Burris Signature Zee Rings

[dannoboone]

Has anyone seen these lately for a one inch tube??

All of my usual sources are out of stock. There is only one I see
that MAY have them in stock, but if memory serves correctly, they
don't let ya know if they are out of stock until an email arrives
notifying of the order.

Have some of us done too good a job of selling these great rings
for Burris?

[Dave W]

Been trying to find them also with no luck for nearly a month. There is a used pair of silver mediums over on the other board for $25.

[timinator]

The high one's are real scarce right now. I tried all my sources and came up empty. Some say they have them in stock, but they don't. I'd watch eBay there is one pair of matte 1" high's on there now.

[rossman40]

I had a customer look all over for 1" mediums last November and he called Burris up and their excuse was "supplier problems" and said availability would be back to normal after the first of the year.

[gill]

Have you tried S.W.F.A.?

swfa.com/Burris-Signature-Zee-1-Rings-C639.aspx

These guys seem OK to to business with. They carry a lot of stuff and have a sample list of like new and used scopes also.

Greg

[jray57]

I've had 30mm med Sig Zees on order since July! They've been telling me the same as Rossman-should be this month. I hope they are the same quality as before. I'm afraid somehow they have outsourced manufacture to.......who knows where.

[deadeye]

i have a set of 30mm x-high sig-zee rings(part #420585) ,bought used yrs ago-to my knowledge never mounted. could part with if anyone need these.

[dannoboone]

This is what I got back today after emailing them this weekend:

"Hello,

They are not being discontinued, should be coming towards the end of month and throughout next month.

Thanks!

CARA THOEN / TECH SUPPORT
920 54TH AVE SUITE 200
GREELEY, CO 80634
[phone]
[phone] FAX"

Yes, I DID ask if they were being discontinued. ;D

[edwardamason]

Nevermind

[artjr338wm]

I favently hope thay are not being out sourced for manufacture as they are my all time fave ring. Been trying to order two sets in nickle finish with no luck. They sit on six of my seven scoped rifles.

[dannoboone]

Jan 18, 2012 22:34:58 GMT -5 artjr338wm said:

I favently hope thay are not being out sourced for manufacture as they are my all time fave ring. Been trying to order two sets in nickle finish with no luck. They sit on six of my seven scoped rifles.

Been wondering about that, too, Art. It's beginning to smell like they
are coming in on a slow boat from you know where.

[edwardamason]

Jan 19, 2012 21:24:16 GMT -5 dannoboone said:

Jan 18, 2012 22:34:58 GMT -5 artjr338wm said:

I favently hope thay are not being out sourced for manufacture as they are my all time fave ring. Been trying to order two sets in nickle finish with no luck. They sit on six of my seven scoped rifles.

Been wondering about that, too, Art. It's beginning to smell like they
are coming in on a slow boat from you know where.

Here is the deal with Manufactures.

Manufactures have to pay some sort of tax on inventory so they do their best to have all their wares out to distributors or dealers by the end of the year. This means that the rings were most likely all sold out back in August or September.

So what this means is that after the shot show...the manufactures will gather all their initial orders for the 2012 season together and either make or place a order for their anticipated sales for the entire season. Then manufacturing begins and stock rolls out.

I suspect that is what is happening in this case.

[dannoboone]

Hopefully, that's all it is.......we just did our inventory for the
company's fiscal year ending in January. We run ourselves short
also, but certainly not clear out of product!

I did get a set last year as well as the year prior, and in January at
that. Have never seen them out of the Signature rings this long.

[jims]

I needed a set for a recent scope and they had one set on hand at my local gunshop. I got lucky it appears.

[jray57]

Had mine on backorder at MidSouth since early July- can't believe it's an inventory issue!

[rossman40]

As I used to be told "you do not understand big business". What a lot of companies do is go to a capital company and borrow the money to produce their inventory. Look at Savage for an example, they basiclly make 1000 CF rifles per workday. They do not sell 1000 rifles per day, the majority is probly sold in the 4th quarter of the year. So they can go to a capital company like GE and borrow the money to cover the cost of say 125,000 rifles. The rifles are made and put into the warehouse and Savage pays interest on the inventory till sold (could even be calculated on a daily basis). They could even extend the plan out to dealers/distributors (a retail floor plan it is sometimes called). To cut cost (interest) they do not borrow the money and/or reduce inventory. I remember after the heavy snows back in 77-78 and 78-79 Toro (and everybody else) sold out of every snowblower they had each year so they came up with this plan to build a ton of them. Then it didn't snow and Toro was peddling those snow blowers for like 8 years. Floor plans are a common practice with car dealerships, recreational vehicles, boats, outdoor power equipment and even major appliances. What got a lot of businesses in trouble is they would take their cash and play the market and get a 15% return, then borrow the money to build their inventory and pay 8% but be able to write that off as a business expense. Then the market crashed and they lost not only money but that was the assets which allowed them to borrow money easily. GE Capital is a $551B (yes B as in Billion) company and a third of their loans are over $100M.

[jray57]

Rossman..I hope you are right(you usually are)...I need those rings like 6 months ago

[jray57]

FWIW Finally got my 30mm med sig zees Friday from midsouth!

[gill]

I got a notification from Midway that they are in as of Saturday. I have ordered mine.

Greg