Re: Best Scope Rings
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sawman556</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Since I'm not professional enough or in the right class of people I will just give you my uneducated unclassy unprofessional totally free opinion. You just made a set of rings that highly resemble Badger, Leupold MKIV, TPS etc. Why would anyone buy your rings over Badgers? You rounded the top over? Well awesome! Why not be a little more creative like APA, Seekins or ARC and develope a set of rings that are uniquely your own design? Just sayin'. Good luck with your rings! Nutnfancy? LMFAO </div></div>
Our T&E program is actually open to people just like yourself. That's why we announced it here. We feel the Snipers Hide members are more knowledgable than most, and that they represent an ideal community for semi-professional reviews of products.
The only difference between professional reviewers and regular members is that regular Snipers Hide members pay Map [edited to remove pricing information], and after providing the forum review post link with pictures and youtube review link they get a reimbursement for 75% of the original purchase price. This is a new strategy for us, where in the past we gave products away to people who ~80% of the time failed to uphold their end of the bargain, now if that same situation occurs we just sold a product rather had one stolen from us. That is not personal, it is simply a business strategy designed to limit unpredictable fraud and theft that result from trusting random people with no deposit. The reason arrangements with professional reviewers are different, is because they are professionals with a reputation they have created from a track record of honesty, and I will take them at their word and send the product with no strings attached. Additionally people like Nutnfacy get 30,000 video views in a week. 8541 tactical in my humble opinion gets more technical- I really like his work, and he gets about 7000 views in a relatively short time. As compared to accounts like our Griffin Armament account where we might get 600 views in a week. Reviewers like Nutnfancy and 8541 Tactical are industry professionals because they have a certain talent with regard to reviews that others do not.
I don't really understand the hostility in your message. I didn't create the class of tactical rings. As you mention yourself, the rings already in that class have a lot of similarity. We merely built a ring using what we felt were the best combination and execution of features available in products already in that class.
The full radius geometry isn't just "rounding the top over", that represents two additional machining settups as compared to other brands with no radiuses at all. Settups cost time and time is money. That geometry represents our company working harder to deliver the customer more value.
[8/29/12 edited to remove pricing information - T&E review for scope rings is closed.]