New REDFIELD Scopes

[Zachary]

I remember back in the day....about 30 years ago or so (when I was only about 5 years old ), if you were the man, then there were only two scopes that would be mounted on your rifle - either a Leupold or a Redfield.  During the 80's, Leupold started to soar in sales while Redfield started to take a dive. By the time the late 90's came around, Redfield was just a name of the past.

Today it seems that Meade Corporation, the owner of Redfield, is staging a big comeback.  Meade is supposedly one of the finest optical companies in the world, making optics and equipment for, I think, NASA, etc.  Meade also apparently owns Simmons (which I personally would not mount on even a toy gun) and will use this new internal system similar to the Redfield.  Apparently the only difference with the Redfield will be the better optics.

I have read a few articles and ads here and there in the gun and hunting magazines, and it appears that the new Redfields are going to be quite expensive - say around the price of a Leupold VX-III or maybe more.

I am curious about the new Redfields.  Have they even hit the market yet?  Are any of our sponsors going to sell them?

Zachary

[akpls]

........Meade is supposedly one of the finest optical companies in the world, making optics and equipment for, I think, NASA, etc.  ..........
Zachary

If they were responsible for the Hubble Space Telescope mess I would worry!   :-D

But seriously, I own a couple of the Colorado Redfields and they are as good as any Leupold I have.  In fact the 3x9 Illuminator is quite a bit better.  I too would be interested to hear if Meade intends to restore Redfield to the top.