The construction of the mst I believe is stainless to start with
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Carbon Steel. The directions actually suggest "oiling" certain areas to prevent rust.
Lowlight says these were $700 scopes when the USMC was buying them. Whats inflation in that time? Probably not $2950's worth.
What is lost by production? Does USO lose production on a more profitable scope that they mass produce? They will add some of that loss to the price of this.
What is the added cost of getting everyone up to speed with building a scope designed in the 70's and that they themselves have not built in 3 years? Its like paying start up costs on a whole new product. That cost is going to be distributed on 100 scopes not 3-4000 scopes.
Materials are not what they have in supply. Add some cost from the supplier for a small order of stock.
For three years they have been hearing from interested buyers. Add some cost because they know they can. Truth be told Im surprised the price is "only" $100 more than the last deal.
If you go by simple economics an MST100 is a commodity that has a range of elasticity not because of huge demand but because of its relative scarcity. If you are building an M40A1/A3 clone your options are limited and the most popular choice is this scope.
What added value am I getting for paying too much for outdated technology and expecting to wait for it?
One - I wont be at the mercy of the internet bid site and forced to pay 100 percent at a time when I may not have cash on hand.
Two - Right now I know I have a scope with my name on it. Im not chasing around the internet hoping to find one for sale and than getting pissed off because someone else from Snipershide was there 3 minutes before posting "Ill take it", leaving me to lamely post "Seconds please". Thats about as fun as laying in someone elses wet spot.
Three - Ill be getting a new scope, not one someone else has kryloned or dropped on its E turret
Four - I totally disagree with the Elizabeth Warren philosophy of "they didnt build that" and corporations should through altruism charge at the bare minimum because otherwise they are "the mean old one percent" Liz Warren made her money buying houses and flipping them, she can eat shit. I hope USO makes plenty of money to stay solvent and give employment to a bunch of workers that are probably as enthusiastic about shooting sports as I am.
I wont take a porking if I cant justify the cost. I can easily justify what Im spending. If you cant, dont buy.
I wish I could buy ten extra of them. A year after this "last run" is delivered I should be able to easily sell them for $3050 and make myself $1000.
. Ace, when you move over a million $$ of a vendor products. Your opinion really matters. Not saying yours don't but I'm in a position where I can pull some strings to get things going. But even then, they can always tell me no flat out but as I said before. It's going down the line of owners and we're just waiting on one more ok before it's a go.
