Hill Country Rifles hasn't recommended Leupold's for well over a decade because they don't track nor hold zero. And within that time frame Matt and Greg have gone all in on building nothing but accurate LR and "tacticool" rifles. They might know a thing or two.... and build more (considerably more) than 50 rifles per year.
The "Appeal to Authority" fallacy gets used quite a bit here on the Campfire because so many simply don't have any real world experience in the subject matter so they glom on to anything that feeds their already established bias.
Litterally in the last few posts there are 2 such posts.
Meanwhile Leupold is dominating PRS and the new MK 4 is a huge success.
I get a smile out of how disconected from the real shooting world are many here on the Campfire. But it never stops them from saying silly things.
Always wrong but never in doubt is a fun phrase.
Business is not shooting. They're different. PRS wise, define "dominate" - Dale Rhodes is #1 right now with his NF, Keith Baker #2 with Zero Compromise, Patrick Young #3 with Leupold, then Ted Clark with Tangent Theta and #5 is Lee Stevens, also with Tangent Theta. While the Leup MK5 HD has the most using it (335) , add up Vortex's 3 models (magnification ranges) represented and it goes past Leupold by ~100. (Vortex is at 434)
Unless the CFO showing you the books, you don't really know if it's a financial success. You know what you've been told by someone whose best interest it is to put on the good face to the industry.
They're 270mm in revenue. 6% FTE growth over the last 2 years. With a company ~500, that's 30-40 people at the most depending. Looking at their posted job openings for the last 6 months. Growth - 0% in operations, 0% engineering, 100% in QA tho.
