hahaha you give me too much credit, I could poke my dick through a gap in a thread. Then there would be two dicks in a thread.
Glad you took the joke well. Some of these others?...
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hahaha you give me too much credit, I could poke my dick through a gap in a thread. Then there would be two dicks in a thread.
I'm excited to see the new grid reticle that Burris is developing. Hopefully that will be ready for SHOT.
On my wish list is a 5-25x50 XTRII with the new reticle and HD glass. Something they can still sell in the $1500 price range. Either call it the XTR HD or the XTR III.
I'm afraid it's a long shot though as I think the high mucky mucks at Burris/Steiner may feel like that scope would be infringing on the Steiner T5Xi market.
I would like to see a 4.5-27 Gen II Razor with a center dot reticle.
I'd be interested in viper pst gen 2 with 34mm tube. More elevation.
then you basically have a Gen1 5-20 Razor with 36mills travel
Would be a nice scope with the standard scr moa reticle too.
A hybrid of Nightforce's NXS 2.5-10 compact and atacr 4-16.
Basically take the atacr, give it a 30mm tube, and non-rotating ocular. All my hunting rifles would love it.
I will probably not make the show this year but, off the top of my head, these are some things I would be looking for.
1) The thing I am most interested in is actually not scopes themselves but is laser rangefinding units that incorporate customizable ballistic calculators in the vein of the Sig Kilo 2400ABS. I expect these sorts of products to get more and better and cheaper every year. I also think they represent a tremendous shooting aid that is probably the biggest game changer for long range shooting in years. This sort of thing at around $500 (the price of the lesser capability kilo2200) is very much in the cards in the next few years. The whole measurement suit and ballistic solution being in one rugged unit is of great interest to me.
2) A Zeiss (actual Zeiss not outsourced Zeiss sticker subcontracted scope) that has remotely interesting features. Zeiss, the biggest optics maker, is still on the sidelines of the long range shooting scene. That can't be a permanent state can it? I have been asking myself this for 10 years now.
3) More Meopta branded or OEM tactical stuff. Meopta can make light, inexpensive, and good stuff. There is potential there though they do seem to have difficulty moving quickly and playing well with others as an OEM. There are few brands that make Light, inexpensive, and good stuff though.
4) The Swarovski dS. Integrated Opti-Electronic devices can offer tremendous capabilities. The dS is interesting in this regard. I am somewhat unclear on what it can actually do though as the press stuff has been less than technical and Swarovski seems to have little interest in answering questions. On this subject, I have heard of a Leupold integrated unit being researched with military application in mind. I should also note that the state of Swarovski / Kahless is of interest. I am in no way sure of what direction they intend to go regarding the long range and / or tactical communities.
5) What will happen to the glut of Light Optics supplied brands now that the tactical bubble / panic buy environment is popping? There are clearly not enough market niches to have 8 or 10 brands slapping there label on Light Optics made scopes of very similar, sometimes identical, optical design and making a profit. Given the decrease in shooting related spending over the last year I expect that some of these brands will need to be mopped up so to speak. Light Optics certainly makes some very good upper-middle tier scopes that are in the sweet spot of costs and features. Vortex Razor II's come to mind when I think of this. Light Optics is by no means even dominating just that price segment though. These compelling offerings face solid competition and I am less convinced about Light Optics other, lower, product lines in terms of quality / price. They face stiff, and rapidly improving, Chinese competition in that segment. Light Optics may actually be responsible for well over half of the individual SKU's out there but I think they may only actually have the best product at the cost in 10% of actual niches. A correction is in order. I expect that brands which add the least and were the last in (Eotech comes to mind) are not going to fare well.
6) Chinese manufactured mid ranged stuff. Many know that I worked with Optisan to design the MSK3 reticle and rangefinding in the CX6 1-6x scope. Optisan usually acts as an OEM for different brands, actually making the scopes that others put their brand on. Optisan, as well as some others Chinese makers, have been rapidly improving their capabilities. To some extent the full deployment of those capabilities has been limited by the by the perception of Chinese products as cheap and of low quality. As American manufacturers have been doing so much of their manufacturing for so long in China now this is getting to be untrue. A lot of technical knowledge has been gained by the Chinese and they are in a much better position to compete on quality now than a few years ago. I expect a significant addition of mechanically and optically good Chinese manufactured scopes to the rather weak $500 to $1500 in the coming years. Examples of these are certainly something I would be looking for.
I think I’ would rather have the integrated ballistic solver in my spotting scope rather than my rifle scope. LRF, solver and spotting scope in one package
But some states, such as mine, have made it illegal to use LRF's or ballistic applications in a scope. You are limited to illumination only.
I will probably not make the show this year but, off the top of my head, these are some things I would be looking for.
1) The thing I am most interested in is actually not scopes themselves but is laser rangefinding units that incorporate customizable ballistic calculators in the vein of the Sig Kilo 2400ABS. I expect these sorts of products to get more and better and cheaper every year. I also think they represent a tremendous shooting aid that is probably the biggest game changer for long range shooting in years. This sort of thing at around $500 (the price of the lesser capability kilo2200) is very much in the cards in the next few years. The whole measurement suit and ballistic solution being in one rugged unit is of great interest to me.
2) A Zeiss (actual Zeiss not outsourced Zeiss sticker subcontracted scope) that has remotely interesting features. Zeiss, the biggest optics maker, is still on the sidelines of the long range shooting scene. That can't be a permanent state can it? I have been asking myself this for 10 years now.
3) More Meopta branded or OEM tactical stuff. Meopta can make light, inexpensive, and good stuff. There is potential there though they do seem to have difficulty moving quickly and playing well with others as an OEM. There are few brands that make Light, inexpensive, and good stuff though.
4) The Swarovski dS. Integrated Opti-Electronic devices can offer tremendous capabilities. The dS is interesting in this regard. I am somewhat unclear on what it can actually do though as the press stuff has been less than technical and Swarovski seems to have little interest in answering questions. On this subject, I have heard of a Leupold integrated unit being researched with military application in mind. I should also note that the state of Swarovski / Kahless is of interest. I am in no way sure of what direction they intend to go regarding the long range and / or tactical communities.
5) What will happen to the glut of Light Optics supplied brands now that the tactical bubble / panic buy environment is popping? There are clearly not enough market niches to have 8 or 10 brands slapping there label on Light Optics made scopes of very similar, sometimes identical, optical design and making a profit. Given the decrease in shooting related spending over the last year I expect that some of these brands will need to be mopped up so to speak. Light Optics certainly makes some very good upper-middle tier scopes that are in the sweet spot of costs and features. Vortex Razor II's come to mind when I think of this. Light Optics is by no means even dominating just that price segment though. These compelling offerings face solid competition and I am less convinced about Light Optics other, lower, product lines in terms of quality / price. They face stiff, and rapidly improving, Chinese competition in that segment. Light Optics may actually be responsible for well over half of the individual SKU's out there but I think they may only actually have the best product at the cost in 10% of actual niches. A correction is in order. I expect that brands which add the least and were the last in (Eotech comes to mind) are not going to fare well.
6) Chinese manufactured mid ranged stuff. Many know that I worked with Optisan to design the MSK3 reticle and rangefinding in the CX6 1-6x scope. Optisan usually acts as an OEM for different brands, actually making the scopes that others put their brand on. Optisan, as well as some others Chinese makers, have been rapidly improving their capabilities. To some extent the full deployment of those capabilities has been limited by the by the perception of Chinese products as cheap and of low quality. As American manufacturers have been doing so much of their manufacturing for so long in China now this is getting to be untrue. A lot of technical knowledge has been gained by the Chinese and they are in a much better position to compete on quality now than a few years ago. I expect a significant addition of mechanically and optically good Chinese manufactured scopes to the rather weak $500 to $1500 in the coming years. Examples of these are certainly something I would be looking for.
WHAT??? That's incredible that they've banned something before highly functional examples even exist what the HELL?
I had a good conversation with one of the aforementioned high mucky mucks at Burris. It looks like there are some good line updates and improvements that we should see at SHOT. Nothing too mind-blowing.
But for 2018... some really cool stuff coming. I'm super excited about it, and a lot of people are going to like it.. But at this point, no green light to leak it.![]()
Bigger eye box on xtr ii?
Anyone know if Hensoldt will be there? I can’t find them in the App, I’’ve looked through the exhibitors and searched on Hensoldt and Airbus but come up empty.
Anyone know if Hensoldt will be there? I can’t find them in the App, I’’ve looked through the exhibitors and searched on Hensoldt and Airbus but come up empty.
Anyone know if Hensoldt will be there? I can’t find them in the App, I’’ve looked through the exhibitors and searched on Hensoldt and Airbus but come up empty.