Rifle Scopes leupold manufacturing

[kyle1974]

What leupold product lines are still made in the US?

I was told that several of their mid to low level are made overseas.

 

[dbsinh2o]

Re: leupold manufacturing

I was under the impression that all Leupolds are US made. They bought out the Redfield name and offer these at a lower price point, but I think they are still made in the US.

 

[lwrkeysfisher]

Re: leupold manufacturing

I think the right answer is nobody really knows... LL is taking a factory tour here soon, so maybe he'll have some info for us. If you have a question about a specific model, I'm sure Leupold would answer it.

 

[ToddM]

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Supposedly last I heard leupold stated they have enough parts/assemblies that are US made to technically call their products US made. How many parts that is, or how much assembly it is, -OR- if it's really true, no one knows. I believe the technical amount needed is 50%.

What is true, for some reason they are not putting "Made in USA" on their products anymore. However, again supposedly, they removed the "made in USA" tag on all their products because their lawyers fear over some CA law that I don't remember the details of but basically CA law states that no product can wear "Made in USA" unless 100% of it is indeed made in USA (imagine that) I have a hard time believing that Leupold changed their entire global marketing scheme over one law in CA, but only they know that for sure. Especially when dozens of smaller companies that probably could never afford to fight the legal battle are selling scopes in CA and put "Made in USA" on their products. Somehow I doubt NF is refusing to sell the F1 to CA, or Premier any of their scopes in CA. If those smaller companies aren't worried about it, do you really think that's the reason Leupold did it.......maybe.

I have an older vxIII tactical (pre mark 4) 3.5-10 M3 and the box has "Made in the USA" on it. So one would hope at least 50% of that scope was made/assembled here. However, now that they don't put made in USA on their products or boxes, 0% of it could be made here and no one would know.

 

[dbsinh2o]

Re: leupold manufacturing

From the Leupold website...

Leupold & Stevens is a fifth generation, family owned company that has been in business for 102 years and employs over 600 American workers. <span style="font-weight: bold">All Leupold Golden Ring® Riflescopes are designed, machined, assembled, and tested in Leupold’s state of the art manufacturing facility in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.</span> Leupold uses over one million pounds of aluminum, amounting to over 100 miles of extrusion, in its facility every year and has the largest installation of Index Turning Centers West of the Mississippi River. The current average tenure of Leupold’s all-American workforce is approximately eleven years, with the longest tenured employees being on staff for over four decades.

Leupold & Stevens pioneered such ubiquitous technologies as waterproof scopes, side focus parallax adjustment, compact riflescopes, and the Duplex® reticle. <span style="font-weight: bold">Each Leupold Golden Ring Riflescope model, from the least expensive Rifleman® to the industry leading VX-7™</span> must pass Leupold’s uniquely punishing durability testing, which no other competitive scope brand or model has ever consistently passed, regardless of price or country of origin. Leupold’s Golden Ring Lifetime Guarantee is the standard by which all other customer service agreements in the sports optics industry are judged, and is the industry leader today, after over 60 years in use.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Leupold uses foreign sourced components for some parts of Golden Ring products, primarily lenses.</span> 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."


I guess technically they're all assembled in the USA from US and foreign made components.