Archive for February, 2007

Elite 4200 Tactical Coming Soon

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Bushnell is coming out with a new Elite 4200 Tactical Scope soon. It is a 6-24×50mm with tactical knobs. I am assuming they will be using the same knobs as found on their 10x 3200 series scope, which are very nice. The 4200 scopes are very high quality with excellent optics, but their higher power models have low adjustment ranges, and since they currently do not have a 6-24×50mm in their lineup, I am hoping it is a complete new model with new internals (with lots of adjustments). I do not have many details yet, but would assume a mil-dot reticule, side focus, and 1″ tube, though there is some rumor it might have a 30mm tube. Price will be around $550 in the stores.

There is also a 5-15×40mm 3200 Tactical scope coming out about the same time. Again, I do not have many details beyond the fact that it has a mil-dot reticule. The price on that scope will be about $350 in stores and it will have a 1″ tube.

Always nice to see some additional alternatives coming out, and the 3200 & 4200 series of Bushnell scopes (these series are formerly Bausch & Lomb) are nice….

New sniper related movie coming out soon.

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

In case you have not heard or seen the previews, there is a new movie coming out with a sniper based theme. The title of the movie is “Shooter” and it stars Mark Wahlberg. The movie is based off of the book by Stephen Hunter titled “Point of Impact” and I am not entirely sure why it carries a different title unless there was already a movie out with the same title as the book. The trailer is exciting and I will go watch it, though I fully expect there to be typical Hollywood messups and inaccuracies, but hey, I like a good movie as much as the next guy, and the subject material is good! You can visit www.apple.com/trailers to view the trailer of Shooter. The release date is March 16th and the movie has not yet been rated.