The magnification settings are laser-engraved on the tube just forward of the power ring, and the knurled ring has a flat cut in it with a red indicator mark for the power setting. Travel of the power rig was smooth and even, and for those who eschew power adjustment, you can lock it via an Allen screw on the ring. You can adjust focus downrange by turning the ocular in or out and then lock it with a set ring between the ocular’s front and the power ring once you hit the sweet spot. It’s called the Rapid Target Acquisition Eyepiece, which sounds much sexier than ocular lens housing.

Not Your Father’s Accu-Range
Today’s Accu-Range dispenses with stadia system of the original; instead, the Revolution employs a reticle that looks a bit like the old Redfield CH Peep. It’s a duplex with a circle in its middle and a dot on the vertical crosswire between the circle and the duplex joint. One begins by zeroing at 200 yards for “Group 1” cartridges (.223 Rem. through .338 RUM) or “Group 2” (.270 WSM through .300 Wby. Mag.). I tested it for Group 2 out to 300 yards with a Federal Premium 150-grain Nosler Ballistic Tip .30-’06 Sprg. load. With that group, the junction of the circle and the vertical stadia line is 300 yards, while the dot below is for 400 yards, and the step from thick to fine on the vertical is 500 yards. After zeroing, with the 3-9X 40 mm, I used the junction of circle at 300 yards, and the center of the three-shot group was 1.28 inches below the center of the target. Redfield’s instructions are pretty easy to follow, but as with any such system, you really need to spend the time at the range to determine where your gun and your load actually hit using the system.

Redfield On The Range & Afield
I had the opportunity to hunt with the new Redfield Revolution at Richardson Farms in southern Illinois. It was during the rut, and some days I looked at more than 40 deer, but never had a shot at the buck I was looking for.

The 2-7X compact on top of a Savage 220 in 20 gauge held up well to the 1-ounce Winchester AccuBond slugs, although I must admit I was completely and totally uninterested in checking the mechanical repeatability of the scope with even 20-ga. slugs from the bench. The scope took the pounding from 35 slugs without shift in zero in practice and zeroing. Managing Editor Aaron Carter later used the same rig to hunt white-tailed deer in Virginia. The zero after two airplane rides and some rough handling remained dead on as I passed both gun and scope on to Carter.

I mounted a separate Revolution 3-9X 40 mm on the Kimber Model 84L rifle in .30-’06 Sprg. For that task, I ran the scope, which measures 11-inches long and weighs 11.1 ounces, through a series of tests, including immersion in 110-degree water for 10 minutes and an overnight trip to the freezer; no bubbles, no internal fogging.

Using high Leupold rotary dovetail rings, I mounted the Redfield 3-9X 50 mm on my Remington Model 504 in .22 Long Rifle, a rifle of known accuracy. Using Federal 40-grain Gold Medal Match, I fired a three–shot group once zeroed at 100 yards, then moved the crosshair eight clicks up and eight clicks right and fired three more shots. I then went down 16 clicks, fired a group, and then over 16 clicks left and fired another. I moved up 16 clicks, fired three shots, then moved eight right and eight down for the final three shots. This is an accurate rifle, and all the groups were tight, but the final three shots dropped into the same ragged hole formed by the first three, making the first indistinguishable from the last. The corners of the groups of the “square,” center-to-center, measured from 3.97 to 4.14 inches, which is only slightly larger than the 4 m.o.a. represented by the click adjustments, and well within the margin of bullet diameter.

A Part Of A Plan
Now there are imported Redfields, but they are not riflescopes. The binoculars, spotters and rangefinders are built to Leupold’s specifications, but they are made overseas. Why? Because of the way distributors and retailers work these days, they want an optics line, not just a riflescope. I’ve examined the products, and they seem fine for the money, about what one would expect—no frills and no surprises. Like Leupolds, however, Redfield scopes come with a lifetime warranty, and the company is even throwing in a neoprene scope cover.

When I asked York about the Wideview, he tried to stay deadpan, but just grinned as he said, “Everything’s on the table.”