Origin of nightforce optics

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Origin of nightforce optics

Post by Blr243 » 14 Dec 2018, 6:00 pm

For some reason I though lightforce started making scopes and called the sub company nightforce. True ? Or have I got it totally wrong
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Post by valkyrie » 15 Dec 2018, 8:52 pm

Same bloke owns both companys. He grew up in adelaide and ended up moving to the US to develop optics because they had a better market
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Post by Blr243 » 16 Dec 2018, 7:51 am

Thank you.
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Post by sungazer » 16 Dec 2018, 8:02 am

Nightforce still has some of the original if not the original guys in SA. They have an excellent service center there and can restore a bent and broken unit to as new.
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Post by Sako308 » 17 Jan 2019, 2:35 pm

Here you go mate, straight from the horses mouth!

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/201 ... ay-dennis/
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Post by marksman » 17 Jan 2019, 6:53 pm

Sako308 wrote:Here you go mate, straight from the horses mouth!

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/201 ... ay-dennis/


that is a cracker of a story, I especially like Dennis's quote on what Australia was like

"In Australia it was then still a free country, where you could go hunting, go shooting, and no one really frowned upon you if you had a rifle on your back while riding on a motorbike through a city to get into the hills to shoot rabbits."

the guy is a legend, thanks heaps for putting the story up :drinks:
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Post by SCJ429 » 18 Jan 2019, 9:22 am

I enjoyed reading that, I knew a bit about the company but that filled in the blanks. An Aussie battler come good, go the dentist.
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Post by No1_49er » 18 Jan 2019, 9:54 am

I don't think a dentist could ever be called a "battler" :lol:
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Post by SCJ429 » 18 Jan 2019, 1:19 pm

Little Aussie guy takes on industry giants,Leupold, Weaver, Ziess, S&B and Khales and wins a huge market share. Quite inspirational.
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Post by deye243 » 18 Jan 2019, 1:35 pm

No1_49er wrote:I don't think a dentist could ever be called a "battler" :lol:

You got that right
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Post by Sergeant Hartman » 18 Jan 2019, 1:59 pm

Actually don't call the tradie a battler. Around me ist either electricians, plumbers, concreters or builders buying up multimillion dollar properties...or doing multimillion dollar renovations on properties they recently bought for between 1-2m.
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