The app also allows shooters to video

The Inteliscope is a hardware attachment coupled with a corresponding app on the App Store. The Inteliscope hardware attaches to any Weaver rail on a firearm. For those unfamiliar, the Weaver rail system is found on most guns from major manufacturers, and allows users to easily attach accessories like new optics, laser sights, flashlights,ladies shoes wholesale or other accessories. The entire piece is made with plastic, keeping it lightweight when attached to your firearm or in your case. The piece attaches to any Weaver rail system easily with a simple wingnut in the front to tighten it onto the Weaver rail. The piece is long, and clearly designed with rifle usage in mind more than use on a handgun.

The Inteliscope includes three additional smartphone cases that attach to the main attachment. The current model ships with a case to fit an iPhone 5, iPhone 4/4S, and an fourth-generation iPod Touch. Users will have to remove their existing cases on their device to fit their iPhone or iPod Touch into the Inteliscope case. The case itself is attached to the main piece by plastic tabs that fit into holes on the backside of the device case. Overall, both the smartphone case and main attachment secured easily and quickly to our AR-15, making it easy to swap in and out when at the range. The inclusion of three different cases ensures that any modern iPhone user should be able to use the Inteliscope.

The Inteliscope app is the ultimate shooter’s eye candy. The app uses your iPhone’s camera as your new optics, and gives the ultimate heads-up display to you. Using the iPhone’s GPS sensor, the Inteliscope app displays wind direction and speed, latitude and longitude, compass heading, date and time, and a targeting reticule. The accelerometer ensures that your stance is level before pulling the trigger, and the phone allows users to pick the distance to their target as well as the zoom up to 5X.

The app also allows shooters to video their marksmanship while shooting. Pressing the video button will record your shooting seamlessly. A Loadout option allows shooters to enter their firearm model, and the number of rounds they have. There’s also a Sight In Mode for, as the name implies, sighting in. Since the iPhone will be off center from the barrel with the Inteliscope, Sight In mode is crucial to compensate or else you may find yourself a few inches off bull.

Overall, the Inteliscope is a wonderful idea, and anyone who can combine my love for phones with one of my favorite relaxing activities surely gets credit in my book. However, there are some flaws to the Inteliscope that will drive any shooter nuts.

With any firearm, the purpose of sights is to be able to increase your accuracy beyond what the naked eye can see. The Inteliscope would do a great job of this if it could stay on the weapon. The piece that attaches to the rail itself held steady enough, however, the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S used for reviewing the Inteliscope broke away and fell off the weapon after each shot fired. A .223 projectile is certainly going to have some kickback, but it isn’t the strongest caliber in town. However, after each round fired on the Smith & Wesson M&P AR-15, the phone and its special case would become dislodged from the Inteliscope bracket and fall to the floor. Thankfully I was at an outdoor area and the iPhone fell onto grass, but if that had been a concrete firing range, things could’ve gotten ugly fast.

It appears the small plastic tabs that fit into the rear of the iPhone case don’t have enough grip to distribute the force of each round firing. Inteliscope was probably gunning for (no pun intended) lightweight when deciding to use plastic, but there’s a reason most gun parts are made with metal or at minimum polycarbonate. It’s hard to recommend the Inteliscope for any high-caliber weapon. It may be able to withstand your .22 rifle, but even then we would caution shooters to be mindful of their fragile iPhone.

Another design flaw is the way the mount attaches to the firearm. While it seems secure enough, the use of plastics again doesn’t give it the same sense of security other sights and optics provide. There’s no real way to lock it in super-tight, and while we weren’t able to test the Inteliscope for long (since the iPhone kept dislodging), one would have to consider how many jolts the piece will take before starting to move.
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