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Gun Control & RKBA

Surf Fishing Guru

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Reply to krispos42 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 12:08 AM

Nov 2019

Read an article on Truth About Guns a week ago.

I wouldn't put much coin on flaminlib's reason; Nikon never had much market share and like most big behemoth companies they moved slowly to market moves in their side/narrow product lines.

They haven't done any of the big gun trade shows for a while, the writing has been on the wall.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/nikon-is-exiting-the-rifle-scope-business

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Nikon, a leading optics producer, stops making rifle scopes [View all] flamin lib Nov 2019 OP

Link? n/t krispos42 Nov 2019 #1

Link? Surf Fishing Guru Nov 2019 #2

Carl Zeiss, Leica, and Pentax also make rifle scopes, and show no signs of stopping friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #3

I have been an insider in the camera industry since flamin lib Nov 2019 #4

"Time and energy to make a statement"? The last such 'statement' was in 2013, AFAICT friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #5

Oh, so it's a bit now is it? I remember a time when you claimed quite a bit more, a claim which... Marengo Dec 2019 #10

Nikon bino's DashOneBravo Nov 2019 #6

My cat was laying on the couch looking out the window. ... spin Dec 2019 #11

Yeah we hear that a couple of times a week DashOneBravo Dec 2019 #12

Can you cite ... Straw Man Nov 2019 #7

The OP is merely a proclamation of faith, and an example of confirmation bias friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #8

That's because Teh Gunz, they are bad The Mouth Dec 2019 #9

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