Leopold 'buys" Redfield scopes from Meade

Meade just bought the Redfield name from Blount/Alliant a couple of years ago along with Simmons and Weaver. Meade introduced a series of new scopes with the Redfield name. I don't know where there being made, but imagine overseas somewhere.

It'll be interesting to see what Leupold does with the name.
 
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anyone ever saw the meade/redfields? saw the adds from meade, never found a dealer with them in stock.
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They never actually got made. No one answered the phone for a year.

I think it was something that was planed and died, and Meade didn't have the resources to keep it going.

Meade didn't understand the shooting business - they are telescope makers (and very good ones), but the shooting community is very different.

Meade didn't do a good job with Weaver either, and they have been sold off.

Hopefully, the new owners will do a better job.

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I've never seen any of the advertised Redfields on a dealers shelf either. They were priced very high. I did have quite a go-round with the Weaver division trying to get a new warrentee'd scope repaired/replaced. This 3 by 9 Classic scope was broken when I got it new. It never was on a rifle and it took six months and uncounted calls and letters to finally get taken care of. To say the least I was really frustrated by the time It finally got fixed and certainly was soured on their company.

It was enough trouble that I stopped recommending any of the products Meade sold. It sounds like their still making and selling the Simmons line of scopes. From what I'm hearing they are having some real trouble with the new AETEC scopes which were one of my favorites.

I understand someone else besides Leupold bought out Weaver, anyone know who that was?
 
I bought an Aetec in the 4-14x44 flavor based on my experience with the old 2.8-10x44 Aetec scopes. Absoultly the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned. I've had better luck with the 4-12x40 Simmons Prosport scopes that Walmart sells for $50 then the $189 Aetec. The Side paralax is a knob only it does nothing.....period. I've played with that scope for 8 months and the only positive thing I can say about it is it holds zero. The glass is hazy, you can't focus on target with out the crosshair getting fuzzy. I'm gonna send it back and trade it for the old 2.8-10 cause the 4-14 is the BIGGEST piece of crap I'v ever put on a gun. I bought a knock off Tasco 6-24x50 (Tasco claims it wasn't made by them) for $60 off Ebay that has better glass then the new Aetec
 
That's very interesting since they were the folks that sold Weaver, Simmons scopes and the Redfield name to Meade. They were great when it came to any warrentee work and now I don't feel near so bad with the several Weaver's I own. Thanks Hoginator.
 
I am not surprised at the sale of Redfield and Weaver by Meade.

The scope market is saturated with Leopold and Nikon taking the the top 2 spots in market share. The Redfield factory needed "Millions" of dollars of capital investment to become profitable besides some "EPA" clean-up issues that had to be corrected.

In a economy that is stagnet and the hunting market receeding by 1% every year Meade made the "only" business decision available...sell Redfield and Weaver.

Hoggy
 
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