In our years as a custom gun shop and retail outlet we've had the opportunity to see most different types of rifle scopes come and go. We try not to put down our customer's choice in optics but the plain and simple truth is that some scopes are better than others. And that may be the understatement of the century.

Indeed, if you're going to spend several thousand dollars on a custom rifle it makes very little sense to put a cheap scope on top of it. In light of that we like to recommend to our customers simply this: use quality optics. You won't regret it if you do and you will regret it if you don't.

The following is a list of some of the optics that we carry and why we recommend them. Our store front does carry other brand names but we don't recommend putting most of them on top of our custom rifles.

Nightforce Precision Optics

Nightforce’s debut of two new riflescopes was met with great enthusiasm at the 2001 Shot Show in New Orleans. The industry success of the company’s NXS—Nightforce Extreme Scope—line of advanced tactical riflescopes opened the way for two hybrid riflescopes intended for long range and benchrest applications.

The NXS 8-32x56 and 12-42x56 marries the extreme design features of NXS with the superior light managment and variable power of Nightforce’s proven Precision Benchrest Series. Shooters will appreciate the 8-32x and 12-42x variable magnifications and true .250 moa adjustable target turrets.

Jeff Huber, Vice President of Nightforce said, “These two hybrids expand the NXS line to five models. The response to NXS has been far reaching. The first three models were designed to meet the needs of law enforcement and military snipers. Hunters and target shooters immediately recognized that NXS exceeded industry standards for design and performance in the field and at the range.” Huber continued, “Nightforce had really written a new chapter in riflescope technology with NXS, and shooters called for a scope with all the technology-rich innovations of NXS and the magnification of Nightforce’s Precision Benchrest Series.”

Nightforce has left competitors stunned. NXS offers shooters precision optics and scope features that perform under the most extreme conditions. NXS challenges other manufacturers to rethink riflescope technology.

Leupold

Leupold has consistently gotten more expensive over the years but I believe it is in correlation to an increase in their quality as well. Most of our customers use Leupold - they are fine scopes - and you will find a scope from them for almost any application. From fixed powers to the new LPS series Leupold delivers accuracy, consistency and variety.

In the past we've seen more Vari XIII's on our custom guns than most others but Leupold's new VX II series may soon take the lead. The VXII offers click adjustments and better lenses than the old Vari XII did. The compact series has also been featured on many of our lightweights.

Zeiss

Since moving its operation to the US, Zeiss has become an affordable high quality optic. Their Conquest series starts at a little under $1000.00 Canadian and is quickly becoming one of our more popular scopes.

Kahles and Swarovski

Both are European scopes and both belong to the same company (in fact Swarovski owns Kahles). Swarovski is probably the clearest and sharpest of all the high end scopes and, for their price, we sell a reasonable amount of them. Khales is not far behind in quality and retails in around the same price range as Zeiss' Conquest series. Kahles also produces the TDS rangefinding reticle in a 3-9 power for around $1100.00 Canadian. You will see this scope featured as an option on our 'Classic Hunter' in the rifle packages section of this site.

Bushnell

I know a lot of folks will scoff at the name but Bushnell's Elite 4200 series is worth mentioning if for no other reason than their pricing. This model is about the only scope from this company I'd recommend putting on one of our rifles and for their dollar value they are a fairly good quality optic. They also have the added bonus of having 'Raingaurd' on the lenses to help keep moisture from blocking your line of sight. The downside is they are pretty bulky and not very well suited to lightweight rifles in general.

There are others as well but these are the scopes we have had the most experience with. If you are interested in any of them give as a call and we'd be happy to discuss pricing and delivery with you.

*All prices on this site are subject to change without notice.