SHOOTING TIMES mag tests new REDFIELD scope

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feb 2010 issue - reintroduced by leupold...built in oregon plant "using the same particularly high-end materials,machines,and manuf techniques that leupold scopes boast."..."lenes are ground from prem-quality glass & are multicoated...multilayered,dielectric metallic compound...transmission in low 90's"...passed the "box" test & 20shot power shift test...eye relief 3.7 - 4.2"... 56MOA turrent range...only minus is that the .25MOA is actually .28 per click...so for $149 and leupold lifetime warranty it looks promising...time will tell...
 
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i'd wager japan since leupold has ties there with other products...but just a guess...someone here with contacts in the industry will update us...i don't care as long as the profits stay here...
 
That will bear some looking into. I know, or at least I think I know, that ATK owns Redfield.

I thought the upper end lenses were ground in Japan as well.
 
Actually the last article I read (I believe Rifle magazine) about the acquisition states that Leupold purchases glass from several sources both in the states and from overseas. All glass is tested and there are significant rejects from any and all sources.
In other words any two Leupold/Redfield scopes could have glass from two completely different parts of the world.

Very informative article about Leupold/Kollmorgren/Burris/Redfield and their products.

Barry - the acquisition just happened recently.
 
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Leupold doesn't mark their stuff with Made in USA anymore which tells me
they can't by law. And the fact they closely guard where the parts are produced
leads me to believe it's mostly china. But American assembly and quality control goes along way. If the redfields go through the lupy plant they may
prove to be a pretty good buy.
 
this nation has always purchased raw products from overseas supplies...as long as Amer tax payers are engineering and manuf'n the product (in this case,leupold's beaverton plant) that's good...time will tell..
 
Originally Posted By: rockinbbarThat will bear some looking into. I know, or at least I think I know, that ATK owns Redfield.

I thought the upper end lenses were ground in Japan as well.

When Meade optic's took a dump, ATK bought Weaver, Bushnell bought Simmons and Leupold bought Redfield
 
Comparing the specs of the 3-9 they tested and the Leupold Rifleman scope I found they were nearly identical. I wonder if Leupold is going to drop the rifleman line and replace it with redfield? It is also my understanding that the rifleman line uses american optical glass.
 
I doubt they drop the rifleman line. They are positioning Redfield differently, in terms of marketing.

I'll be picking up a 2-7 power scope for my 6.8 hog blaster. It will wear the Redfield by day, and a yet to be determined night vision optic at night. These are really good looking scopes, and you can't beat the price--$129 at Opticsplanet.com for the 2 to 7, and 149 for the 3-9x40, 209 for the 4-12x40, and 199 for the 3-9x50. Pretty good value, if they perform like Shooting Times says they did.

They also have 2 reticles to choose from.
 
When it comes to saying (Made in USA) this is on motorcycles may pretain to every thing as well. There has to be 80% american made parts and built here to be able to put Made in the USA or America. I had a honda Valk motorcycle made in the US in 1999 and it had casted on the engine (Made in the USA). That was the last yr.1999 that a product or bike could be made with 70% US parts and be stamped made in the USA. 2000 went to 80%. Not bashing any harley bikes but go and try and find one that is not real old that says Made in the USA.
Maybe that is why luppy does not say made in the USA any more to many overseas parts, doesn't matter if it is assembled here.
 
As much as I liked the old Redfields, made in Denver and I still use two, I don't understand this. Why in the world would Leupold build a scope with another name on it when they already have an inexpensive line in their own name with a great reputation and guarentee?

For my money Redfield is gone. I love them dearly but they are not a Redfield anymore. Closest you can get to a Redfield today would be a Burris. The brother's were employees of Redfield in Denver befor opening thier own plant in Greeley. Early Burris's were very like the Redfields of that time.
 
Originally Posted By: borkoni love my old 3x9 Redfield but am a bit sceptical of any "new" optics. specially for a cheap price.
I totally agree. I really don't like it when well known, established and respected brand name is are sold off and marketed to death. I also don't understand why Leupold would add another choice to a market it already has a good share of.
 
Names are for sale.
Any name that has some market recognition is for sale.
And being sold to the highest bidder, it is the world now.
Get used to it.

Not totally bad because the name owners want to keep the name marketable so try to see it is not totally trashed.

Jack
 
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Lots of interesting points made here, and I'm still mulling them over; none are wrong either.
Leupold is in business making and selling optical products for a profit. Up till the time they bought the name Redfield, all of their products had Leupold stamped on the product.
Somewhere along the way, the Leupold Management saw that they just might make some money by buying the name Redfield, and introducing scopes with the name Redfield stamped on them. It was strictly a management decision/gamble. I would think that leading up to the time Leupold actually bought the name Redfield, there were MANY knock down, drag out meetings by the Leupold Management on the +'s and -'s of indulging in such a caper. After the dust settled, the +'s outweighed the negatives, and at that point, Leupold made the commitment to buy the Redfield name, and produce scopes using the Redfield Logo. I, of course, do not know any of the details of that desision. What I can say is Leupold Management was 100% committed, to making Redfield scopes once more, and doing so profitably. My feeling is that the Marketing people at Leupold thought very strongly that scopes with the Redfield name on them would be a money maker. I can see no other sensible reason why Leupold would do such a thing, as mentioned by the guys posting above, and I happen to agree with their postings.
I personally have fond memories of the Redfield scopes I have had on rifles. They were very good scopes of yesteryear. Would I buy one of the Redfield's being made in the Leupold factory? I just don't know; maybe??
 
Redfield was one of the "Big 3" back in the day.

Leupold, Redfield, Weaver.

When Redfield came out with their "Widefield" line of scopes, EVERYONE had to have one.
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I mean why not? How COOL was it that the field of view in your scope looked like a TV screen?
Remembering the old ads for them it showed a regular scope picture looking at a buck...(Round field of view)...
Then the picture below in the ad showed the "Widefield" view...and lo and behold, there was a monster buck that you could see that was out of view in the round field scope!
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It took the hunting consumer quite awhile to figure out THAT gimmick....
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But, in the meantime, they sold a TON of those scopes.

Other scope companies followed suit with their rendition of the Redfield "Widefield" scope. Some made money with theirs too.
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