Areoflyer09
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https://swfa.com/swfa-ss-1-4x24-tactical-30mm-riflescope-kit-111029.html
Check these out for the same money as that Nikon. You can shoot mine sometime
I appreciate that!
https://swfa.com/swfa-ss-1-4x24-tactical-30mm-riflescope-kit-111029.html
Check these out for the same money as that Nikon. You can shoot mine sometime
Side by side I'll take the swfa over a vortex viper. Mine is an earlier ffp model and is still rock solid sheet a hard life on multiple ARs. It's on my 300blk carbine right now. My range time is sporadic but if y'all are interested in trying it out in sure we can figure it out. Last Jan when I was at swfa, the new 1-4x looked super good and had better feeling turrets than mine.
I've never tried a swfa, but I've been pretty happy with the PSTs. Didn't really do much research when I bought them.
Re: SWFA
Do they actually manufacture scopes, or do they rebrand specific models from manufacturers?
Their fixed 10X with mil-dots seems very similar to the Bushnell Elite 3200 10X.
It is my understanding they do not rebrand. They own their designs and have them manufactured for them.
Correct, they own the designs and have them manufactured. It started with them buying the rights to a scope design that won a Crane contract for the Navy from Bushnell. (the original SWFA 10x fixed). Bushnell (like many others) also doesn't make most of its own stuff. After buying the design rights, they developed a relationship with the supplier of that Crane scope, and then expanded that scope to a model line of multiple magnifications.
Then they did similarly with another supplier of perhaps higher cost and capability and launched the SWFA HD series. The HD have different knobs and guts and such and are a scope that approach and be competitive with some of the $2k+ class glass.
It's possible the HD series is the same supplier as the original, but I'm told it's a different facility at least if not totally different supplier.
That's actually what I meant by "rebranding," in that they are not a manufacturer, but instead someone else makes them for them and they put SWFA on it.
Correct, they own the designs and have them manufactured. It started with them buying the rights to a scope design that won a Crane contract for the Navy from [STRIKE]Bushnell[/STRIKE] Tasco. (the original SWFA 10x fixed). TASCO (like many others) also doesn't make most of its own stuff. After buying the design rights, they developed a relationship with the supplier of that Crane scope, and then expanded that scope to a model line of multiple magnifications.
Then they did similarly with another supplier of perhaps higher cost and capability and launched the SWFA HD series. The HD have different knobs and guts and such and are a scope that approach and be competitive with some of the $2k+ class glass.
It's possible the HD series is the same supplier as the original, but I'm told it's a different facility at least if not totally different supplier.
What are some good budget brands that still have good quality and accuracy?