Columbia Sportswear, Kruger Optical feature Backcountry, Timberline products for spring 2008

Portland, OR ─ For the first time, Columbia Sportswear is offering premium sports optics for the outdoors. Now, hikers, hunters, bird watchers and others seeking to improve their outdoor experience can enjoy greater clarity from new Columbia optical products that deliver the company’s customary high quality and value. Columbia’s new binoculars and riflescopes offer excellent optical systems engineered to provide the most accurate, detailed image possible. Rugged mechanics combined with attractive styling and convenient features make our optical products a sensational value.

Columbia Sportswear has entered licensing agreement with Kruger Optical to break into the outdoor optics market.

Rest of the spring press release, plus a good look at the 3-12×50 scope, below.

Backcountry Binoculars
Our premium binocular line elegantly combines style, function and toughness. Each Backcountry model features an attractive roof prism design: distinctive parallel barrels give these binoculars a streamlined appearance and convenient, compact shape.

Excellent professional-level optics provide sharp, clear and superior images. All lens surfaces are fully multi-coated with broadband lens coating technology for superior light transmission without glare. Prisms are phase coated for improved image resolution. With long eye relief and twist-up eyecups, these binoculars can be quickly and easily used while wearing eyeglasses or sunglasses.

Backcountry binoculars are waterproof and filled with dry nitrogen for years of fog-free use in any weather. Rugged construction utilizing an aluminum frame and body ensure continuing high-level performance in the field, regardless of the terrain. Easy-grip rubber armor exteriors make these binoculars easy to carry and durable, ensuring a lifetime of high-performance use no matter what the adventure.

Backcountry models available: Ÿ 10×42 Ÿ 10×32 Ÿ 10×25 Ÿ 8×42
Suggested retail price: $219.95 – $399.99

Timberline Binoculars
Designed for excellent everyday performance, our Timberline binocular line delivers exceptional value and is rugged enough for any outdoor pursuit. Customers can choose between a straight, roof prism model or a porro binocular featuring a more traditional, offset shape … either way, these binoculars are compact and capable of going anywhere, Textured rubber armor provides shockproof durability and makes the Timberlines comfortable to hold. High-performance optics deliver excellent resolution throughout the field of view. Fully multi-coated surfaces enhance light transmission for superior viewing even in low light conditions. O-ring sealed and nitrogen filled, these waterproof, fogproof binoculars can withstand the worst weather imaginable. With convenient twist-up eyecups, these binoculars can be easily adjusted for use with or without glasses. A large, ribbed center focus wheel is easy to use even when wearing gloves. Whatever the conditions, our Timberline binoculars are designed to be as tough as the outdoor enthusiasts who use them

Timberline models available:
Ÿ 8×32 Ÿ 8×40 Ÿ 8×42 Ÿ 10×25 Ÿ 10×32 Ÿ 10×42
Suggested retail price: $159.99 – $324.99

Timberline PHG Riflescopes
Columbia’s Timberline Performance Hunting Gear (PHG) riflescope line is designed by U.S. engineers to meet the demands of hunters for outstanding performance and reliability. Featuring durable one piece body construction of aircraft grade aluminum, Timberline scopes are built to last. Fully-coated optics offer excellent light transmission. All scopes are water tested and filled with dry nitrogen for reliable, fog-free performance, whatever Mother Nature delivers. Our scopes feature resettable, accurate 1/4 –minute clicks in the windage and elevation adjustments, a feature that allows users to precisely adjust their scope to their rifle, delivering accuracy and confidence when it is needed most. Power selector rings have an armored and ribbed surface for easy adjustment, even when wearing gloves.

Timberline PHG Riflescope models available: Ÿ 3-12×40 Ÿ 3-12×50 Ÿ 4-16×40SF
Suggested retail price: $129.99 – $249.95

And here’s a look at the Timberline 3-12×50 riflescope:

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