GPO.....German Precision Optics.

[350 Mag]

http://gpo-usa.com/products/product-groups/riflescopes/passion-8x/29/gpotac-8x-1-8x24i?c=41


The GPOTAC 1-8x24i packs incredible high-demand features into every item. Massive mil-rad lockable target turrets, fiber optic iControl illumination with auto-off functionality powers an incredible illuminated mil-spec horseshoe reticle. Its stunning optical performance will shake shooters to their core. Built on a 34mm main tube that delivers an outstanding 104” of adjustment range, these riflescopes will fill virtually any elevation adjustment engagement need. Feature for feature, spec for spec, you will find no better optic.

34mm main tubes
Massive mil-rad locking target turrets
iControl illumination
Custom mil-spec Horseshoe reticle
8X zoom technology
Magnifying first focal plane
GPObright lens coating technology
Double HD objective lenses
See through flip cap ocular and objective covers

 

[AP]

Its stunning optical performance will shake shooters to their core.

Hyperbole like that is not often a positive sign...

 

[350 Mag]

Hyperbole like that is not often a positive sign...

Pretty sure they are using German glass. 90% light transmission.

Partnered with former Zeiss employees.

Could be a value priced high quality optic.

 

[mebiuspower]

http://www.gunsandtech.com/gun-optics/tyan/shot-show-optics-gpo-1-8x24mm-models/

 

[350 Mag]

I might have mispoke about German Glass but for cheaper models they use Japanese glass and assembled in Germany.

The high-end models will feature German Schott glass lens and assembled by a Japanese OEM.


They only offer FFP in 1 tactixal scope for now.....

They are coming out with 5-30x 56 i with 34 mm tube. FFP.

https://www.opticsplanet.com/reviews/reviews-german-precision-optics-riflescopes.html

 

[wheels]

People shouldn't get too worked up about what glass is used. Scope design, prescription, lens coatings are much more of a factor. GPO are getting good reviews south of the border from what i've read.

 

[jparent]

Finally a 1-8 scope that doesn't weight the same as a 5-20x. That, and the price have been what has turned me off getting one. If someone could come out with a 1-8x with a simplistic mil reticle, illuminated center (daylight visible) that weighed 15oz give or take, i could replace every optic on every firearm i own with one.

 

[mebiuspower]

People shouldn't get too worked up about what glass is used.

Because that's the only quantifying thing people know.

Because Schott glass comes in only one grade...

Just like people that like to ask if the rifle have a chrome lined barrel or does it have M4 feed ramp and bayonet lug.

 

[medvedqc]

I might have mispoke about German Glass but for cheaper models they use Japanese glass and assembled in Germany.

The high-end models will feature German Schott glass lens and assembled by a Japanese OEM.


They only offer FFP in 1 tactixal scope for now.....

They are coming out with 5-30x 56 i with 34 mm tube. FFP.

https://www.opticsplanet.com/reviews/reviews-german-precision-optics-riflescopes.html

Because that's the only quantifying thing people know.

Because Schott glass comes in only one grade...

Just like people that like to ask if the rifle have a chrome lined barrel or does it have M4 feed ramp and bayonet lug.

the treatment on the schott glass is what will be made a good glass or a blind one. schott means nothing that the quality but not clarity ...

 

[AP]

I presume when they buy optical glass from Shott...it is not already ground and polished? Edged and coated? I suspect that poor or mediocre finishing can turn the best optical glass in the world into a coke bottle.