Would you buy this scope?

[TheM1DoesMyTalking]

Sme of the sales have already started. LOL

I know, don't remind me! I've already wandered over to the optics classifieds since posting this.

 

[blackdog]

Where is this theoretical scope going to be made? How long are we to expect the company to be around?

 

[prm]

Is there even a very rough timeline for this?

Are we placing bets on company that would support this?

 

[Dobermann]

Is there even a very rough timeline for this?

Are we placing bets on company that would support this?

Go on.

We need to blow this thread out to at least 277 pages before the dang thing is even produced, surely.

 

[prm]

My money is on Nightforce. (Minox?)

The shocker move would be Leupold.

 

[Gstew1930]

My money is on Nightforce.

The shocker move would be Leupold.

I think we'll get this scope made by Tesla before Leupold does it lol

 

[Shortschaf]

My money is on Nightforce.

The shocker move would be Leupold.

My bet would go to Maven first. Highly doubtful Nightforce that anyone with a military contract will budge to such a small consumer base

 

[swavescatter]

My guess is this is Tasco’s big comeback.

 

[Teodoro]

My guess is this is Tasco’s big comeback.

You see this, Ryan? You have a chance to do the funniest thing possible.

My personal bet is Sightron.

 

[swavescatter]

Available at every Walmart. Talk about really changing the world.

 

[Wapiti1]

You see this, Ryan? You have a chance to do the funniest thing possible.

My personal bet is Sightron.

Funny that Tasco and Sightron ended up in the same post. Kenko, Sightron's parent company, made the original Super Sniper scopes for Tasco and a few of the subsequent SWFA offerings.

Jeremy

 

[Formidilosus]

Unless something goes drastically wrong….

There will be a scope. Slight changes due to reliability/durability requirements and timeline, but overall in the same realm.

 

[Dobermann]

My money is on Nightforce.

The shocker move would be Leupold.

Nightforce seems unlikley due to weight of most of their other offerings.

Leupold seems unlikely due to company ethics and past history.

SWFA would have to up their supply issues.

Bushnell, Trijicon, Maven, and Sightron have shown they could technically do it.

But with so many new brand names popping up lately, this suggests it might be easier to just contract LOW directly than we have previously thought.

Just wind-spittin' here ...

All up: great to hear it's going to happen!

 

[ljalberta]

Unless something goes drastically wrong….

There will be a scope. Slight changes due to reliability/durability requirements and timeline, but overall in the same realm.

Love to hear this. Any insight on considered changes? Obviously nothing to be taken as gospel.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Unless something goes drastically wrong….

There will be a scope. Slight changes due to reliability/durability requirements and timeline, but overall in the same realm.

Previously timeline was just "not 2 months and it will be rigorously tested", you able to comment whether this might show up sometime in 2025 (obviously not early 2025) or is this a 2026+ kinda thing?

 

[wyosam]

You see this, Ryan? You have a chance to do the funniest thing possible.

My personal bet is Sightron.

I’ve had a couple Sightrons, and they seem to be able to make a good product at a good price point. I have one on my Dasher that only sees bench duty, but hasn’t moved on a significant “drive around” test (hundreds of range trips + the alcan hwy, plus some ATV rack miles) and dials reliably.


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[prm]

Nightforce seems unlikley due to weight of most of their other offerings.

Leupold seems unlikely due to company ethics and past history.

SWFA would have to up their supply issues.

Bushnell, Trijicon, Maven, and Sightron have shown they could technically do it.

But with so many new brand names popping up lately, this suggests it might be easier to just contract LOW directly than we have previously thought.

Just wind-spittin' here ...

All up: great to hear it's going to happen!

I agree with your points. Just happy someone is moving with the concept. Timeline matters not to me.

I was thinking an NXS 2.5-10x42 like scope switched to FFP with a new reticle. Only model close on weight. Maybe SHV.

SWFA makes a lot of sense from a business model and design aspect. Focusing on scopes now and their designs already come quite close. A 3-12x40-44 overlaps with their 3-15 though.

A made in USA Leupold would be great. Everything about their scopes, short of robustness, is quite good. The company could do it if they chose. A robust Mk4HD? Eventually someone in the company will care and be in a position to direct a bombproof hunting scope. I can dream…

Carry on. Look forward to where this goes.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

If we're tossing out guesses. Outside of nightforce, isn't trijicon the only company that has acknowledged impact testing without getting defensive/deflective?

They already make FFP scopes that have held up, etc. The 2-10x36 credo for example isn't far off the mark including the street pricing. Scale back to a 4x erector (which trijicon has in other scopes), bump up the objective lens size, delete the illumination and ditch the tree reticle.

Put my guess in that hat.

 

[fisherman983]

Personally no, I want 15-18 @ the top end... I'm of the idea of I'd rather have the mag power and not always need it, vs need it and not have it.


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[khuber84]

Personally no, I want 15-18 @ the top end... I'm of the idea of I'd rather have the mag power and not always need it, vs need it and not have it.


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I'm in this camp as well. We all generally carry 8-12X binos. In the steep and deep, most hunters don't bring a spotter. This is where 15-18X really adds value if you need to judge an animal at distance. I'm a fan of the glass, power, weight of the the LHT 4.5-22 vortex, just sucks it's known to not hold zero with hard use.