Leica PRS 5-30x56 riflescope
Leica Camera AG was founded in Germany by Ernst Leitz GmbH, a German corporation now divided into three independent companies. These are Leica Camera, a manufacturer of camera and sports optics equipment; Leica Geosystems, a manufacturer of geodetic equipment; and Leica Microsystems, a manufacturer of microscopes and owner of the Leica brand in 1869. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the surname, combined with the first two from the word ‘camera’.
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I have always been a Leica fan, mostly due to their rangefinders, but have always regarded their riflescopes as inadequate for my purposes. They are very good hunting scopes, designed for that specific purpose. I always wondered why they don’t have a scope for the more ‘precision’ type of shooting I love. They have the glass, the engineering capability, and the wheel (angular measurements) have essentially been invented. However, they needed more adjustment range, and better reticles and turrets.
Enter SHOT Show 2020 held between from 21 to 24 January at the Sands Expo Center & Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US. The PRS
