Would you buy this scope?

[Speaks]

That's why I hate when the SWFA recommendation keeps getting repeated. It's unobtainum unless you camp out on the internet.

Hell, I almost qualify as a Rokslide camper and I've never seen one available. I'm dropping MOA ,so I need two scopes to bridge the gap to the S2H release. I'm not dropping Minox coin so yeah I'll keep an eye on classifieds. I plan on picking up a SFP Triji as well.

The 3-9s were in stock for months until they blew them out on black Friday. The 6x are the ones that only last days.

 

[Dobermann]

It is ZeroTech. The story is interesting.

And they were used to kill 10 deer today.

For the record team: I think this is the first official announcement in this thread who the partner company is.

(Someone thought I gave it away earlier; I didn't - I was just commenting on how there would be an international market for this scope.)

 

[IrkedCitizen]

At least it wasn't Vortex. Friends don't let friends buy Vortex

 

[Scottyboy]

Have to imagine the preorder link is coming soon

 

[benconfused]

At least it wasn't Vortex. Friends don't let friends buy Vortex

LOL, until everyone starts secretly buying the new Talon.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

LOL, until everyone starts secretly buying the new Talon.

Don't even know what that is. I don't pay attention to their products because I won't buy them

 

[Scottyboy]

LOL, until everyone starts secretly buying the new Talon.

Their RF binos I’d argue are different than rifle scopes. Especially when they lifetime warranty the electronics. But again, this is about the S2H scope we want and nothing to do with vortex or anyone else

 

[Frozenlead]

For the record team: I think this is the first official announcement in this thread who the partner company is.

(Someone thought I gave it away earlier; I didn't - I was just commenting on how there would be an international market for this scope.)

I think it’s a great partnership. Gives us Canadians some hope of seeing them up here.

Didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes, but since it’s public now.
Form unknowingly gave us a little teaser back on his 45 drop target.

 

[sneaky]

Look forward to the back story, or what can be shared, on what the engineers already know about making durable scopes. I get the sense that if you ask for bombproof, they know exactly what elements need special attention.

Considering that LOW builds all of the scopes that already pass the drop test I'd say they have a pretty good handle on it. Like the others, LOW builds what you want, you put your name on it. ZeroTech was already in with LOW, and made the magic happen.

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[nm.otter]

Considering that LOW builds all of the scopes that already pass the drop test

LOW builds most of them, and dominates the upper end of the list.

 

[Castle Rock]

Look forward to the back story, or what can be shared, on what the engineers already know about making durable scopes. I get the sense that if you ask for bombproof, they know exactly what elements need special attention.

I doubt that that will be forthcoming

 

[swavescatter]

What's this "we" hivemind perspective? I would love for it to have been Vortex or even better Leupold. Their no-questions-asked-smash-your-scope-and-we'll-send-you-a-new-one-and-a-hat warranty is amazing. Maven also has this type of warranty. Given that LOW is the manufacturer, the only benefit of the retailer will be warranty once it hits production.

Vortex scopes don't hold zero, but most of their other stuff is completely serviceable. Same with Leupold. Seems like at least Vortex is starting to notice the ruggedization demand.

 

[atmat]

What's this "we" hivemind perspective? I would love for it to have been Vortex or even better Leupold. Their no-questions-asked-smash-your-scope-and-we'll-send-you-a-new-one-and-a-hat warranty is amazing. Maven also has this type of warranty. Given that LOW is the manufacturer, the only benefit of the retailer will be warranty once it hits production.

Vortex scopes don't hold zero, but most of their other stuff is completely serviceable. Same with Leupold. Seems like at least Vortex is starting to notice the ruggedization demand.

FWIW, ZeroTech has a lifetime transferable unconditional warranty too.

 

[letrbuck]

@Ryan Avery @Formidilosus

Thanks for taking on this project and getting these scopes to reality. I know folks took the idea on this thread and ran with it, but some sort of pre order does make sense after listening to the latest podcast. And given the timeline, I wouldn't balk too much at paying full price for the scope when the LOW contract needs to be paid in order for them to leave Japan and waiting 12 to 15 days to have it in hand.

 

[Okie_Poke]

What's this "we" hivemind perspective? I would love for it to have been Vortex or even better Leupold. Their no-questions-asked-smash-your-scope-and-we'll-send-you-a-new-one-and-a-hat warranty is amazing. Maven also has this type of warranty. Given that LOW is the manufacturer, the only benefit of the retailer will be warranty once it hits production.

Vortex scopes don't hold zero, but most of their other stuff is completely serviceable. Same with Leupold. Seems like at least Vortex is starting to notice the ruggedization demand.

And one would think it would be a relatively light lift for Vortex to update their LOW-made lines to the rugged version. Maybe we’ll see some of that if this scope does well. I hope S2H records all the abuse they put this thing through, assuming it continues to perform, and they and zero tech market the hell out of that performance. I don’t see major brands responding to market pressure otherwise.

 

[Shortschaf]

@Ryan Avery @Formidilosus

Thanks for taking on this project and getting these scopes to reality. I know folks took the idea on this thread and ran with it, but some sort of pre order does make sense after listening to the latest podcast. And given the timeline, I wouldn't balk too much at paying full price for the scope when the LOW contract needs to be paid in order for them to leave Japan and waiting 12 to 15 days to have it in hand.

Yes 2 weeks advance payment is no problem. Hell, $100 deposit too.
I will sign up for the first batch whenever they ask for takers

 

[Snowhunter11]

Good on Shoot2hunt and good on zero tech for being the facilitator. I agree the world of scopes will be changing and we all will benefit from this design. Thanks guys for your time and commitment to relentless pursuit of performance and functionality. Bravo

 

[Tahoe1305]

@Formidilosus

Is this the same internals as the zero tech trace advanced? I stumbled upon your drop eval from a few years back and was expecting it to be a pass, but was surprised it didn’t read to be.

Based on how the S2H scope performed I assume it is different but want to confirm.

Thx.

 

[benconfused]

@Formidilosus

Is this the same internals as the zero tech trace advanced? I stumbled upon your drop eval from a few years back and was expecting it to be a pass, but was surprised it didn’t read to be.

Based on how the S2H scope performed I assume it is different but want to confirm.

Thx.

Yes they called this out in the podcast but none of that existing line has this technology. (If I understood Jake correctly).

 

[Frozenlead]

After listening to the podcast, it sounds like for $6k and 6 months we can get a proper MOA reticle made. . I’ll show myself the door.

I think preorders are a great idea. For us north of the border the big question is who/ how will they be retailing/ distributing them. We have a UM distributor and Zero tech as well. Obviously the latter would be better for both tariffs and cutting out the middleman markup (for reference Rokstoks are around $1100 currently and I’m sure they were ordered a long ways back).