#Swarovski

Did you ever feel the need to be able to share the amazing sights you see through your binoculars? With Swarovski‘s new AX Visio 10×32 Smart Binoculars, this is now possible. There is also functionality to help you identify birds and other animal species at the touch of a button, and you can share your discoveries and point them out to friends.

I attended Swarovski’s online press conference and apart from various binoculars the only new riflescope was an updated version of the dS 5-25×52. This is already an amazing product as it is, but things can always be improved upon and that is what Swarovski has done. Apart from a slimmer design and a new battery turret, it is now possible to choose between six different digital reticles. You can also configure which data you want to display.

A spotting scope may not be an absolute must for long range hunters and competitors, but it sure is a nice addition to your setup. To be able to call your or your friend’s shots to give him impact point corrections you also need a reticle, a feature that most normal spotting scopes lack.

Swarovski Optik from the Austrian Tyrol area has released some interesting news: the product is called dG 8×25 (short for Digital Guide). They claim it’s the first long-range optical device that allows you to identify and document your sightings. With the help of the Internet and clever apps, you can also share your discoveries with other people.

I’ve had the Aimpoint ACRO P-1 now for a while. I didn’t realize I was one of the first ones to get one, so I took no hurry in my evaluation. On the other hand, there are some benefits with evaluating products over time rather than just over the day.

The scene opens with a well dressed pair of gentlemen off the coast of the Isle of Mull, an island in the Hebrides with a population of red stag.  Beginning their stalk, they are armed not with an engraved J. Rigby or Westley Richards, but a (dead sexy) suppressed Sauer 404 Synchro XTC with a rather unusual scope on top.  The scope ranges the (CGI) stag, and adjusts automatically for distance, angle, air pressure and temperature in real time as the stag moves.  This is the new Swarovski dS.

The Barrett M82 in .50 BMG isn’t the first firearm I think of to be used in urban sniping for a number of reasons, but the Soldiers from the Norwegian Homeguard seem to be on a limitless budget.

Swarovski from Austria take an interesting approach at this year’s IWA. When almost everything and anything has been invented already, why not invent a rifle scope that makes things appear smaller than they are?

Zeiss have released a throwlever for their Zeiss Conquest V6 series.

For the shooter who has everything and money burning a hole in his or her pocket. This Swarovski crystal studded SV Infinity can be yours for only $3038 USD. Oh and it is an airsoft gun. Yes . . . airsoft.

Jyrki Partanen from Finland is the owner and founder of Nyrkkipaja Partanen.

With 10x binoculars able to take care of most spotting work at the 100 yard line, I constantly found myself questioning why higher magnification spotting scopes have not kept the two-eyes open option. While yes, I understand that under previous thought it may have taken two separate and well-aligned tubes to get an excellent image, along has come Swarovski to shatter the paradigm.

Mr. Teemu Rintala is the Nordic Champion in IPSC Rifle 2016 and shoots for the GP Rifle Team. He just got the (fairly) new Swarovski Z8i 1-8x scope with the two different reticles BRT-I and LD-I to compare and he allowed TFB to share his views and photos.

The world of optics keeps evolving by leaps and bounds.  New in the past year or so is a selection of 8x zoom optics from a number of companies, one of those being Swarovski.  Swarovski Optik, purveyor of fine glass, had released their new Z8 scopes at IWA 2016.  As previously covered by TFB’s Eric B., the Z8 line comes in four variants: 1-8×24, 1.7-13.3×32, 2-16×50, and 2.3-18×56.  I was looking for a super high quality hunting scope, and after looking through an example of the Z8 line decided to bite the bullet and invest in the scope despite it’s great cost.  I chose the 2-16×50 Z8i (the “i” is for illuminated) with their BRX-I reticle model, as it would cover all of the possible hunting scenarios I could find myself or my guests hunting in.  

Uronen Precision from Finland is not unknown to regulars of TFB. Earlier this year we wrote about their new calibre .300 UP.