King Optics
- Thread starter redrider
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Alas I am not batman, just an IT guy who knows a little bit about the internet and where to find some public information. I was REALLY hoping to impress people by getting a picture of the building (200 byrnes) using google street view, but the google team let me down. Google couldn't find the street and they don't have any pictures of it 
Some of the stuff that is coming out of China is top notch, for the $$. My Minox binos are one example of a good product for a fair price. HOWEVER, I would rather have a scope or binos come out of China already assembled, than have this joker do it in his bait shop. As well, most Chinese products are priced for what they are, but this guy wants you to pay the price of a Leica or Swaro for his bubba-job scopes...
For $1400, not a f**king chance!
Go to Google maps or Google Earth and type in 45°59'33.40"N 59°59'5.49"WI was REALLY hoping to impress people by getting a picture of the building (200 byrnes) using google street view, but the google team let me down. Google couldn't find the street and they don't have any pictures of it
The big shack is the "manufacturing facility"
steve-o1979
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
As I said in another thread, I have never seen a King Optics scope up close, but I know a guy that went from using a Bushnell Elite 6500 to a King Optics scope and likes the King better. I was talking to the guy that manages the shooting range here and he has checked out the scope... he seemed to think it was a really good scope. I also seen two different shows on wild TV today in which the hunters were using King scopes. Not likely I'll ever find out how good they are, because even their cheapest is more than I'd pay for any brand of scope lol.
There is NO doubt that Nick is behind King optics.
Information from Service Nova Scotia -Registry of Joint Stock Companies https://rjsc.gov.ns.ca/rjsc/acceptTerms.do
PROFILE - KING OPTICS CANADA LIMITED
Company/Society Name: KING OPTICS CANADA LIMITED
Registry ID: 3091462
Type: N.S. Limited Company
Nature Of Business:
Status: Active
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
Registered Office: 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS Canada B1C 2E8
Mailing Address: 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS Canada B1C 2E8
PEOPLE
Name Position Civic Address Mailing Address
NICOS MAKRIDES Director 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS B1C 2E8
NICOS MAKRIDES PRESIDENT & SECRETARY 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS B1C2E8
NICOS MAKRIDES Recognized Agent 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS B1C 2E8
ACTIVITIES
Activity Date
Annual Renewal 2009-07-02
Annual Statement Filed 2009-06-29
Annual Renewal 2008-06-12
Annual Renewal 2007-06-27
Annual Renewal 2006-06-07
Annual Renewal 2005-07-04
Annual Statement Filed 2005-07-04
Annual Statement Filed 2005-07-04
Address Change 2004-07-19
Appoint an Agent 2004-07-19
Incorporated and Registered 2004-07-09
PROFILE - PARADISE KAYAKS & OUTDOOR SHOP
Company/Society Name: PARADISE KAYAKS & OUTDOOR SHOP
Registry ID: 3061011
Type: Partnership/Business Name
Nature Of Business: SEASONAL KAYAKING TOURS
Status: Active
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
Registered Office: 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS Canada B1C 2E8
Mailing Address: 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS Canada B1C 2E8
PEOPLE
Name Position Civic Address Mailing Address
NICOLAS MAKRIDES Partner 200 BYRNES LANE CATALONE NS B1C 2E8
ACTIVITIES
Activity Date
Annual Renewal 2009-12-03
Annual Renewal 2008-09-23
Annual Renewal 2007-09-25
Annual Renewal 2006-09-21
Annual Renewal 2005-11-22
Annual Renewal 2004-09-23
Annual Renewal 2003-09-22
Annual Renewal 2002-11-29
Registered 2001-10-16
These are two of his failed gunshops. I have also been told that he may have been involved in another gunshop that was on George Street and a bakery/cake shop on Charolette Street that also tanked.
PROFILE - NICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Company/Society Name: NICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Registry ID: 2113231
Type: N.S. Limited Company
Nature Of Business:
Status: Struck-Off
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
Registered Office: 453 PRINCE STREET SYDNEY NS Canada B1P5L3
Mailing Address:
PEOPLE
Name Position Civic Address Mailing Address
GEORGIA KALAVROUZIOTIS Director 12 FERNDELL CRESCENT SYDNEY NS B1S3C6
GEORGIA KALAVROUZIOTIS PRES/SEC/TREAS.
NICK MAKRIDES Recognized Agent 453 PRINCE STREET SYDNEY NS B1P5L3
ACTIVITIES
Activity Date
Strike Company from register 2002-11-27
Strike-off follow up letter (No reply to notice) 2002-10-24
Strike-off Notice Sent 2002-09-25
Revoked for Non-Payment 1992-08-31
Special Resolution 1991-08-19
Agent Filed 1991-08-19
Registered Office Change 1991-08-19
Incorporated 1991-08-14
Change of Directors 1991-08-14
Registered 1991-08-14
PROFILE - NICK'S GUNSHOP & GUNSMITH LIMITED
Company/Society Name: NICK'S GUNSHOP & GUNSMITH LIMITED
Registry ID: 1608570
Type: N.S. Limited Company
Nature Of Business:
Status: Struck-Off
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
Registered Office: 226 DILLON ST. SYDNEY NS Canada B1P5C2
Mailing Address:
PEOPLE
Name Position Civic Address Mailing Address
MARY MAKRIDES Director 226 DILLON ST SYDNEY . .
SUSAN HADJGEORGIOU Director 5 ELKIN ST SYDNEY . .
NICOS MAKRIDES Director 226 DILLON ST SYDNEY NS .
MARY MAKRIDGES SEC
SUSAN HADJGEORGIOU VICE/PRES
NICOS MAKRIDES PRES
NICOS MAKRIDES Recognized Agent 226 DILLON ST. SYDNEY NS B1P5C2
ACTIVITIES
Activity Date
Struck-Off 1994-11-21
Annual Report Filed 1988-01-26
Special Resolution 1987-09-25
Change of Directors 1985-05-31
Registered Office Change 1984-12-13
Registered 1984-12-13
Agent Filed 1984-12-13
Incorporated 1984-12-13
Remember folks all this information is in the public domain, it gets harder every day to run from your past!!
This isn't it?
Maybe, if we ask him nicely, scopehunter - or some other intrepid GunNut - will post a pic of 200 Byrnes Lane.
That is the King Optics Manufacturing facility, when you view it in person it doesn't have all that fancy landscaping or signage, or the flag proudly flying on the roof!!
It is in fact an old unpainted, clapboard building built on grade with a wooden plank floor. It may have been originally built as a barn.
This is 200 Byrnes Lane http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45%C2%B059'33.40%22N+59%C2%B059'5.49%22W&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.020054,89.208984&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=45.992653,-59.984847&spn=0.005628,0.01089&z=17
It is in fact an old unpainted, clapboard building built on grade with a wooden plank floor. It may have been originally built as a barn.
This is 200 Byrnes Lane http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45%C2%B059'33.40%22N+59%C2%B059'5.49%22W&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.020054,89.208984&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=45.992653,-59.984847&spn=0.005628,0.01089&z=17
I realize that this thread is rather old and no one seems to have posted in some time but I personally wish that I had found it sooner here or on Alberta Outdoorsmen. I have to admit that I was taken in and I am ashamed to admit I purchased one of these worthless scopes. I can say from personal experience everything posted here in a negative fashion is quite true. I purchased the "Highlander" model ( and yes I paid almost 1500.oo bones for it) I then removed from very nice leupold vxII and mounted this worthless piece of crap on my Browning eclipse 300 wsm. I went from covering three shots with a looney at 300 yds to not being able to hit the same spot twice at 100 yds. Three different shooters with vastly differing backgrounds spent about a week total and three boxes of ammo trying to sight in this piece of crap. A phone call to NICK resulted in extremely high bloodpressure and no results. A day later I calmed down and tried again, his ignorance is only outweighed by his arrogance, this conversation was our last and my father took over as he is a better politician than me. If I ever find myself home in NS again I will visit this prick personally and insert his useless scope as he has been informed by me. My father managed to arrange a swap for an even cheaper piece of crap and about 200.00 returned to him. This scope ( which supposedly sells in the 900.00 range ) is something most wouldn't mount on a pop gun. I feel betrayed and ashamed as I was honestly thinking that I was supporting not only a canadian made product but a home grown buisness that could use the money, boy was I mistaken.
Thanks for your post, it finally answers the questions so many had. It really sucks that you got taken but hopefully your post will save others from buying one.
Thank you pguest01. You're not the only one who has been fooled in spite of doing your homework. My wife and I spent weeks researching ad*justable beds and found one made in Canada. It had rave reviews and we liked supporting a Canadian business, so $5000.00 later we had a king-size ad*justable bed.
Because I'm still hoping to salvage something from the ensuing debacle, I'll not mention the name of this worthless POS company.
Somedays, you eat the bear. Other days, the bear eats you.
x2. pguest01, I think you should have the thing framed with the words CAVEAT EMPTOR written underneath and hang it in the loo. But it's kinda nice to see for once that months of s######ing and innuendo have been fully justified!
I just went back to their website (which pretty much put me off my breakfast. It seems even tackier than I remember and the HTML is all b******d up) and I see that the couple of glowing testimonials have been removed.
Stuart
I just read through this entire thread after noticing an ad in the new synopsis. I was quite offended by the a$$ ramming this guy got by the local CGNers, feeling they over reacted to a new guy, but wow, in half an hour I completely changed my mind. How is this guy still in business? I too will stick with my Leupold, good on ya guys, keep these dumbasses out of our market!
I seldom comment publicly about competitors or products we don't carry but I will make an exception for this "Canadain made" product. They were at Huntfest in Edmonton recently (we we there also representing the real optics companies). When I went by their booth I was struck with an overwhelming need to warn the potential customers about the deceptive business practices of this company however I bit my tongue and let them spew their sales pitch because they paid to be there and it's a free country. We have mounted a few of their scopes for the unfortunate customers who bought them and found most would not hold zero even without firing the guns as the internals were so poor they moved while on the bench. Please be careful if you buy these scopes and support this company that is clearly misleading customers...you will be sorry. We looked at this product line when it was first offered and quickly recognized these were way over priced for the absolute entry level optics they were offering. Phil.
- Location
- calgary alberta
I am with Phil on this, I do not like to slag anyones product, but I saw several King Optics scopes at a gunshow here last year. A fellow named Twister had some on his table including 1 all apart to see how well they were machined/coated etc.
Lets just say that I was amazed that such fine machinework could be done with an axe
Lets just say that I was amazed that such fine machinework could be done with an axe
Makes you wonder how they stay in business. And you have to wonder just how many scopes they've sold. Mind you, the profit margin on these would probably make your eyes water- sell three and you've likely paid for the entire shipment.
Caveat emptor notwithstanding, there must be a case for misleading advertising.
Stuart
Caveat emptor notwithstanding, there must be a case for misleading advertising.
Stuart
