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Leupold=China Junk!
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<blockquote data-quote="Powder_Burn" data-source="post: 565211" data-attributes="member: 25253"><p>I emailed Leupold over a week ago asking if there is Chinese glass in my VX-II 2-7x28 and VX-3 1.5-6x32. To date, I have not received a response. However, the website states:</p><p></p><p>"<em>Leupold uses foreign sourced components for some parts of Golden Ring products, primarily lenses. This is because at this time, there is no American manufacturer that can supply the quantity of high quality lenses that Leupold needs for its annual Golden Ring Optics production. Leupold's lens systems are designed at Leupold, by American optical engineers, in its state-of -the-art optics lab and then procured from outside vendors who must meet stringent quality standards. Incoming parts are carefully inspected in our testing facility before they are accepted into the assembly process. Incidentally, all major optics producers worldwide acquire some or all of their glass from the same sources as Leupold. Some of these sources are located domestically, some are European, and some are Asian. Leupold has acquired its lenses this way for over 50 years.</em>"</p><p></p><p>If any of Leupold's Chinese subcontractors were among the world elite, no doubt they would be marketed transparently as such (i.e. like Schott glass and Japanese vendors to Nightforce etc). So, it is left to the customer to just have blind faith that Leuopold's Chinese subcontractor produces better glass for Leupold than what they produce for someone like BSA. It seems easier to just buy Euro glass and not worry about the whole quality 'shell game'. Otherwise, one risks blowing a bunch of money on what amounts to a $100 scope stuffed into a $400 package with a Leupold emblem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Powder_Burn, post: 565211, member: 25253"] I emailed Leupold over a week ago asking if there is Chinese glass in my VX-II 2-7x28 and VX-3 1.5-6x32. To date, I have not received a response. However, the website states: "[I]Leupold uses foreign sourced components for some parts of Golden Ring products, primarily lenses. This is because at this time, there is no American manufacturer that can supply the quantity of high quality lenses that Leupold needs for its annual Golden Ring Optics production. Leupold’s lens systems are designed at Leupold, by American optical engineers, in its state-of -the-art optics lab and then procured from outside vendors who must meet stringent quality standards. Incoming parts are carefully inspected in our testing facility before they are accepted into the assembly process. Incidentally, all major optics producers worldwide acquire some or all of their glass from the same sources as Leupold. Some of these sources are located domestically, some are European, and some are Asian. Leupold has acquired its lenses this way for over 50 years.[/I]" If any of Leupold's Chinese subcontractors were among the world elite, no doubt they would be marketed transparently as such (i.e. like Schott glass and Japanese vendors to Nightforce etc). So, it is left to the customer to just have blind faith that Leuopold's Chinese subcontractor produces better glass for Leupold than what they produce for someone like BSA. It seems easier to just buy Euro glass and not worry about the whole quality 'shell game'. Otherwise, one risks blowing a bunch of money on what amounts to a $100 scope stuffed into a $400 package with a Leupold emblem. [/QUOTE]
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