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Post by rossman40 on Jan 10, 2009 22:45:41 GMT -5
Next weekend is the big S.H.O.T. Show with all the industry announcing what is newest and greatest. I do not think there will be much in the muzzleloader category, our buddy TB will be with the guys from Harvester. I'm sure RW will be around somewhere to fill us in on his buddies. Savage will be plugging their new stocks and supposedly Remington has came up with some to match Savage's. I think the biggest news will be ammo and optics. I seen the Chinese are going to be there in force. It will be interesting to see what Weaver, Redfield (no booth for Redfield), Simmons and Millet are saying about their futures. I wonder if someone will jump Burris about moving more production overseas since the sellout to Beretta. Then there is Schmidt & Bender bumping up the prices another $500 per scope not to mention backing out on the contract with Premier Reticles for the USMC Scout Sniper Day Scope (first Leupold screws them and now S&B, supposedly they are talking to Zeiss). There should be a few new models from Vortex and maybe Sightron, NightForce has already announced theirs. Konus is supposed to announce some new models in the M30 lineup (tacticle) and Swarovski should be plugging the Z6 line and their new HD lenses (of course they haven't told anybody the Z6 internals are Japanese) but Kahles is absent. Leica is back with 2 new scopes, I don't know if Leupold is making these. Kruger Optical is coming out with a new scope line, the K5, which looks just like Vortex models with the Bushnell Elite Rainguard but since they have the Columbia license they carry a yuppie price tag. Meopta will be plugging away trying to get in the door to the US market, they must be making some pretty good change grinding lenses for Zeiss and they are starting to make scopes that do not look like a Eastern Bloc POS. Falcon and another Brit company, Hawke is making a appearance. I guess Swift decided to stay in Korea, their absent.
Should be interesting when all the facts shake out of the cracks!
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Post by fowlplay on Jan 11, 2009 2:26:08 GMT -5
Being a avid waterfowler, Remington is suppose to introduce there new 887 Nitro Mag pump shotgun. They are going after the Benelli Nova market. The good news I heard is that it is made in America.
I hope Savage will have something on there new line of tupperware stocks. It would be nice to have a lightweight durable stock as a drop in.
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Post by nitro1947 on Jan 13, 2009 13:45:20 GMT -5
where is the show?
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Post by rossman40 on Jan 13, 2009 13:51:31 GMT -5
Orlando,FL this year.
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Post by nitro1947 on Jan 13, 2009 18:22:02 GMT -5
is that about 25 miles from southern indiana..if no.. I gotta pass ;D ;D
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Post by rexxer on Jan 13, 2009 20:13:27 GMT -5
Nice report Rossman
When I was a kid it seemed like there was only a couple scope manufacturers.Weavers and Redfields is all I can remember! Now I can't believe how many are in the game! Who buys all these scopes anyway? I can't see how Schmidt and Bender can bump up 500 bucks even though they are in the top of the food chain.
I thought Redfield might have shut down,I never hear of them anymore. It will be interesting with all this competition who will make it with this economy. Rex
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Post by rossman40 on Jan 13, 2009 22:56:23 GMT -5
Redfield did drop off the screen for a while back in the 90s after Blount bought them and did come back to life after Meade bought them from Blount. Last spring Meade sold Simmons to Bushnell, Weaver to Federal/ATK (they already owned Weaver Mounts) and Redfield to Leupold. Simmons and Weaver are still kicking but Leupold basiclly just bought the brand name Redfield and all the intellectual property and is not picking up the warranties on the old stuff. Millet got bought out by Bushnell and hopefully they can straighten out the QC issues with the Chinese (supposedly entire shipments have failed the stateside QC inspection). It will be interesting if Millet remains in the scope business after current contracts expire with the Chinese. Burris got quietly bought up by Beretta back in 2002 and changes are starting to happen perhaps accelerated by the Japanese optics heavyweight Hoya finally strongarming a take over of Pentax last summer which had a close working relationship with Burris.
As far as S&B this last price increase will put the MSRP of the top end scopes like the PM IIs to almost $4000. They claim the fall of the dollar against the eruo.
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Post by artjr338wm on Jan 14, 2009 22:46:31 GMT -5
rossman40, is there a website for the 09 shot show? and if yes whats the address?
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Post by mike.dawson on Jan 15, 2009 10:25:24 GMT -5
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