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I wonder what will come out at the SHOT show this year. Anyone have any inside news ?
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Maybe something with a reticle that is useable in low light and doesn't have 30moa of windage hashmarks?is anyone looking for anything specif? any particular brand or model?
I think for the most part the non FOV limited scopes will be from smaller European companies like Schmidt, maybe Leica I guess, and not sure who else. Vortex and NF already violate the patent (the Razor 6-36 has a FOV of over 24 degrees), they never cared about it and Swarovski never tried to enforce it on them. As best I can tell the only other two who it MIGHT be effecting are ZCO and Tangent. Both of whom source their glass from the Schott facility and seemingly keep their scopes under 22 degrees FOV from what I can tell. Whether they do that because of the patent or other reasons is unclear. Maybe they just don't want optical fall-off towards the edges of the glass like people seem to experience with the mega-FOV scopes like the Kahles 328i and 540i.I’ve heard multiple people whisper about a NF NXS and/or SHV hunting focused replacement line. They own the name NX6 already so desperately hoping it’s happening this year!
Hoping lots of companies announce large FOV models and retrofit options as the Swaro patent ends. S&B rep told me they have warehouses stocked with big FOV versions of their scopes for 2026 when they can finally sell them. He was very excited. They should have a Meta 3-18 FFP model with wide FOV and better reticles hitting this year that are more hunter oriented.
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