Earlier this summer, Richard Mann and I were talking on the phone, verbally hurling article ideas back and forth at one another in an effort to see what would inspire either one of us. Rifles, handguns, ammo … the usual.
As you could likely predict, the conversation eventually wandered into optics territory: red-dots, holos, specific brands, long range.
“I’d really like to do a piece on light-weight riflescopes,” Richard offered. “But there just ain’t that many anymore.”
“Why?”
“Good question,” he said. “Rifles keep getting lighter, but the scopes not so much.”
“Find out, and write it up.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the majority of the feature assignments get made for Gun Digest. (You can read all his findings on that topic in this issue.)
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