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SWAR as in swarm, OV as in ovulate, SKI, for snow skiing
LEU, what British call a bathroom, POL, as in a polecat, D as in d
OK. What about LAPUA ?
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I wasn't in the shop at the time but have it on good report that at least one person in the world likes Skavorski scopes a lot.
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Leupold is pronounced LOO-pold, at least by all the people in the Leupold family I've met. Ask for a "Loo-pold" here and you will get a blank look, here they are pronounced "Lee-a-pold". Doesn't mean we are right though.
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SWAR as in swarm, OV as in ovulate, SKI, for snow skiing
LEU, what British call a bathroom, POL, as in a polecat, D as in d
OK. What about LAPUA ? "La-poo-a".
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Around here when people have a few dollars for a good scope they buy Lee-oh-polds. Around here they spring for a Bushnell Trophy 6-18x382mm instead of a Bushnell Banner 6-18x382mm to put on their $800 rifle.
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SWAR as in swarm, OV as in ovulate, SKI, for snow skiing
LEU, what British call a bathroom, POL, as in a polecat, D as in d
OK. What about LAPUA ? "La-poo-a". "LAP-wa"
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SWAR as in swarm, OV as in ovulate, SKI, for snow skiing
LEU, what British call a bathroom, POL, as in a polecat, D as in d
OK. What about LAPUA ? "La-poo-a". "LAP-wa" Yes, I have heard "lap-you-ah" as well.
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Years ago I asked a guy at Bass Pro if I could look at a Sako 75 and pronounced it Socko. He said "a what'? I said a socko 75. He looked confused and suddenly said Ohhhh you mean a SAKE-O.
I said Yes, that's it! At least I got to look at the rifle.
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On a visit to the Sako plant many years ago, they informed one of the members of the group that a SAKE-O was a watch made in Japan, that what THEY made was a SOCKO rifle.
They also pronounce 'Lapua' as JStewart showed - Lap-wa.
The Tikka brand name is actually a 'conjunction' of the actual name of the company. The folks at Sako told us that the word 'Tikka' means woodpecker. They ran ads in Scandinavian countries that the 'Tikka goes in the same hole every time' (ie. the woodpecker always hits the same hole.)
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OK, wise guys, how about Minox? MINE-ox, or Min-ux?
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OK, wise guys, how about Minox? MINE-ox, or Min-ux? Pronounced like Mynocks, the bat things from The Empire Strikes Back that try to suck power from the Millenium Falcon.
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OK, wise guys, how about Minox? MINE-ox, or Min-ux? Pronounced like Mynocks, the bat things from The Empire Strikes Back that try to suck power from the Millenium Falcon. The factory reps for Minox at the outdoor shows that I used to work pronounced it "Me-nox".
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Wasn't Leopold (Lay a Pold) a musical conductor?? At least that's what I saw on Bugs Bunny one time.
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Leupold is pronounced LOO-pold, at least by all the people in the Leupold family I've met. Ask for a "Loo-pold" here and you will get a blank look, here they are pronounced "Lee-a-pold". Doesn't mean we are right though. Call the factory, they'll answer "Loopold and Stevens" P
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Call the factory, they'll answer "Loopold and Stevens"
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Yeah, but I just put that down to them not being able to speak English.
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Call the factory, they'll answer "Loopold and Stevens" hold into the wind........How may I direct your call.......
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Call the factory, they'll answer "Loopold and Stevens" hold into the wind........How may I direct your call.......
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Press 1 for defect scopes out of the box Press 2 for canted reticles Press 3 for erector issues Press 4 for free cleaning Press 5 for friction adjustments on 19th century models Press 6 for John Burns Signature Series proprietary scopes Press 7 for half hour focusing techniques... .....so you had to go and press 90*2*7734 for "haters-gonna-hate"?
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Call the factory, they'll answer "Loopold and Stevens"
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Yeah, but I just put that down to them not being able to speak English. I always thought they spoke English in o re gun, how about fireball2?
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Kahles = call-us was a new one on me. Also, every GS I've ever been in says Seiko and not Sock-O.
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SWAR as in swarm, OV as in ovulate, SKI, for snow skiing
LEU, what British call a bathroom, POL, as in a polecat, D as in d
OK. What about LAPUA ? My first stumbling block: pronouncing the name of her Finnish ammo sponsor/supplier. Turns out I�ve been putting the accent on the wrong syllable. Like everyone else I know I said Lah-POO-ah. Nope. It�s LAH-poo-ah. So now you know.
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