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<blockquote data-quote="Arkansasdad" data-source="post: 1882949" data-attributes="member: 76766"><p><u>All</u> NightForce scope models are assembled, inspected, tested, and packaged at the NightForce facility in Orofino Idaho or Lavonia, Georgia. They use Japanese glass just like all the other mid to high end scope companies do. Most of it comes from a company named Hoya. There are no American optic glass companies that manufacture lens for binos, scopes and the like. Swarovski stopped contracting their glass out in 98 if I remember correctly. They realized that the only thing that set them apart was their glass so they stopped selling to other scope companies and I think they are the only scope manufacturer that make their own glass now. There are optics made in different places, Philippines, Malaysia, Eastern Europe and etc.. As far as Leupold over half of their scopes are manufactured in China, including the glass. The Gold Ring scopes are still assembled in Oregon but the glass for their mid to high end scopes is procured from Japan. I don't have any bias at all as to which scope a person has as long as it is what he wants but for a company like Leupold to stamp their a good American name on cheap Chinese junk is deplorable. They should have completely distanced themselves from it, under a different name if they had break into the boat anchor market. I just counted and now have 17 Gold Rings mounted and wonder about it if Leupold will be in business much longer to warranty them. I can report that Leupold did not just drink the koolaide but got stupid drunk off of it. Happy Shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkansasdad, post: 1882949, member: 76766"] [U]All[/U] NightForce scope models are assembled, inspected, tested, and packaged at the NightForce facility in Orofino Idaho or Lavonia, Georgia. They use Japanese glass just like all the other mid to high end scope companies do. Most of it comes from a company named Hoya. There are no American optic glass companies that manufacture lens for binos, scopes and the like. Swarovski stopped contracting their glass out in 98 if I remember correctly. They realized that the only thing that set them apart was their glass so they stopped selling to other scope companies and I think they are the only scope manufacturer that make their own glass now. There are optics made in different places, Philippines, Malaysia, Eastern Europe and etc.. As far as Leupold over half of their scopes are manufactured in China, including the glass. The Gold Ring scopes are still assembled in Oregon but the glass for their mid to high end scopes is procured from Japan. I don't have any bias at all as to which scope a person has as long as it is what he wants but for a company like Leupold to stamp their a good American name on cheap Chinese junk is deplorable. They should have completely distanced themselves from it, under a different name if they had break into the boat anchor market. I just counted and now have 17 Gold Rings mounted and wonder about it if Leupold will be in business much longer to warranty them. I can report that Leupold did not just drink the koolaide but got stupid drunk off of it. Happy Shooting. [/QUOTE]
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