A rifle is only as good as the rifleman’s ability to hit his target. Many a novice hunter, equipped with the most expensive rifle they could find, has gone into the field with a $50 scope picked up as an afterthought. They find their rifle is not as lethal as expected when, time and again, their apparently clean shot fails to hit their target. The problem is not the rifle. The problem is probably not the hunter’s aim. The problem is a sub-par scope.

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