I had just bought two of the Aimpoint scopes for over $500 a piece which is the best deal I could locate over the internet at the time. If you need a limited edition, click here.I just got back from a VA gun show where I spotted a Aimpoint Micro T-1 scope for $250. Scroll and select, they were in stock as of me checking right this instant. Coupled with the hype campaign and it boils down to a let down of mehpic proportions.īut, if you want T2 bundles, click here. Given that Scalarworks sells this package (minus logos) for an already established competitive price and that the average consumer will not, nor is required to, appreciate that Aimpoint’s direct to consumer sales will be at MSRP this was an eyebrow raising occasion. $949 is not unreasonable for a T2 and mount, it’s just on the high end. Not even a limited color run.īreaking it down. This caused a significant disparity in pricing with nothing immediately evident to be ‘worth’ it.They did not account for their partner (and one of their largest dealers) bundle price for the same product.They don’t appear to have informed their dealer network so that vendor prices could be published, preorders established, or stock ordered ahead of release date to arrive on or near this release.They hyped this like it was the “CompM6”, it wasn’t.These are significant value adds that have made not only their mounts, but their service and reputation as a whole, one to be admired. They also properly mount them in their bundles so they are ready to go out of the box. Scalarworks, on top of offering a very fine series of optic mounts, builds in a highly competitive price for the optics they pair with. $18 is reasonable for a limited edition or a branded edition of an optic at the T2’s price.īut this is at full suggested retail, not average vendor prices. In that vein the Scalarworks mount on its own is $149 and the T2 with no mount is $782, from Scalarworks and Aimpoint respectively, and by this math the premium drops to a mere $18 for the limited edition offering. Making the limited edition premium a more reasonable 5-10% instead of 18.7. This isn’t currently in dealer distribution but could be offered closer to the regular bundle price once it is. This would cut the legs out from their dealers. Well, before we fly completely off the handle let’s remember a couple things.Īimpoint isn’t going to sell their sights directly below suggested retail.
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