German Precision Optics (GPO)

Half-time at the big gun show in Las Vegas – and actually we should also include the previous "Industry Day". After all, many of the firearms already tried out there by Tanja and Marijan Loch will now meet our two authors again at the individual trade show booths. Time to go into technical details once again, which was hardly possible at the shooting range. Time also to obtain one or the other …

German optics manufacturer German Precision Optics (GPO) offers a full line of products for the outdoorsman, hunter and sport shooter. From binoculars to rangefinders and thermal imaging to riflescopes – much of which we at all4hunters.com have already tested. Now we have taken a look at the company and some of its core products.

A lens with up to 27x zoom? Sure, that's something for long range. But is it really just for that? all4hunters.com not only tried out the new GPO Spectra 6x 4.5- 27x50i at the shooting range, but also used it for hunting – below you can read what came of it.

For all4hunters.com, a quick unboxing video of the dual-use thermal imaging unit from German Precision Optics (GPO). From the UK, Alex Vankovs shows us the benefits of this device and the various potential uses of the GPO Spectra TI 35. 

German Precision Optics (GPO) chose a very special location for the event. Normally inaccessible to civilians, the Seetal Alps military training area in Austria opened its doors exclusively to dealers and journalists. There could hardly be a better environment to extensively test GPO's products. Danielle Valkyrie was on site to take a closer look at rangefinders, binoculars, riflescopes and more. 

Every year, between 18 and 20,000 people in Germany take their hunting license. The trend towards hunting continues and the steadily growing number of hunters leads to the assumption that awareness of nature and the environment has arrived or will arrive in many people's minds. It is interesting that there are very many hunting students who had hardly any contact with hunting before.

GPO – German Precision Optics – is a relatively young German company. Their “Passion” series binoculars include six models. The GPO 10x42 Passion ED in particular is a true all-rounder for hunters. In addition to binoculars, GPO offers riflescopes, thermal imaging technology and rangefinders, which impress mainly for their an interesting price-performance ratio. 

The new German Precision Optics (GPO) Spectra TI 35 is a "dual-use" thermal imager. This means it can be used as both a clip-on device and a spotting scope. The compact GPO Spectra 6x 2-12x50i riflescope is also a real all-rounder and is well suited for use with an attachment. all4hunters.com tried out this combination on the hunt and at the shooting range.

Riflescopes in our days are performing on levels that we couldn’t imagine 15-20 years ago. GPO is a relatively young company that manufactures top quality optics with great attention to detail. Supported by the life time experience of its founders, it provides excellent products with a very affordable price tag.

These laser rangefinder binoculars are representing state-of-the-art in design, function and performance with good light-transmission, edge-to-edge sharpness, close focus and brilliant color reproduction. Our colleague Alex Vankovs from UK tells us his experience from a field test.