Damn, I was just about to pull the trigger on their Aimpoint Micro sale.
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Damn, I was just about to pull the trigger on their Aimpoint Micro sale.
I think it has a lot more to do with the cost of producing the copy compared to the cost of what they can sell it for!
Given what an authentic Raptor sells for, and what it must cost to make, Rainier Arms is making a boatload of $$ on them. The bootlegger is making more of a killing based on what must be lower quality materials and the fact that they had no engineering/research costs in copying Rainier's design. Arms Unlimited is selling the copies (allegedly) for about the same price that Rainier is selling the authentic ones.
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Is there any history of AR counterfeits being sold by reputable suppliers?
"These are what we have." Really? Wow.
Well, that is certainly cautiously-worded ... these guys have got to know that they are going to be looking at a lawsuit before too long. You would think they would be playing the "we were not previously aware of this, and are doing all that we can to address it," angle.
Unless they are just a shady knock-off operation from the get-go. Not familiar with them myself.
AC
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It's as if they are not admitting to any wrongdoings. Kinda like saying "we had counterfeits on hand so thats what we sold."I guess they don't want to incriminate themselves. Hopefully you receive a quick refund.
I am willing to bet they know they are scamming the crap outta folks. I dunno how many times I have seen new gun enthusiasts get screwed on fake Aimpoints.
Due to availability I almost got mine from Amazon but then a final check of BCM finally showed it in stock lol.
(don't remember what amazon retailer it was)
Dan Miami, FL
For those of us who don't know, which is the genuine Raptor and which is the knock-off in the above pictures? I recently received one from a well known retailer with roll pins like the lower one in the right pic. The roll pins are sort of coiled up on themselves... there is definitely no gap like the pins shown on the upper one (right pic). Did I get a legit Raptor?
Thank god I've only ordered my raptors from Rainier. That is a pretty good fake.
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