Another excellent shepherd product - Shepherd Scopes Rugged Series R-MIL Illuminated 1-8x24mm Rifle Scope

If you are anything like me then you have mountains of accessories for all of your toys. I did not “need” another 1-6 or 1-8 power scope, but I am fimilar with Shepard’s quality from my Varmit hunting days, so I wanted to see how they evolved since my last shepherd scope purchase 25 years ago. I ordered one more the day after I received the first one. Half the price of the tango 6, but at least as good. The optics are clear. Dusk light gathering is considerable greater than your naked eye ( pretty normal on high end scopes), no parallax, green or red lite reticle, etc... and Shepherd is/was a great company for customer service. I say “was” because I haven’t dealt with them in a quarter century, but when I did, both father and son Shepherd personally addressed my problem to the point where I actually sent them the firearm to resolve my issue which turned out to be the chamber of the weapon and NOT the scope. But for a company to go through all of that hassle for a customer and the clear continued commitment to quality I see in today’s products... this thing is a steal at twice the price. The only tiny thing, if you even use it, is that it doesn’t have one of those long detachable zoom levers, so you can’t zoom from one power up super quickly, just quickly. I’m sure you could find one that fits aftermarket, but that was the only thing I miss and many people do not use that anyway, as it could get caught on something. Of course, that has nothing to do with the quality of the optics, but my reviews are always truthful, to the best of my knowledge and experience. Oh, and no turret caps. That’s probably something that should be addressed by Shepherd and may already have been, just not on this model or I didn’t see the option. And Shepherd’s reticle is great as well. You just find the circle the your target fits in and fire. Super fast range acquisition without having to remember the MOA graduation on your mil-dots.