One of the best gauges and an indicator of quality is the scope's resolution number. The smaller the number, the better the resolution and the better the scope. This number tells you how close two objects can sit together and still be seen as two distinct units and not blurred together as one. Our scope has a resolution number of 2.1 seconds of angle. This number is about 52% smaller (better) than other well-known scopes costing much more. It means that two .22 caliber bullets can be a hair's breadth apart and edges of each still be clearly seen. This degree of optical definition is usualy only found in scopes costing twice as much as the ®Shepherd. With a ®Shepherd at 800 yards, you will be able to tell a four inch antler from a four inch ear and a burrowing owl from a prairie dog. Bird watchers will be able to distinguish a Tuft Titmouse from a Ticked-Off Field Mouse. Another way to tell it's a great scope is to look for the name ®SHEPHERD.

"The 2.1 seconds of angle resolution is within a hair's breadth of the theoretical limit of 1.9 for instruments with 60mm objective lenses. In other words it couldn't have been sharper."

-- Bill McRae in Outdoor Life's GEAR TEST 2001.