My scope is made Where ? UPDATE !

[JoeWayneRhea]

Thanks guys , never seen one of the Leupold clones but have seen one of the Zeiss " Asian Market only " scopes . Absolutely awful . A guy I work with bought one and sent it in to Zeiss for repair .
They were actually cool about it and sent him an Actual Terra that had a cosmetic flaw instead . Soon as a seller is shut down on eBay another pops up .

 

[Oregun]

Way to go, Joe...
You rock & roll, brother!!!

 

[NTSOG]

G'day Joe,

I get the impression that many of the cheaper air rifle scopes are made in the same factory in Asia. That is, Barska, Nikko Stirling, Arctic fox and Sabre to name a few I know are likely variants of the same basic 'chassis' with different trim and markings. Would that be a fair guess?

Jim

via Ballarat
Australia

 

[JoeWayneRhea]

Jim for me this is one of the More obvious examples of MANY scopes all being branded but coming from the same factories . Ive had 5 different scopes that all used this odd offset side focus turret assembly .
And all of different quality, I can't help.but think they came from same shop over there . 

 

[fsa46]

I consider Joe a friend that has helped me on many occasions, but I'm glad he took Thurmond and Jimmy's' advice and toned down the videos.
Your videos are very informative ( especially on the FWB 300s ) and I have bookmarked many of them.

True friends will tell you like it is and not just want you want to hear . I think both Thurmond and Jimmy are your friends and did just that.

I think you'll find a larger audience now that you've toned them down. Just my 2 cents. Good Luck Joe, keep up the good work.

 

[JoeWayneRhea]

Oh yeah man , never had the pleasure of meeting either of those guys but can respect anybody who tells it like it is ! 
Dumbest dude in the room is the one who's always right I got no problem when I'm wrong and its pointed out .

 

[kk4iz]

Joe we enjoy all the gun info and thanks for toning down the video. To me the first one was a little off base but we know you were just having a good time. You did give a warning to whoever was to watch it

 

[JoeWayneRhea]

I'm working on two videos now , ones about why optical center is important. Shoid be ready in a day or two . Already have them recorded. Just gotta edit them 

 

[mubhaur]

Great videos Joe

 

[USAFANG6799]

It all comes down to choices does it not?
Are you as vocal to broadcaster and or movie makers whom have ratings for mature audience but watch it anyway ?
General programing on TV has gotten so invasive with commercials that I no longer look at prime time TV. It's a choice I make.

Now a word from out sponsors........take it away JOE

 

[USAFANG6799]

He Joe at least ya wearing a seatbelt. Can't fault you for that

 

[Guest]

I'm definitely not surprised at all about all these scopes being made in the same shop or two. I can only assume the rifles are in the same situation. Like Winchester, Crosman and Daisy to name a couple. but I like the knobs on my Centerpoint 3-9x40AO Mildot that came with my Benji Trail NP XL725. And bot the Hammers scopes I bought from amazon seller " Treadpro". Very good, quick seller to deal with.

 

[JG66]

Hi Joe,

Good Video...not trying to sound arrogant - here in the UK we've been aware of this for a long long time...specifically as quality optics / glass is required for Field Target use...in low light conditions in 10 y to 50 yards use as the scope is continuously parallaxed in 2nd FP, with ideally no POI due to temp. fluctuations throughout year..and the Zoom mag is correspondingly applied on a continuous basis - which then starts to reveal Pros & Cons ...and flaws of any scope brand/model...

Its common knowledge that in UK - Nikko Stirling DIAMOND 10-50X60 - Japanese lens glass is sent to China to factory is assembled ; then exported out of China...same thing with Sightron SIII 10-50X60.

Key thing is to check underside of Scope with "Made in Japan" (technically its not , but legally am guessing they are correct as 90% of components are indeed Made in Japan. Otherwise World Trade Organization would haul Japanese companies to account if this were not true..)

Bottom line people ? when fast approaching rising sticker price to $900/ $1K - ask the reseller/agent/company - origin of glass...if "Made in Japan". I did so with Athlon who kindly confirmed top end scope has Japan glass...

Below, are the 2nd FP, illuminated reticle models 10-50X60 - Sightron & Nikko Stirling with Japan Glass - but assembled in China...

I suggest as a follow on to the video, maybe you can do one on "Schott Glassweks" optics factory and who they supply to which brands ? (exception would be Deon March - Japan optics glass)

Thanks!