Scope Recommend $150-200

[Coach W]

I don't think you can go wrong with Nikon, FYI was talking with a firearm rep at Cabela's in Allen and he told me the lenses for the Leupold scopes were make by Nikon...

He is mis informed, or didnt listen well enough.

Nikons, burris, bushnell, vortex, simmons, intensity, Leupold, along with others are assembled in the Philippines by the Philippine Kenko Plant on a contract basis.

As far as i know, the lenses are also made and polished by the same plant as per the standard set by the scope company they are in contract with.

The tubes, springs, and other materials used for the scope are usually imported or provided for the plant by the company they are in contract with, it is only the lenses that are manufactured, polished, and coated in the plant, to the Contracting companies Specifications.

Leupold has this to say on their website: "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."

So in short They are made by the same people BUT NOT the same lenses, as they are designed by the Contractors. Nikon doesnt even make their OWN Lenses.

[Mike D]

He is mis informed, or didnt listen well enough.

Nikons, burris, bushnell, vortex, simmons, intensity, Leupold, along with others are assembled in the Philippines by the Philippine Kenko Plant on a contract basis.

As far as i know, the lenses are also made and polished by the same plant as per the standard set by the scope company they are in contract with.

The tubes, springs, and other materials used for the scope are usually imported or provided for the plant by the company they are in contract with, it is only the lenses that are manufactured, polished, and coated in the plant, to the Contracting companies Specifications.

Leupold has this to say on their website: "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."

So in short They are made by the same people BUT NOT the same lenses, as they are designed by the Contractors. Nikon doesnt even make their OWN Lenses.

^^^^^^^ Yep.

[Codie]

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