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The New Tangent Theta 5-25x56
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<blockquote data-quote="orkan" data-source="post: 2490835" data-attributes="member: 25377"><p>The car analogy presented here, does not apply with high end optics I don't think. There's no concern of a Tangent Theta coming out of time or fouling plugs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Qn47bJ1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Unertl in that picture was an expensive scope once too. No one regrets buying one. There's certainly nothing wrong with it today, over 70 years later. Scopes costing over $5000 today doesn't seem strange to me. The fact that you can get a Remington 700 for LESS than $1500... that seems strange to me, because that's roughly what it would cost in todays dollars to buy one in 1970. With price adjusted for inflation, that Unertl would sell for roughly $1500 today, yet you can not buy the scope pictured for that. It would cost in excess or $2200-$3000 if you wanted to buy that one at the moment. Not much there for the dollar when you compare it to the complexity of modern designs. There's not a single part of the rifle scopes we use today that haven't undergone a huge upgrade, but I dare say that Unertl probably holds zero better than most $1500 scopes of today. It certainly is nicer to look through! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>If we get into the 80's up into the 2000's and compare something in the class to today, Schmidt & Benders have become cheaper. Much cheaper, actually. A new S&B PMII 5-25 in 2005, adjusted for inflation, would be over $5000 today, yet you can go buy one for far less than that. My last PMII cost roughly $2600. So the real question I have for you is... why are they cheaper today? Why are MOST rifles and optics cheaper today than when they launched? Companies are making them cheaper, that's why. They are making them cheaper, <strong><em>yet making just as much profit percentage per unit</em></strong>, and in many cases MORE profit than ever. Obviously manufacturing capabilities have allowed for producing more of the same thing at a lesser cost, but that doesn't cover all of it. </p><p></p><p>Tangent Theta Professional series scopes are more impressive than any other optic I've used to date. It stands to reason they would be expensive, and frankly given the fiscal reality of inflation and product quality I just laid out, I'm surprised they don't cost more. It's very obvious not everyone needs or wants that level of capability on their rifle. Folks, I'm not here to convince anyone to spend money you don't want to spend. However, remaining objective when talking about products is a pretty important thing. It's likely that for most shooters, a gen3 vortex razor would be a better use of their money. It's going to be pretty hard to find a better value to dollar ratio than that scope. Frankly, that scope makes it kind of <strong>not smart</strong> to buy <em><u>any other scope in that class.</u></em> For large format tactical type scopes, Tangent Theta and the vortex gen3 razor are about the only scopes that exist in my mind at the moment when making recommendations. Yet there is only one best, and there's no reason for anyone to tear down the best in order to justify the purchase of a lesser optic.</p><p></p><p>The moment a new "best" scope arrives, we'll be selling those. At this time, the Tangent Theta's are it, and have been since 2014. Those of you that are looking for the apex level experience in a rifle scope, that is what you want. I wish I could send out demos to everyone that wanted to check one out. Then people would get a chance to see for themselves. </p><p></p><p></p><p>-----------</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/primalrights" target="_blank">Follow on Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights" target="_blank">Subscribe on YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3txlBnp" target="_blank">Amazon Affiliate</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.primalrights.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orkan, post: 2490835, member: 25377"] The car analogy presented here, does not apply with high end optics I don't think. There's no concern of a Tangent Theta coming out of time or fouling plugs. ;) [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Qn47bJ1.jpg[/IMG] The Unertl in that picture was an expensive scope once too. No one regrets buying one. There's certainly nothing wrong with it today, over 70 years later. Scopes costing over $5000 today doesn't seem strange to me. The fact that you can get a Remington 700 for LESS than $1500... that seems strange to me, because that's roughly what it would cost in todays dollars to buy one in 1970. With price adjusted for inflation, that Unertl would sell for roughly $1500 today, yet you can not buy the scope pictured for that. It would cost in excess or $2200-$3000 if you wanted to buy that one at the moment. Not much there for the dollar when you compare it to the complexity of modern designs. There's not a single part of the rifle scopes we use today that haven't undergone a huge upgrade, but I dare say that Unertl probably holds zero better than most $1500 scopes of today. It certainly is nicer to look through! ;) If we get into the 80's up into the 2000's and compare something in the class to today, Schmidt & Benders have become cheaper. Much cheaper, actually. A new S&B PMII 5-25 in 2005, adjusted for inflation, would be over $5000 today, yet you can go buy one for far less than that. My last PMII cost roughly $2600. So the real question I have for you is... why are they cheaper today? Why are MOST rifles and optics cheaper today than when they launched? Companies are making them cheaper, that's why. They are making them cheaper, [B][I]yet making just as much profit percentage per unit[/I][/B], and in many cases MORE profit than ever. Obviously manufacturing capabilities have allowed for producing more of the same thing at a lesser cost, but that doesn't cover all of it. Tangent Theta Professional series scopes are more impressive than any other optic I've used to date. It stands to reason they would be expensive, and frankly given the fiscal reality of inflation and product quality I just laid out, I'm surprised they don't cost more. It's very obvious not everyone needs or wants that level of capability on their rifle. Folks, I'm not here to convince anyone to spend money you don't want to spend. However, remaining objective when talking about products is a pretty important thing. It's likely that for most shooters, a gen3 vortex razor would be a better use of their money. It's going to be pretty hard to find a better value to dollar ratio than that scope. Frankly, that scope makes it kind of [B]not smart[/B] to buy [I][U]any other scope in that class.[/U][/I] For large format tactical type scopes, Tangent Theta and the vortex gen3 razor are about the only scopes that exist in my mind at the moment when making recommendations. Yet there is only one best, and there's no reason for anyone to tear down the best in order to justify the purchase of a lesser optic. The moment a new "best" scope arrives, we'll be selling those. At this time, the Tangent Theta's are it, and have been since 2014. Those of you that are looking for the apex level experience in a rifle scope, that is what you want. I wish I could send out demos to everyone that wanted to check one out. Then people would get a chance to see for themselves. ----------- [URL='https://www.instagram.com/primalrights']Follow on Instagram[/URL] [URL='https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights']Subscribe on YouTube[/URL] [URL='https://amzn.to/3txlBnp']Amazon Affiliate[/URL] [URL='http://www.primalrights.com'][IMG]http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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