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WARNING: Fake Leupold Scopes from China

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WARNING: Fake Leupold Scopes from China





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Counterfeit Leupold Riflescope Warning

Leupold® is issuing a customer alert to purchasers of products, particularly via Internet sales, in regard to bogus Leupold products that are apparently being illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China. These products bear many of the marks and trade dress of current Leupold & Stevens riflescopes making them very hard to distinguish externally from authentic Leupold products.

In recent months, counterfeited Leupold Mark 4® riflescopes have begun to arrive with increasing regularity at the firm’s Beaverton, Oregon, headquarters for service. These products are not manufactured by Leupold and are not covered by the Leupold Full Lifetime Guarantee.

Leupold employs serial number tracking for all its riflescopes, so if a customer finds a scope that is suspect, he or she can simply write down the serial number and call 1-800-LEUPOLD to confirm if it is indeed authentic.

In general, most of the scopes appear to originate from Hong Kong (People’s Republic of China), and have “Leupold Mark 4” laser engraved on the bottom of the turret in a silver etch, while the black ring on the objective is etched in white and does not include the name “Leupold.” The scopes also do not bear the Leupold medallion, a mark all Leupold scopes will always possess. An authentic Mark 4 riflescope will always be engraved black on black and have the name “Leupold” engraved on the black ring.

http://www.leupold.com/tactica...counterfeit-warning/


Hopefully this helps someone before they buy one.
 
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#87 ·
They work just so they can get something to eat at the end of the day.

If they were so smart they would be having their tech stolen from us. But why invest or invent when it is so easy to have American seditionists give it to them for a roll in the sack.
 
#88 ·
It’s beside the point of this thread, but I’ll add that some very nice vintage scopes came out of Japan in the 80s and maybe 90s? I don’t have dates, I realize a lot of optics comes down to the coatings on the lenses. Anyone who’s looked through an older Tasco knows that. Amazing optical clarity for the period.
 
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