Let’s get this out of the way: $500 is a lot of money to spend on a rifle scope, and for some readers (and optics testers) it stretches the definition of a “budget” scope. That’s a fair perspective, ...

Rifle scope designs follow trends in the rifles that they’ll be paired with. The 3-9×42 scope, one of the best all-around hunting optics mounted on generations of bolt-action rifles, held sway until ...

It is an American classic hunting rifle, and with today’s modern manufacturing methods, improved ammunition, and excellent scopes to choose from, it may be a better hunting tool now than at any ...

We took the scopes into the mountains and put them through the wringer to determine not only the best glass, but the best spotting scopes for specific situations and budgets. Here are the results.

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.

AK-47 style rifle with a scope, two backpacks recovered: Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, FBI and Secret Service officials provide updates after an apparent 'attempted assassination' of ...

Sighting in a rifle scope is a skill that I firmly believe every hunter should know how to do. So, whether you're new to the ...

John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the ...

Commander of Navy warship relieved of duty months after backward rifle scope photo flap The commander of a destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore ...

Roughly a century ago, the trial of John T. Scopes marked a flash point in an American culture war—between religious faith and science—that has been waged, in one form or another, to this day.

The best telescopes give you a closer look at the cosmos like never before — we've rounded up our favorites ahead of Amazon Prime Big Deals Day. The best telescopes reveal the wonders of the ...

Haven't we? No, not really. The Christian fundamentalism that begat the state law that John Scopes violated has not gone away ...