Cheap Rifle Scopes Vs. Expensive Scopes

Photos by Levi Brown In 1844, a competitive rifle shooter named Morgan James wrote a book titled The Improved American Rifle, in which he described a scope and mount of his design that is generally regarded as the first practical optical rifle sight. By the 1860s, during the War of Southern Miscalculation, scopes had progressed enough that Union Col. Hiram Berdan’s Sharpshooters could happily punch holes in Confederate officers and artillery crews with scope-sighted rifles. Early scopes lacked much in optical quality and durability, however, and until the 1950s were regarded with suspicion. When Roy Weatherby introduced his Mark V rifles in 1958 without iron sights, it was considered further proof that he was one crazy Kansan. What were you going to do when your scope broke?
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