M14 Forum

JFK52 · June 12th, 2009, 10:03 AM

I was at my gunsmith yesterday talking about scopes. He mentioned that a customer came in with a FAKE Leupold Mark 4 tactical scope. It had all the proper markings so I am not sure how it was caught as a fake. Has anyone else heard this about Mark 4 scopes.

Pilot · June 12th, 2009, 10:58 AM

I think I came across something on their website about identifying counterfit Leupolds. Apparently they come from where else... China

M1AallTheWay · June 12th, 2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JFK52

I was at my gunsmith yesterday talking about scopes. He mentioned that a customer came in with a FAKE Leupold Mark 4 tactical scope. It had all the proper markings so I am not sure how it was caught as a fake. Has anyone else heard this about Mark 4 scopes.

http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-s...rfeit-warning/ discusses counterfeit scopes and how to recognize them.

M14sRock · June 12th, 2009, 05:44 PM

Lots of fake Aimpoints out there, too.

82nd ABN · June 12th, 2009, 07:28 PM

I bought one from kesselring a little over a year ago. When researching leupolds I read it on the leupold website as well. You need to get it from a reputable retailer or distributor. They are out there so be careful.

Nut behind the stock · June 19th, 2009, 07:31 AM

One of the guys at work got one a few years ago. He bought it off another co worker that I'm pretty sure knew exactly what it was.

That scope had no serial number on the bottom. The color of the Leopold writing was wrong and there was brass where aluminum should be on the knobs.....(or vice versa). Other tell tales mentioned on line were serial numbers of all the same number such as 777777.

That was a few years ago, I'm sure they've improved the fakery since then.

Hawk · June 19th, 2009, 08:43 AM

Made this thread into sticky!

82nd ABN · June 19th, 2009, 09:16 AM

Thanks Hawk, maybe we can save someone from falling prey to this scam.

sagarand · August 22nd, 2009, 11:02 AM

Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to keep it in mind when looking at scopes for my lrb M25 project.

Steve k · December 24th, 2009, 01:22 PM

just to add here is an article I just read
http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-s...erfeit-warning

MoDeRNBR · September 19th, 2010, 12:52 PM

I saw a couple on Ebay last week, they were marked as Leupold "mark" (no 4) they said they were imports from china made by the same factory that makes leupolds glass. I flagged it but not sure if it took. Good looking out on the post.

mtbikerwvu · June 11th, 2011, 01:17 PM

Bought and still have a fake nightforce and it is very close to the real thing. I can't tell the difference other than the knobs are different. I knew it was a fake when I bought it but the glass was so good I couldn't pass it up. Kinda like a Chinese M14, looks the part and in some cases does the job better.