Rumor has it that FLIR will no longer sell thermal scopes to civilians.

[Ttuck]

As the title says. FLIR recently out Armasight and it's being reported they're also stopping all thermal scope sales to civilians.

Breaking: FLIR Discontinues All Civilian Sales - International Sportsman

FLIR bans all sales of thermal sights to civilians. FLIR thermals are no longer being sold to civilians due to the company being anti-hunting.

www.internationalsportsman.com

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[papersoldier]

This was confirmed by FLIR on their official facebook page. The news is kind of a bummer, but it could very well let other companies fill the void in the civilian market.

 

[Stomper]

We'll see..... money talks, and the "civilian" market is BIG money.

 

[shibbershabber]

Time to buy stock in ATN

 

[Ttuck]

This was confirmed by FLIR on their official facebook page. The news is kind of a bummer, but it could very well let other companies fill the void in the civilian market.

I looked on their Facebook page but i don't see any responses from them regarding this. I do see a couple people asking about the rumor though.

 

[malakajim]

We'll see..... money talks, and the "civilian" market is BIG money.

It may be for some companies, but it's nothing more than chump change for FLIR. Trust me on this one. I worked there for 10 years.

They have multiple Programs of Record with the DOD that are plenty lucrative and are a multi faceted company outside of the thermal side of things.

Peasants like you and me are the least of their concerns.

 

[papersoldier]

I looked on their Facebook page but i don't see any responses from them regarding this. I do see a couple people asking about the rumor though.

I believe it was a comment response to an inquiry about the closure of the FLIR OTS department . My information isn't direct, I just saw a screen-capture of the Facebook response on another firearm forum.

I don't know how credible these two are, but here's a youtube video I found dealing with this issue where one of the hosts appears to be associated with FLIR in some capacity:

Video Here

 

[The Heretic]

FLIR sells components to other NVD/et. al. makers.

 

[284guy]

I think as usual, the people who whine the loudest couldn't afford their stuff anyway. It's like all the Sitka haters.

 

[The Heretic]

I think as usual, the people who whine the loudest couldn't afford their stuff anyway. It's like all the Sitka haters.

I can afford it, and I will eventually buy some hybrid thermal optics, but it isn't high on my priority list and as of yet, there isn't much talk about banning it, so I am waiting while the price comes down and the capabilities go up.

 

[The Heretic]

FLIR Discontinues Riflesights, Various outdoor and Tactical Systems

FLIR has made a decision to discontinue several lines of product, including thermal and night vision riflescopes currently available to individuals. Sales of existing stocks will continue until gone.

www.ammoland.com

 

[Geardo]

Not a pig hunter, so thus was never high on my list, but still a bummer.

 

[Jonnyuma]

I heard about this the other night on the Dana (Loesch) Show. I was expecting some kind of non-committal company lingo about markets and focusing on DoD or LEO contracts, economies of scale, blah, blah, blah... nothing too shocking and nothing to get bunched-up over.
But, from what Miss Dana said, the board and CEO are anti-hunting (apparently, just of animals) and don't want their products being used by civilians for that purpose.
She was getting that information from somewhere... reading it. Loesch has her biases, but it's not like her to wildly conjecture or comment knee jerk-style on something like this.
I'm not a hunter and I don't aspire to own any of their products. But uninformed SJW moves chap my a**.

 

[Geardo]

Wow. Screw them.

 

[2A2Dend]

I see it as a move in a playbook.
Sales increase, investors rub their hands together as product move.
Now is the time?