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Dark horse of high-end optics

In a market saturated with high-priced competitors, Leica is a brand name synonymous with high-quality cameras and camera lenses. Their telescopes and binoculars are held in equally high regard, but for some reason, their riflescopes don’t seem to feature on many people’s radars. I must confess that I too am guilty of this oversight. Whenever I dream about my ‘forever’ riflescope, I find myself looking at products from Swarovski, Zeiss and others, forgetting about Leica. However, an email from a gunshop in Tain, Scotland, R Macleod & Son, set me right on this.

The email brought to my attention an offer that I could scarcely believe – a

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