Thread: Nikon getting out of scope manufacturing.

As of Jan 2020
Customer Service.


As discussed, Nikon has decided to discontinue the making of rifle scopes for business reasons.


Any other questions or concerns you may need, please don't hesitate to contact us back via your account or at our toll free number at 1-800-NIKON-US (1-800-645-6687).


Kind regards,
George
Nikon Customer Service and Technical Support.

Also email from Doug,Camera land NY, confirms this.

Oh stink, I love Nikons.

bloody good scopes for the money . wonder if it was for financial reasons or political pressure?

Oh well...

A little sad, but ultimately not unexpected.

Japanese optics brands have little brand power when it comes to scopes, yet their prices usually place them very close to American brands.

With camera lenses, japanese optics brands have a significant technological advantage in the electronics part, and making high qualities lenses economically. but this advantage does not exist with rifle scopes. It is hard to say a 1000 dollar nikon lens is better than a 1000 dollar bushnell or leupold.

As a result, japanese optics brands have no real competitive advantage.

The low end market is getting taken over by Chinese OEM. for the same price, Chinese OEM now make far better scope than developed countries for the same low price, say around 300~400 dollars. People are usually not keen on buying a Chinese made Japanese brand scopes. If someone buys Nikon, they want it made in Japan.

That basically squeezed the actual market for nikon to a very small piece of the pie.

Might be worth getting a couple more

Will they still be there for warranties?

Originally Posted by tetawa

Will they still be there for warranties?

And parts

well that sucks i find good optics i even replaced leupolds n ziess with them
2 monarch m3 scopes 2 buckmaster scopes
monarch 5 binos
and prostaff rf all good hunting kit
heck better hunt down another monarch m3 for my 22 hornet 🤔🤯🤬

Well hopefully there'll be some run out sales on.

Crap, have 3 monarchs and a bino.
4-16, 2-8, 1-4.
Z

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Well hopefully there'll be some run out sales on.

Keep an eye on Natchez.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Keep an eye on Natchez.

They don't have many Nikon refurbs at the moment. Not compared to usual anyway. I recently bought a Nikon 3-9x40 BuckmasterII to put on the 223. It's a great scope. Way clearer and brighter than my Redfield Revolution 3-9x. I want to grab another but there are no refurbs at the moment..... The bino refurbs have been pretty scarce too

What a shame, I’ve added 2x prostaff models to my collection over the past year, good product and pricing.

Originally Posted by Survy

What a shame, I’ve added 2x prostaff models to my collection over the past year, good product and pricing.

The refurbished Buckmaster II were about NZ$120 landed here! Crazy good optics for the price