I don't think you have to worry, I highly doubt Minox is "selling out" their top of the line scopes through this deal.
I highly doubt they would replace the venerable 5-25x56; however, I would sure love to see a 4-20x50 short scope in the ZP5 line. Also, the 50% off deal is for any Minox scope, even their cheaper ones so they aren't really targeting any particular line. I see this as a means for Blaser to market some of the products they are importing into the US; however, it would have been nice if they worked the deal through dealers instead of directly through Minox. I'm sure the Hide dealers and many others who sell Minox scopes aren't too thrilled as this cuts into potential sales of the scopes they sell.
Who knows what they were thinking, my best guess is create a buzz to cause more market awareness and this thread is exactly what they were hoping for. If they get more ZP5's into shooters hands, they will get more rave reviews which will encourage other shooters to purchase. And if someone couldn't afford $3k for a ZP5, now here's a way to get a rifle and a ZP5 for just over $2k.
Pretty much every optic that is not the latest and greatest and on backorder, etc. will lose value, some more than others depending on popularity among the community, but yes, if you bought a ZP5 last month and paid full price and then saw this deal, you might feel as Jay mentions above. I wish Minox would have done the deal through the dealer network instead of through Minox directly.
I saw that this morning. To each their own. I'll keep mine. I was in the process of swapping to this optic to all my rifles so this was perfect timing. I sold a ton of my unused items and now have 3 ZP5s in my safe...
There's one for 2600. Avg profit would be 650ish after cost of rifle, sell for $300. Not bad and can't blame them for doing it. Hopefully they don't pull the plug on the deal.
They might not know about the deal at Euro. Any reviews/opinions on the optic?
