Thread: Thermal Optics under scrutiny?

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

I guess if social media was around when rifle scopes first arrived on the hunting scene there would have been a similar discussion about the ethical use of scopes?

Yes there was: In the first part of the 20th century, it was considered by many English stalkers that using a scope was not sporting. A chap just wouldn't. That changed over time, but was in complete contrast to the United States where hunters who could afford them embraced them immediately.