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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tom Bombadil" data-source="post: 3614840" data-attributes="member: 33331">I live 5 miles from EO and have been purchasing OTC from them for about 25 years.   As far as I know, their B&M store is still open, at least until recently.  I last visited it about a year ago.  Nikon did indeed drop them, at least two years ago.  I also think that this is mostly due to Vortex focusing upon their core business and finding that running a discount on-line store was not part of that.   Wild Birds Unlimited is also closely associated to EO and Vortex, usually matching EO prices.  The first EO actually ran out of the back of Wild Birds Unlimited here in Madison.  I picked up their last Pentax Papilio II 6.5x21 two days ago.  Been meaning to grab one for a while now.</blockquote>