Nikon rifle scopes

[Rifletom]

I just read on another forum, and from a vendor, that Nikon is out of the rifle scope business as of Jan 2020. Man, did not see that one coming at all till today. Always thought Nikon had a good market there. What the heck!?

[JEBar]

I learned a long time back to never say never but I don't put much stock in this report .... as I recall, the first time I heard this same rumor was back in 2010 and it circulated again two or three years later .... it will be interesting to see if anyone can come up with a link to a solid source

[Rifletom]

JEBar, believe me, I understand how these rumor mills work[sort of]. The vendor I mentioned is here. Doug at cameraland, phone #: [516] 217-1000. cameralandny.com. Pretty reliable source. We shall see.

[Vaquero]

Got 4 or 5 of them here, when I saw the title, thought maybe you going to tell me they were having a big sale.

RP

[Shakey Jake]

I'm not sure if this means anything but I went to the corporate web page and riflescopes are not listed in their product line catagory of sport optics. Perhaps my search was in error.

[Rifletom]

Got 4 or 5 of them here, when I saw the title, thought maybe you going to tell me they were having a big sale.

RP

Yeah, might be seeing a BIG sale if this true. Who would have thought?

[GunnyGene]

I'm not sure if this means anything but I went to the corporate web page and riflescopes are not listed in their product line catagory of sport optics. Perhaps my search was in error.

Nikon has a couple of different web sites, based on the product category, and not all are linked from the corporate "nikon dot com". In this case the right url is https://www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/nik ... index.page.

That said, they may be spinning off that product category as a separate company. Large corporations do that a lot for purely business reasons - profit, shareholder interests, etc. .

[Mags]

.
Nothing in the financial news that I could find related to Nikon Scopes.
As for cameras, that business is in trouble. From a few days ago.
https://petapixel.com/2019/11/12/nikon- ... -business/

I just read on another forum, and from a vendor, that Nikon is out of the rifle scope business as of Jan 2020. Man, did not see that one coming at all till today. Always thought Nikon had a good market there. What the heck!?

[JEBar]

JEBar, believe me, I understand how these rumor mills work[sort of]. The vendor I mentioned is here. Doug at cameraland, phone #: [516] 217-1000. cameralandny.com. Pretty reliable source. We shall see.

like I said, it will be interesting to see .... they are still prominently marketed on Nikon's sports optics site, link below

https://www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/index.page

[markiver54]

I would hate to see Nikon glass go!! Crystal clear IMO.