration.

Two new bolt-action rifles that predator hunters can add to their arsenals without dipping into their kids’ college fund.

Pursuing predators is not average-sportsmen casual. It’s hunting past dark, celebrating poor weather with Super Bowl-win enthusiasm and abusing gear in military fashion — and it requires tough optics.