Day 3 at SHOT Show
Today I started out over at the Caesar's Pavilion with Sightron. A couple of months ago Sightron got a new director of sales. We've spoken on the phone numerous times, however, today I got to meet Ian. Ian seems like a straight up guy that wants to grow the brand with quality additions.
I saw their new SV 8x42 ED SWA and SV 10x42 ED SWA Binoculars. Made in Japan and Extra Wide FOV. A nice addition for them.
Twist-up / Down Eyecups for excellent eye relief control
Fully Multicoated ED glass lenses for maximum light transmission
Water Proof to withstand any weather conditions
Nitrogen Gas Charged to prevent fogging
They also will be releasing some more S6 Series Riflescopes in 5-30x56 with new reticles. These 6 new models should be available in the Spring.
Next stop was over at Hawke. Seems to me, the last few years Hawke has started getting the brand recognition that has eluded them for many years. They make a great selection of Riflescopes, Spotters, Binoculars, Monoculars, Rangefinders and Red-Dots.
New for 2026 are:
VANTAGE HD 34 FFP Riflescopes
3-15x44 SF 34mm, IR FFP Mil Pro II (15x)
3-15x44 SF 34mm, IR FFP MOA Pro II (15x)
5-25x56 SF 34mm, IR FFP Mil Pro II (25x)
5-25x56 SF 34mm, IR FFP MOA Pro II (25x)
VANTAGE HD 30 Riflescopes
4-16x50 SF 30mm, IR LR2 Dot (16x)
4-16x50 SF 30mm, IR Mil Pro II (10x)
4-16x50 SF 30mm, IR .223/.308 Marksman (16x)
4-16x50 SF 30mm, IR Rimfire .22 LR (16x)
6-24x50 SF 30mm, IR LR2 Dot (20x)
6-24x50 SF 30mm, IR Mil Pro II (20x)
6-24x50 SF 30mm, IR .223/.308 Marksman (20x)
1-8x24 30mm, IR L4A Dot 296.62
1-8x24 30mm, IR Circle Dot
1-8x24 30mm, IR Tactical BDC - 5.56
2.5-10x50 30mm, IR L4A Dot
3-12x56 30mm, IR L4A Dot
FRONTIER ED X Binoculars
8x25 and 10x25's
VANTAGE HD Binoculars
8x26 Green FOV: 6.8° 10.1oz
10x26 Green FOV: 5.6° 9.5oz
8x34 Green FOV: 7.1° 15.2oz
10x34 Green FOV: 6.0° 14.0oz
8x42 Green FOV: 7.1° 21.0oz
10x42 Green FOV: 6.1° 20.1oz
I then strolled over to chat with Dennis at Arken. OK, HUGE news to report. I was informed that Arken is going through a restructuring, with a new management team, where they will go back to their original plan of focusing on innovations and bringing value to consumers.
Dennis has been my DNT rep for the last year and he has been sent to Arken to help with this restructure. Those of you familiar with Arken know how great their scopes are, how they are priced way below their competition but have had the worst consumer customer service of any company, until now. This collaboration between DNT Optics and Arken will provide better customer service, more support, and faster fulfillment times (way less back order issues). Now Arken will have the same stellar customer service you've seen over at DNT. Please be patient during the process as it's not like flipping a switch.
Through the collaboration with both DNT and Arken a decision was made that all Nightvision, Thermal and Electronic Optics will be handled by DNT and all Riflescopes will be handled by Arken. This, apparently, has been in the works for a bit which is why the riflescopes I posted about from last years SHOT Show, that were to come out from DNT, were not released as they will shortly be released under the Arken label.
My last official meeting for SHOT Show was over at Armasight. Great quality Thermal Optics. They showed me the new Pro lines, Contractor Pro, Warden Pro, Sidekick Pro, Collector Pro, Jockey Pro and Commander Pro. These are advanced version of the non pro units you've loved, but faster and higher resolution. Coming this Spring so stay tuned.
It's GELATO TIME........
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