I was at Sportsman's Warehouse last night and not a single fixed power was in the display case. Wouldn't be surprised if fixed power makes up 1% of Leup's annual sales.
And those 1% probably come from a few guys on this board.
They just don't sell enough of them to put any effort into them, that's the reason. In about 40 years of hunting I've never seen anyone, other than myself, with a fixed power scope on a hunting rifle. I used a FX-III for one year then took it off and sold it, went back to a good variable and am happier, I didn't see the fixed 6x fascination to be honest. Maybe they're more popular out west but where I hunt nobody uses them.
