Don't want to come across as an ass but I ordered directly from Bushnell Tactical Mil Sales, so if your AD mil you can email them for price.
Only had it a few days but so far very nice glass, controls feel solid, eye box/relief is forgiving and consistent. Will try and get side by side test with Mark4 but can already tell I like the focus/pwr rings better on the LMSS.
Do you have the part number for the H-32 reticle version?
Curious to find out street price on these...I've been debating whether or not to get a spotting scope.
Awesome. Another spotter priced out of my range. I was really hoping someone else would come out with a decent spotter with a reticle that cost over $2 grand. Not enough of those.
Awesome. Another spotter priced out of my range. I was really hoping someone else would come out with a decent spotter with a reticle that cost over $2 grand. Not enough of those.
Boy the Kowa really shows the short comings in the Bushnell glass. Wish I could see the Leupy Mark 4 in that same set of pictures.
~Brett
If the retail is $2K then the production cost is probably well under $1k ex-factory , China.
Where is the best place to find one with an H32 ?
im gonna continue to use my ole trusty M144 B&L
Only had it a few days but so far very nice glass, controls feel solid, eye box/relief is forgiving and consistent. Will try and get side by side test with Mark4 but can already tell I like the focus/pwr rings better on the LMSS.
I only used it for a couple short range visits before deployment, sorry won't have any real opinion until later this fall. I should have brought it with me but just stuck with issued MK4, I can already tell I like the focus/pwr rings better on the LMSS (built solid). Can't be sure on clarity yet between the two, more to follow.
From what I learned in econ....
Actual per unit production costs are typically less than 20% of the final MSRP. Add in the cost of overhead, R&D, shipping and advertising your at roughly 30-40% MSRP. Now tack on a 20% profit margin and you are in the realm of 50-60%. The final 40-50% mark-up is absorbed by the distributor and the retailer.
Also, it costs an extra $500 for a reticle because people are willing to pay it.