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If any of you will be at the NRA show, we'll be exhibiting/launching the Victory HT binoculars and Victory HT riflescopes there. Come see it. Shipping to our dealers will begin in August. MJ

Looking forward to getting my hands on one the new HT scopes.

Mke will the Victory scope line have a 42mm scope in a 2-10x or something like that?

Looks like they offer an 8x42 & a 10x42. I wish they would increase the objective lens size. I'm going to pick up a Victory 10x56 RF Binocular.

I was refering to the rifle scope I should of also added if its going to be first focal or not?

The new Victory HT riflescope line will be available in a 1.1-4x24, 1.5-6x42, 2.5-10x50 and a 3-12x56. They will all be illuminate initially, second focal plane with our new super-fine, super bright micro-fiber illumination and new propietaty HT glass. I'm sure you will ask... "Why?".

The purpose of this line is to take 2 industry leading features that we own (illumination and HT glass) streamline our current illumination offerings, basically discontinuing the Diavari Illumated and the Vari-Point Illuminated and rolling these sales into the Victory HT Illuminated. It's a great scope, but limited market potential being illuminated.

Why no 2.5-10x42mm????

I asked the same question. Since illuminated scopes are primarily built for the European market (90% of sales comes from overseas), this market wants the 50mm. I forsee 42's in the future, but not in 2012. Sorry.

Mr. Jensen,
"Streamlining" illumination means a whole new design or just continuation of the current Varipoint reticle concept?

Fist, let me say that the illuminated FL 4-16 and 6-24 stay exactly the same. Nothing changes with these scopes.

Regarding the other illuminated 4 scopes listed in the above post, all will be replaced with the Victory HT. The HT scopes will come in 2 reticle designs, our classic #60 and a new reticle #54. Images can be found on our website this Friday.

I'm no engineer, so my optical explanation is probably a little rough, but... The illumination system is new "Zeiss Exclusive" micro-fiber technology, with a dot 60% smaller that our nearest competitor. we are taking a microfiber optical tube (1/4 the thickness of a human hair) and cutting it at a 45% angle, and polishing the surface to transmit light. We then attach the micro-fiber to a reticle post so the polished surface is positioned in the center of the reticle and it faces the shooter, then we pump light into the bottom of the tube with some kind of illumination. It's really cutting edge technology and it creates the brightest, finest dot in the industry. Illumination intensity is adjustable, and it has an "auto off" after 4 hours of non use.

Hope this helps.

MJ

Please disregard my typos