{"id":31003,"date":"2014-08-25T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T21:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=31003"},"modified":"2014-08-25T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T21:21:14","slug":"leupold-mark-6-3-18x44mm-wins-again-with-fbi-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/leupold-mark-6-3-18x44mm-wins-again-with-fbi-contract\/31003\/","title":{"rendered":"Leupold\u00ae Mark 6\u00ae 3-18x44mm Wins Again with FBI Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeupoldMk6_3-18x44_M5B2-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"LeupoldMk6_3-18x44_M5B2\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeupoldMk6_3-18x44_M5B2-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/LeupoldMk6_3-18x44_M5B2.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BEAVERTON, Ore. \u2014 Leupold\u00ae, America\u2019s Optics Authority\u00ae, has been selected to deliver Mark 6\u00ae 3-18x44mm riflescopes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Designated for use by the FBI\u2019s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), the Mark 6 3-18x44mm delivers a wide magnification range in a compact, efficient package perfect for urban environments as well as extended rural settings.<br \/>\n\u201cThe world\u2019s most elite military and law enforcement units are finding the Mark 6 \u20283-18x44mm to be the complete package,\u201d said Wilson Timothy, director of tactical and international sales at Leupold &amp; Stevens, Inc. \u201cThe 3 to 18 power range covers almost any scenario these groups may experience, all in a riflescope that\u2019s less than 12 inches in length.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mark 6 3-18x44mm riflescope has been selected by a number of agencies and departments for its rugged durability, exceptional optical quality, and American design, machining and assembly. As part of the ECOS-O (Enhanced Combat Optic Sight \u2013 Optimized) program, the Mark 6 3-18x44mm was selected by the Naval Special Warfare Center.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the past two International Sniper Competitions have been won using the Mark 6 3-18x44mm by SSGT Daniel Horner and SPC Tyler Payne. The famed Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team has also made the Mark 6 3-18x44mm the standard optic for the unit\u2019s precision rifles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe especially want to remind rifle manufacturers that may be submitting weapons for the U.S. Army\u2019s Compact Semi Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) trials that the Mark 6 3-18x44mm has been accepted and approved in a number of military contracts,\u201d Timothy said. \u201cThere are a number of details to worry about in any military contract process, but your optic does not need to be one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For additional product and warranty information, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leupold.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.leupold.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leupold\u00ae has been selected to deliver Mark 6\u00ae 3-18x44mm riflescopes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2425],"class_list":["post-31003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-leupold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}