Originally Posted by JCMCUBIC
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
I’d call a scope awarded a military contract “military grade”....


? I'm not all up on the details, but I think a solicitation contract is a contract to produce something for consideration. Specs are set and the object is produced to those specs. I'm not sure that a contract other than a solicitation contract was ever secured. I think the solicitation contract was only for a 10x specific version that has now had the specs changed....so it wouldn't be "military grade" as defined. I've got several of them and think they are the best bang for the $ going. They don't need extra info added to them to sale.

The original model was made to military specifications successfully. I would call that military grade. Whether or not it was awarded the production contract does not change its design and construction.

I agree that the current model has deviated somewhat from the original version, but the construction is likely very similar.