Crimson Trace Scopes bought Nikon Scope line

[P of PDent]

This topic may have been discussed here but apparently I have been off planet for the past year and didn't realize that Crimson Trace has picked up the Nikon rifle scope line. I sat down with the current Canadian distributor who confirmed that this relationship that Crimson Trace (mainly laser grips in the past )has been moving forward in rifle scope area and while they had some high end models already the acquisition of the Nikon line already placed well in the mid to higher end helped them fill in some missing components. We had ordered the new scopes about a year ago (I forgot) and have appeared in the last several months with good sales in our store.

I was very disappointed when Nikon stopped making scopes as they always sold well and had very little warranty issues. Crimson Trace have, according to them improved some things they felt necessary internally and of course changed external features to make them more readily recognizable (some of the knobs have diagonal grips reminding me a little of Tangent Theta). They currently offer a quality rimfire model all the way to high magnification models with FFP. What experiences are people having with these scopes? Phil.

 

[p.Rundle]

I loved Nikon optics, so thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have nothing but good things to say about my various Nikon optics, except my 4-12x SFP rimfire optic has a terrible eye relief where it has to be EXACT but only when I'm lying down (?). Very odd, and never noticed it standing, or when benchrest shooting. Even with that they were my go-to for budget optics that I could count on.

 

[P of PDent]

I loved Nikon optics, so thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have nothing but good things to say about my various Nikon optics, except my 4-12x SFP rimfire optic has a terrible eye relief where it has to be EXACT but only when I'm lying down (?). Very odd, and never noticed it standing, or when benchrest shooting. Even with that they were my go-to for budget optics that I could count on.

In the past I noticed that some Nikon scopes had a relatively narrow "eye box" however the eye relief stayed constant when changing magnification as opposed to some other competitors that did the opposite. It is an engineering decision however I haven't noticed this to be a concern in the new Crimson line. Phil.

 

[cantgetright]

This topic may have been discussed here but apparently I have been off planet for the past year and didn't realize that Crimson Trace has picked up the Nikon rifle scope line. I sat down with the current Canadian distributor who confirmed that this relationship that Crimson Trace (mainly laser grips in the past )has been moving forward in rifle scope area and while they had some high end models already the acquisition of the Nikon line already placed well in the mid to higher end helped them fill in some missing components. We had ordered the new scopes about a year ago (I forgot) and have appeared in the last several months with good sales in our store.

I was very disappointed when Nikon stopped making scopes as they always sold well and had very little warranty issues. Crimson Trace have, according to them improved some things they felt necessary internally and of course changed external features to make them more readily recognizable (some of the knobs have diagonal grips reminding me a little of Tangent Theta). They currently offer a quality rimfire model all the way to high magnification models with FFP. What experiences are people having with these scopes? Phil.

I to was disappointed when Nikon stopped producing scopes. They had good glass at a fair price. Is there any word if Crimson Trace will have a Canadian repair depot?

 

[P of PDent]

I to was disappointed when Nikon stopped producing scopes. They had good glass at a fair price. Is there any word if Crimson Trace will have a Canadian repair depot?

Currently the distributor located in Edmonton will be looking after warranty and repairs which will initially be just replacing with new scopes since the Nikon brand had very little in problems in the past. Moving forward they may set something up a little more formal. The instructions from the Crimson Trace to the dealers and distributor is to do whatever is necessary to make the customer happy. Phil.

 

[medvedqc]

so they will start production again as well?

 

[P of PDent]

so they will start production again as well?

If your referring to Nikon building scopes...that is not likely to happen as corporately they have decided to abandoned the rifle scope line and stay with cameras, binoculars, spotting scopes and range finders. In so far as Crimson Trace, they are actively building new scopes and developing new models for the future. Phil.

 

[New Camper]

If your referring to Nikon building scopes...that is not likely to happen as corporately they have decided to abandoned the rifle scope line and stay with cameras, binoculars, spotting scopes and range finders. In so far as Crimson Trace, they are actively building new scopes and developing new models for the future. Phil.

It'd be nice if they started production of the old classic Monarch with gloss tube 2-7x33 instead of falling into the trap of appealing to the "I have no idea what I need for hunting just so long as it's oversized, heavy and with enough magnification to examine Jupiter's moons" crowd. Those old Monarchs are very good optic sight and a good hunting scope: About the only improvement I can think of is making German #4 reticles available commonly as duplex.

 

[P of PDent]

It'd be nice if they started production of the old classic Monarch with gloss tube 2-7x33 instead of falling into the trap of appealing to the "I have no idea what I need for hunting just so long as it's oversized, heavy and with enough magnification to examine Jupiter's moons" crowd. Those old Monarchs are very good optic sight and a good hunting scope: About the only improvement I can think of is making German #4 reticles available commonly as duplex.

First off the classic Monarch in gloss black might be something you like but the consuming public have very little interest in scopes in gloss black. Since they don't sell very well most dealers will only bring in gloss black scopes as a special order and as a matter of fact most manufacturers will only produce a limited number (if any) of gloss black or...silver scopes as well. There are several light scopes available these days in either fixed or lower magnification in many manufacturers. Phil.