The TORIC 2.5-15x44 wins NRA's 2023 Golden Bullseye Award! Now in its 21st year, the Golden Bullseye Awards recognize the firearm industry’s top products as voted on by NRA Publications’ editors.
“The NRA Golden Bullseye Awards epitomize what NRA members seek in their shooting and hunting equipment—outstanding performance, innovation and value. These are the best new products, truly worthy of NRA Member’s attention, and I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all this year’s winners.” Doug Hamlin - Executive Director NRA Publications
Qualifications
To qualify for consideration for a Golden Bullseye Award, the product must have been:
- Recently introduced and available to consumers prior to the selection of the Golden Bullseye Awards
- Used/tested by a staff member or regular contributor to the magazine and/or affiliated media
- Reliable in the field, meeting or exceeding the evaluator’s expectations
- Innovative in design and function
- Readily perceived as a value to the purchaser
- Styled in a manner befitting the shooting and hunting industry and, perhaps more importantly, its enthusiasts.
American Hunter 2023 Golden Bullseye Awards
Rifle of the Year Nosler Model 21
Shotgun of the Year Mossberg 940 Pro Waterfowl
Handgun of the Year Savage 110 PCS
Ammunition of the Year Hornady 7 mm Precision Rifle Cartridge (PRC)
Optic of the Year Tract: Toric UHD 30mm 2.5-15x44 FFP Hunting Rifle Scope
Gear of the Year ALPS Outdoorz Elite Frame and Pack System
According to American Hunter author Bryce Towsley, "Their new TORIC UHD 30mm 2.5-15X44 First Focal Plane MOA Hunting Rifle Scope is a great example of their vision. It’s a hunting scope masquerading as a long-range target scope or vice versa. A good description might well be a “cross-over” scope that is at home in both worlds.
It was developed for use by today’s long-range hunters and designed to be light and small enough to be at home on a rifle used for hunting, but it’s not out of place on a precision rifle either.
This scope provides the long-range hunter with the optimal magnification range so that he or she can handle any shot from up close to “way the hell out there.” The 44mm objective size works great in low light, but isn’t so giant that the shooter’s cheek weld is down by his Adam’s apple. On most hunting rifles, the Tract can be mounted low enough to the bore to allow the shooter’s eye to be correctly positioned behind the optical center with a proper cheek weld.
The scope is available with adjustments and reticle points in MOA or MRAD. In my never humble opinion, most hunters will do best with the MOA version. Both versions have the same range of adjustment; the only difference is that the MOA is ¼ inch per click where the MRAD is .36 per click at 100 yards. MOA (minute of angle) closely approximates inches. (It’s actually 1.047 inches at 100 yards.) This allows the hunter to do the math much easier, both for zeroing the scope and for figuring long-range drop. When there is a giant whitetail waiting at long range, a signal is sent to your brain that shuts it down. So, the familiar “inch” is much easier to remember."
"I plan to use this rig for long-range target shooting and maybe to put a little venison in the freezer. I have no doubt that I have the best optic to cross over and do both."
Technical Specifications
- Type: variable-power riflescope
- Magnification: 2.5X-15X
- Objective Lens Diameter: 44mm
- Eye Relief: 4" (2.5X); 3.9" (15X)
- Exit Pupil: 11.4mm (2.5X); 2.9mm (15X)
- Field of View @ 100 Yards: 41.7' (2.5X); 7.1' (15X)
- Reticle: FFP, MOA
- Adjustment Range/Click Value: 100 MOA/.25 MOA
- Coatings: fully multi-coated
- Dimensions: 30mm tube diameter; length 14"; weight 28.3 ozs.
- Construction: one-piece tube; graphite gray finish; ED lens; Schott HT glass; argon purged; waterproof; fogproof; side parallax adjustment
- Accessories: sunshade, lens covers
- Direct Price: $994; tractoptics.com
See the complete American Hunter "Hardware" article at: Hardware: Tract TORIC UHD 30mm FFP Hunting Rifle Scope | An Official Journal Of The NRA (americanhunter.org)