Scopos is constantly looking for ways to innovate and improve both Orion and Athena. Our most recent improvement is to the mechanical lift of our Athena ESTs. Our new cable operated pulley lift system is an improvement over the previous threaded rod lift in several ways:Quieter: Existing Athena customers will be happy...

Participating in competitions gives participants of any activity incentive to practice, improve, and have fun. This holds true for both new and experienced shooters. Competitions of any size, whether it be a national-level league, or a backyard competition for fun, can provide benefits to all involved in ways that can't...

If your Athena range sees a lot of use, it could use some TLC after a long season. Scopos offers annual maintenance appointments, usually during the summer, to help keep your range working as efficiently as possible.What's Covered in a Maintenance AppointmentA maintenance appointment will cover all things relating to...

To assign hospital points or not to assign hospital points, that is the question.When you run a competition you want everything to go perfectly. You familiarize yourself with the rulebook, you instruct your volunteers, and you even run a few practice matches just to be sure you and your range...

As Americans we have a saying: “trust but verify.” When it comes to Electronic Scoring Targets (ESTs) I will openly admit that many of Athena’s competitors can be trusted; they are accurate systems. However, despite their exceedingly high price point, shots scored on their ESTs can not be verified in...

We here at Scopos believe it is important that parents and legal guardians help their children explore technology safely. As such, we will only grant children under the age of 13 access to a Scopos Account (formerly Orion Mobile App) after parental or legal guardian approval.For children, a Scopos Account...

At Scopos we have a singular mission: “to use leading-edge technologies to improve marksmanship in athletes, and turn shooting into a spectator sport.” When I began studying this problem over a decade ago, I realized an initial and necessary step would be to solve the scoring problem.The scoring problem is...

Rulebooks are great about telling you the explicit requirements for running your match. Time limits, range commands, and tie breaking are all subjects rulebooks teach you. But they fail to teach you all the implicit requirements to run a successful match. For example, rulebooks will tell you how to rank competitors, but...

Scopos is pleased to announce Athlete Profiles, a brand new feature in Rezults. Athlete Profiles allow athletes to share who they are, and all of the public competition scores they shot, in one page on the Internet. Athlete Profiles came about from our commitment to turn shooting into a spectator sport. Simply...