#Sightmark

Texas based Sightmark has a range of hunting scopes available this year in the Core SX line. These scopes are designed to cover shotguns, rimfires, handguns and crossbows, but not specifically intended for centerfire rifles. The company has other optics available for those guns. Let’s take a look at what is currently available for firearms.

Sightmark announced a pair of new red dot sights for your rifles. Called the Wolverine, the sight comes in two different configurations: the CSR and the FSR. Both sights are designed to be rugged with a long battery life.

Sightmark recently released a new scope for handguns. The Core SX 4×32 Pistol Scope is specifically designed for dangerous game hunting with .40 – .50 caliber handguns. It is rated at being able to withstand recoil of 800 g (gravitational force, not grams.)

Sightmark has announced the release of their “Tactical Magnifier Pro” in 3x magnification complete with easy flip-to-side mount. The new mount is designed to work out-of-the-box with standard Aimpoint, EOTech, and similar optics. Sightmark rates the sight as both shockproof and fogproof and should handle almost all abuse in its armored tube.

Sightmark announced they will show a new Photon digital night vision scope at the 2015 SHOT Show. The new models, the Photon XT 4.6x 42 and the Photon XT 6.5x 50, are an improvement over the Photon-S released a year ago.

Since its introduction in 2007, Sightmark has been aggressively expanding its product lines. Originally oriented as a value-focused brand, recently they have been making moves up-market with their new Ezekial line (which we also have for testing). Now, Sightmark is a full-line optics manufacturer with options for prismatic sights, red dots, night vision, and magnifiers. This is on top of over a million boresights in use and other accessories including binoculars, spotting scopes, flashlights, and mounts.

Sightmark has released their latest red-dot sight, the Ultra Shot M-Spec. Those with keen eyes will see that it is very similar to their other red-dot models in terms of general size and shape.

At the show, Sightmark showed me the new Ezekiel true 1-10×24 scope. Designed for short, medium, and competition shooters, the new scope looked nice and clear on the show floor. Its etched mil-dot reticle was easy to pick up and at 1x, I did not see any notable difference with my eyes at the appropriate relief distance. The show sample was true 1x

An obvious ode to current PEQ units, Sightmark has released their LoPro green laser designators ( SM23001 with only the laser and the combination unit SM25004).  With an offset laser emitter & flashlight, the LoPro series is designed specifically for AR-15s. For survivability, the designators are rated to handle IPX7 (immersion up to 1 meter) & shock up to 1,000 Gs.

Sightmark is making what they call a hybrid night vision riflescope.  The Photon-S is a daylight capable 3.5x 42mm scope with night vision capabilities.  The unit uses a 150mW LED IR illuminator combined with a 1/3″ CMOS CCD to provide low-light/night time vision capability.