Tasco Super Sniper

The exclusive importer, SWFA, has (unfortunately) made a decision not to sell their products to anyone in Canada. I can only guess that their decision is probably based on the disproportionate amount of red tape that they expect would be involved supplying a few Canuck rifle shooters with optics.

While that may suck, it's their business and their call how they want to handle export sales. If we had a several million rifle shooters here, or if someone else imported the SS 10, maybe things would be different (supply and demand, right?). As it stands, I suspect that they have their hands full supplying their own market.

That said, they are an excellent scope for the price.:)

kombayotch said:
Other "tactical" scopes are comming into the country from the US, so I don't see why this one would be banned from export. You can get anything you want from the US that is not banned from export by the State Department. You just need to find a licenced exporter and have the scope sent to them or have them buy it. They will charge a fee for this and it will take a good chuck of time for the paperwork. I believe that Questar provides this service.
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A-zone said:
The exclusive importer, SWFA, has (unfortunately) made a decision not to sell their products to anyone in Canada. I can only guess that their decision is probably based on the disproportionate amount of red tape that they expect would be involved supplying a few Canuck rifle shooters with optics.

While that may suck, it's their business and their call how they want to handle export sales. If we had a several million rifle shooters here, or if someone else imported the SS 10, maybe things would be different (supply and demand, right?). As it stands, I suspect that they have their hands full supplying their own market.

That said, they are an excellent scope for the price.:)
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I don't know how much simpler I can explain this (is there a crayon font by any chance?). Pay a licenced US exporter to buy the scope and ship it to you. There are companies in the US who will buy an item for you and export it to you for a fee (which may make the price unattractive -> $75-200). As far as the US seller is concerned, he is selling to someone in the US. The exporter takes care of the export permits and sends the item. Depending on what it is, it may have to go through a Canadian importer.

Believe it or not, there are a few US companies who have figured out that there is money to be made in exporting products from other US companies who don't want to bother with the red tape.
 
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Actually EPPs said they could do it BUT you would have to order a minimum of about 3 scopes AND the paperwork/export fees etc. would put the price of the SS up to about $800.00 each, not much of a bargain anymore.:confused: I wonder if enough of us got together, don't know how many it would take, to get the export fees down enough to make it worthwhile.
 
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To bad you guys arent closer to the states... I just buy everything off ebay, have it shipped to pt roberts letter carrier, drive down (30min), pick it up, bring it back.

Let me know if you want one I'd maybe do it for someone for some minor compensation.
 
PUREVIL said:
To bad you guys arent closer to the states... I just buy everything off ebay, have it shipped to pt roberts letter carrier, drive down (30min), pick it up, bring it back.

Let me know if you want one I'd maybe do it for someone for some minor compensation.
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Think it's wise to post on a public forum that you break US law regularily?:eek:
 
It may be possible to find the SS scopes on a different continent and therefore no worries to get one shipped. Many companies seem to give North American rights to a company in the US and therefore screw Canada.
 
Ian I tried what your saying but.................. Australia under the name Lynx Scopes $700 USF. England under the same name worked out to $800 USF.
There is just no way to win! So I resorted to using a friend who made me a gift of one last christmas.
 
Originally Posted by Scarecrow
You could also give a look at Barska scopes. They seem on par with SS and cheaper price.


where does one get those from?
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Do a search on e-Bay and you will find many models. I don't have a Barska scope but I did pick up some of their 10X binos at Cabelas last year. They are a little heavy but other than that I find them great...especially for the price.
 
Who is the Canadian distr. for Barska? They do make a similar scope to the SS with etched glass reticle but don't know how good it is. I also tried going the route of buying a SS from the manufacture, I believe it used to be Hakko but I think they are out of busness now and SWFA is VERY secretive about who manufactures the SS now. If you go on the SWFA website they have a forum and there is a lot of discussion about the SS scopes and people are always asking WHO makes the SS for SWFA and they won't say.:rolleyes: I don't know WHY SWFA has such a deathgrip on the SS scopes. I'm kicking my ass that I didn't buy one sooner when they were available in Canada.:redface: Hell, if I had known they would be impossible to buy here I would have bought a bunch of them when I still had the chance.:mad:
 
Hunter7 said:
Who is the Canadian distr. for Barska? They do make a similar scope to the SS with etched glass reticle but don't know how good it is. I also tried going the route of buying a SS from the manufacture, I believe it used to be Hakko but I think they are out of busness now and SWFA is VERY secretive about who manufactures the SS now. If you go on the SWFA website they have a forum and there is a lot of discussion about the SS scopes and people are always asking WHO makes the SS for SWFA and they won't say.:rolleyes: I don't know WHY SWFA has such a deathgrip on the SS scopes. I'm kicking my ass that I didn't buy one sooner when they were available in Canada.:redface: Hell, if I had known they would be impossible to buy here I would have bought a bunch of them when I still had the chance.:mad:
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This guy deals in Barska. From MB.

###.whitefalls.ca

His member name is whitefalls.

AP
 
Here is some interesting info I found at the link below the quote, like most things on the internet it can be considered believe it or not but it sounds about right to me.

In 1999-2000, Tasco bought their way into a US Navy/Government contract for sniperscopes, beating out Leupold on cost. They did it using scopes from Hakko, a Japanese shop that builds scopes to spec. In order to beat out competitors on cost, these scopes have only one multicoated lens, the objective, while the rest are single coated. These were available from a few distributors, for a limited time as the Super Sniper. Curiously, they are not marked "Tasco" anywhere on the scope. This scope has a good reputation for adjustment repeatability and overall reliability, but optics are merely good not great. This is probably a better compromise for most shooters than another scope in this price range that has great optics and poor reliability.

At the same time it was bolstering its image with the limited-availability Super Sniper, it moved World Class production from Japan to Taiwan, and from thence to PR China. If you wonder why you hear conflicting reports on Tasco quality...

Contrary to rumour, Tasco was not making scopes for Leupold or vice versa. In fact, Tasco makes no scopes, never has, it only contracts OEM manufacturers to make them and brand them. They could be buying parts from the same manufacturers, but that is irrelevant. Optical shops make products to spec- the more you pay, the better glass, polish, coating, Q/A, fewer optical flaws, etc. you can get. The Hakko-made sniper scope represents Tasco's first modern attempt at a middle-quality scope.
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http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/brand.html#tasco
 
Hakko makes the glass. The scope is well built, When I first got mine I tested it by turning the turrets all the way up then down then back to r zero and it was dead on. Well at least mine is. And I test it after every other range session.
As for the glass it is not as good as the bushnell 4200 series but it is good enough. For the money its a good buy. Remember Leupold scopes went up 18% in price due to military contracts and demand. They are good but not the best. Nikon has some nice glass. But again the supersniper is by no means cloudy. I have looked through the SS and the Mk4 both 10 power. Difference?? I could not tell. But thats me. Anyways if you go on the SWFA website you will see the customer reviews and so far they are very positive. There are many ss scopes out there. Also It is easier to hear about one bad scope then 50 good ones. Swfa owns the right to the scope made now and then by Hakko Japan. As I pointed out earlier. Oh yeh Hakko also makes the glass for Nightforce optics, or so I was told. If it was a $900 scope then I would be looking at other options. but its not.
 
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Well I have the super sniper 10x now, I have yet to mount it onto a rifle, but will do so probably by the end of this week.

As far as I can tell at this point is that it is definately a rugged scope. Tough, the turrets are sturdy and the optics look extremely clear from my experience (not that much)

I an ver happy with my purchase and I am confident I will stay that way once I start shooting with it.
 
cerickson said:
Well I have the super sniper 10x now, I have yet to mount it onto a rifle, but will do so probably by the end of this week.

As far as I can tell at this point is that it is definately a rugged scope. Tough, the turrets are sturdy and the optics look extremely clear from my experience (not that much)

I an ver happy with my purchase and I am confident I will stay that way once I start shooting with it.
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Congats you got yourself a fine scope. any questions feel free to pm me

Cheers.
 
actually one quick question. I know what all of the variables are, like the windage, moa, and parralax, but what does the one knob do at the immediate end if the eye end? There is a + and - sign, but i am not 100% sure what it does. Is it focus or something?
 
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