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Any of you guys in the know that have info into the industry. They contemplating making one? Maybe. Yes. No.
Lower capped turrets Bout 60 or 70 total moa Plex type reticle Maybe BDC reticle Lock ring eyepeice
Plenty of us would buy one.
Tell SWFA We want one!!!!!! Word gets out they will grab a good chunk in that power/ price range in the market. 500 -550 ish total...
They wouldn't be able to make em fast enough after word got out.
Lot of hunters with larger caliber rifles Would love to have a super chicken hunting scope.
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Any of you guys in the know that have info into the industry. They contemplating making one? Maybe. Yes. No.
Lower capped turrets Bout 60 or 70 total moa Plex type reticle Maybe BDC reticle Lock ring eyepeice
Plenty of us would buy one.
Tell SWFA We want one!!!!!! Word gets out they will grab a good chunk in that power/ price range in the market. 500 -550 ish total...
They wouldn't be able to make em fast enough after word got out.
Lot of hunters with larger caliber rifles Would love to have a super chicken hunting scope.
yep I would love to see it
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I would be happy with just a capped windage an no other changes. I know there's a "mod" one can do, but I wouldn't hate a lower wind knob under a cap.
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Watch out!!
You are on the verge of heresy or even blasphemy. Most here are in awe and some even worship all things SWFA.
You have been warned, you may be condemned to using nothing but Leupold FOREVER!!!
I'm serious, don't pizz 'em off.
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I have made that suggestion to SWFA, so I know it has been brought up.
I do not know if that will go anywhere. If I hear anything back, I'll let you know.
SWFA is not a big company, so they are growing their house brand slowly and carefully. They are, however, definitely growing it. I know about a few things they have in the works and I like the way they are going with them.
One step at a time though.
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Make the 3-9 with a lower profile el knob and capped windage. Modify the reticle to bring the thick bars in some, about 3mil to tip of thick bar.
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Drop the big turrets and the stupid ocular and give it a good duplex they might have something
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I have made that suggestion to SWFA, so I know it has been brought up.
I do not know if that will go anywhere. If I hear anything back, I'll let you know.
SWFA is not a big company, so they are growing their house brand slowly and carefully. They are, however, definitely growing it. I know about a few things they have in the works and I like the way they are going with them.
One step at a time though.
ILya I wish they had better SFP reticles. a SFP version of the 3-9 would be really nice, although the FFP version isn't terrible, I just don't think it need to be FFP for what it is. the 3-15 models, I don't like any of the reticles in those.
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too.
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too. why? not many 3-9's have that, and if they do its mainly to accommodate rimfire's. I would rather it not have that. more crap to bump out of adjustment.
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I have made that suggestion to SWFA, so I know it has been brought up.
I do not know if that will go anywhere. If I hear anything back, I'll let you know.
SWFA is not a big company, so they are growing their house brand slowly and carefully. They are, however, definitely growing it. I know about a few things they have in the works and I like the way they are going with them.
One step at a time though.
ILya I wish they had better SFP reticles. a SFP version of the 3-9 would be really nice, although the FFP version isn't terrible, I just don't think it need to be FFP for what it is. the 3-15 models, I don't like any of the reticles in those. There are quite a few good SFP 3-9x scopes out there. I think FFP is one of the reasons to go with the SS scope. Their Ultralight is SFP, but that is a more specialized design. Ilya
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too. why? not many 3-9's have that, and if they do its mainly to accommodate rimfire's. I would rather it not have that. more crap to bump out of adjustment. Because the current model has some annoyingly noticeable parallax.
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too. why? not many 3-9's have that, and if they do its mainly to accommodate rimfire's. I would rather it not have that. more crap to bump out of adjustment. Because the current model has some annoyingly noticeable parallax. +1
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Any of you guys in the know that have info into the industry. They contemplating making one? Maybe. Yes. No.
Lower capped turrets—-👍🏼 Bout 60 or 70 total moa—— 👎🏼 not necessary for 95% of all hunters and it’s a Mil scope why would you implement MOA? Plex type reticle——👎🏼 Mil Quad is a great reticle Maybe BDC reticle——👎🏼 BDC’s are a handicap Lock ring eyepeice—- Haven’t noticed a need
Plenty of us would buy one.
Tell SWFA We want one!!!!!! Word gets out they will grab a good chunk in that power/ price range in the market. 500 -550 ish total...
They wouldn't be able to make em fast enough after word got out.
Lot of hunters with larger caliber rifles Would love to have a super chicken hunting scope.
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too. why? not many 3-9's have that, and if they do its mainly to accommodate rimfire's. I would rather it not have that. more crap to bump out of adjustment. Because the current model has some annoyingly noticeable parallax. +1 I’ve never had any parallax issues with the 3-9’s... but I’ve only had a couple of them. I think the Standard Mil-Dot, .1 Mil adjustments, is my favorite of all their scopes for a LR type hunting rig.
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Their current 3-9 needs parallax adjustment too. why? not many 3-9's have that, and if they do its mainly to accommodate rimfire's. I would rather it not have that. more crap to bump out of adjustment. Because the current model has some annoyingly noticeable parallax. +1 I’ve never had any parallax issues with the 3-9’s... but I’ve only had a couple of them. I think the Standard Mil-Dot, .1 Mil adjustments, is my favorite of all their scopes for a LR type hunting rig. I’ve also owned several, and none have had parallax issues. I think maybe horse just looked through a bad sample, or something.
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I have two 3x9's. There has been no paralax l issue with either one. I also think the mil quad reticle is a very simple, very effective reticle for hunting. There is very little guess work in wind holds with it.
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Any of you guys in the know that have info into the industry. They contemplating making one? Maybe. Yes. No.
Lower capped turrets—-👍🏼 Bout 60 or 70 total moa—— 👎🏼 not necessary for 95% of all hunters and it’s a Mil scope why would you implement MOA? Plex type reticle——👎🏼 Mil Quad is a great reticle Maybe BDC reticle——👎🏼 BDC’s are a handicap Lock ring eyepeice—- Haven’t noticed a need
Plenty of us would buy one.
Tell SWFA We want one!!!!!! Word gets out they will grab a good chunk in that power/ price range in the market. 500 -550 ish total...
They wouldn't be able to make em fast enough after word got out.
Lot of hunters with larger caliber rifles Would love to have a super chicken hunting scope.
Yep, AlaskaCub gets it. A lower elevation turret, capped windage, keep the Mil-Quad. Maybe add illumination, but that’s not a necessity. It’s a dandy little scope otherwise. Losing an ounce or two would be nice as well, but that may be asking a bit much.
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