koshkin, aside from Arken's apparent lack of interest in QC and CS, have you found their products to perform pretty well?
Hard to say. I have one here and it works well for the money. However, the failure rates on them seem to be so high that I do not know what to make of them. I know one Youtuber who received six different Arkens over the last couple of years and three had to go back for various problems. At every rimfire match, when I talk to the match director, they say that every match they run, one or two Arkens go down.
They get the look and feel right, but seem to need some work on the fundamentals.
For me, when I review a scope, I have to have reasonable faith that they make them consistently. I am sorta rooting for Arken to get it all worked out since I like what they are doing with the potential value proposition. Until I see some consistency, I'll be watching from the sidelines.
ILya
