In this case, never means exactly that: never. Not in my lifetime. Not in yours. Not in my kids'. These are not the design constraints that will ever change for conventional optomechanical scopes. A run of the mil consumer will never be able to have a clean enough environment to do that, the metrology tools to get the focus and alignment right and the equipment to purge the scope after opening it up.
Interesting factoid, thanks for sharing it. That's exactly the effect I want when I add cream to coffee.
Economies of scale, inventory management, etc. basic business stuff before we even get to optics specific market forces.
If we all liked the same thing their we would all look alike. Definitely depends on what matters to someone. I dont like the numbers on the centerline gets in the way and when I hold over im backed out of magnification most of the time so I can see the outsode numbers... No matter what someone gonna cry lol
USO was a Custom Scope manufacturer and still kinda are.. Could pick what turret system, reticle, internal bubble level.. Really regret selling my USO LR 17... It wasnt bright glass but the contrast, clarity and the features were pretty sweet and also had good Illumination which everyone with the exception of vortex seems to suck at..
Brother ordered 4 cases a 9mm for 180 a case.. waited 2 years for optics planet to fullfill it and eventually tried to refund him... he got his 4 cases of ammo. Ah the days of covid. Thats my optic planet story of the day..Yep prices seem to be falling a bit, no idea where Optics Planet is getting the 3-18's but they've had several batches of them over the last year and a couple other vendors have as well. Dvor has the 6-36 for $2350, Sportsmans had the 4.5-27 for around $1750 a couple weeks ago till it sold out. That said Optics will also let you put 15,000 Gen II 3-18s in a cart too so who knows how many (or if they) are in stock, but I'd bet it's not 15,000! That's always a risk with Optics Planet/Dvor you can snag some great deals, but there's always a risk it will never show up, or will take 2 months to ship.
Hard to complain about a 3-18x Gen II for $1000 when places are selling XTR III 3-18s for $1200. If I was a fan of 3-18x I'd have tossed them on about everything I wanted one on by now for that price. As long as you don't mind it's 4lbs and the color I guess
I read that as it’s in the mail and on the way to you now to check out? I hope so since there seem to be some out in the wild.
The euros have a rail system that is part of the scope tube. You apparently just slap it down on the appropriate adapter and go to work. I’m sure there’s some negs, I just don’t know what they are.
It is not in the mail (that I know of). I do not have a specific date on when it will be here, but it should not be too long. Either way, regardless of when I receive it, I will not be able to share any of my impressions until they officially announce it.
Any new anecdotes from the field on this scope? Any thoughts from people beta testing it? Any hints on details?
I might have missed it, but when do you think these will be released? Looking for new scope for my LMT 6.5 20", this checks all the boxesNothing yet but good details on the scope itself already with power range and weight and being a Razor III you know the glass will be excellent. Still waiting to get my hands on one but each month moves us closer to release.
My LGS sells many custom turrets to well heeled hunters. They will have a “mountain” turret and a “valley” turret.
You think they are bringing out new Furrys. What do you think they will add/change?
Sounds like it could be a winner, especially if the glass matches the 6-36. Has me contemplating holding off on a ZCO 4-20.
I'm thinking it could be a perfect NRL scope. Biggest factor being the same glass and would be at the top of the 30oz tier scopes.
Knowing vortex's eyepiece designs it should, the 4-20 ATACR tunnels which makes it useless to get vs the 5-25
Without having the specs up but knowing how everyone feels about the glass on the 5-25, it almost seems like you could go from 4-16 to 7-35. Seems as if the 4-20 is really a 5.5/6-20.
