List of Scope / Electronic Sight Brands / Companies - Can you add to the list?

I will update this periodically listed in alphabetic order and will add links to their home pages later, if they have one. There has to be a bunch missing but the list is pretty long already!

If you see any missing brands or know the home page for one that isn't shown or info that is incorrect, post it below and I will add it to the list. Please don't guess on this. Only give me info that you know to be correct first hand. I will keep a question mark after an item that is a guess or that I am not 100% sure on.

My understanding is that it has been many decades since any decent optical glass was manufactured in the USA for consumer sporting optics. If you can find a reliable source that says otherwise, please let us know.

Count -- Brand / Owned By -- Web Site -- Made in / With
1 -- Aimpoint -- www.aimpoint.com -- Sweden
2 -- Alpen -- ? -- ?
3 -- ATN -- www.atncorp.com -- China?
4 -- Barska -- www.barska.com -- Russia
5 -- Brand / Owned By -- Web Site -- Made Where?
6 -- Brunton -- ? -- ?
7 -- BSA -- www.bsaoptics.com -- Chna?
8 -- B-Square -- ? -- ?
9 -- Burris -- www.burrisoptics.com -- Japanese glass / built USA, Low end Phillipines and?
10 -- Bushnell -- www.Bushnell.com -- Japan - low end Korea & China
11 -- Carl Zeiss Optronics -- www.hudisco.com -- Germany?
12 -- Clearidge -- www.clearidgeoptics.com -- Japan and?
13 -- Countersniper -- www.countersniperoptics.com -- China
14 -- Dark Ops -- ? -- ?
15 -- Docter -- ? -- Germany
16 -- Elcan -- www.elcansportingoptics.com -- Some Canadian, Germany?
17 -- Eotech -- www.eotech-inc.com -- ?
18 -- Hawke -- ? -- England design build China and Japan
19 -- Horus -- ? -- Japan? China?
20 -- Insight -- ? -- ?
21 -- IOR Valdada -- www.valdada.com -- Romania
22 -- Kahles -- www.kahles.at -- Austria?
23 -- Konus -- http://www.konususa.com/ -- China?
24 -- Kruger -- ? -- >
25 -- Leapers -- http://www.leapers.com -- China?
26 -- Leatherwood / Hi-Lux -- http://www.leatherwoodoptics.com -- China
27 -- Leica -- http://en.leica-camera.com -- Germany
28 -- Leupold -- www.Leupold.com -- High end Assembled in USA Japanese glass - low end made offshore in? Spotters - Korea
29 -- Meopta -- www.Meopta.com -- Czech Republic
30 -- Meprolight -- www.meprolight.com -- ?
31 -- Millett -- www.millettsights.com -- China
32 -- Mueller -- www.muelleroptics.com -- China
33 -- NCStar -- http://www.ncstar.com -- China
34 -- Nightforce -- www.NightforceOptics.com -- Compacts made in USA with Japanese Glass, NXS and Benchrest assembled in USA from Japanese components
35 -- Nikko Sterling -- www.nikkostirling.com -- ?
36 -- Nikon -- www.NikonUSA.com -- Japan and Phillipines
37 -- Nitrex -- ? -- ?
38 -- Osprey -- www.osprey-optics.com -- ?
39 -- Pentax -- www.pentaxsportoptics.com -- Japan and?
40 -- Premier Reticles -- ? -- Germany? USA? Glass from?
41 -- Pulsar -- ? -- ?
42 -- Redfield (Leupold owned) -- www.redfield.com -- Leupold Owned, Japanese Glass, assembled in USA?
43 -- Safariland -- ? -- ?
44 -- Schmidt & Bender -- www.schmidtbender.com -- Germany?
45 -- Sightmark -- http://www.sightmark.com/ -- ?
46 -- Sightron -- www.Sightron.com -- Japan and?
47 -- Simmons -- http://www.simmonsoptics.com/ -- Owned by Bushnell - Made in China
48 -- Super Sniper -- www.swfa.com -- Japan - Built for SWFA by?
49 -- Swarovski -- http://www.swarovskioptik.us/en_us/home -- Austria?
50 -- Swift -- http://www.swift-sportoptics.com -- Korea
51 -- Tasco -- www.tasco.com -- Owned by Bushnell - Made in China
52 -- Trijicon -- www.trijicon.com -- Japanese Glass Built in USA
53 -- Truglo -- www.truglo.com -- China
54 -- U.S. Optics -- www.usoptics.com -- USA (Glass made in Germany?)
55 -- Unertl www.unertloptics.com/ --
56 -- Vixen -- ? -- ?
57 -- Vortex -- http://vortexoptics.com/ -- Phillipines?
58 -- Weaver / ATK -- www.weaveroptics.com -- Japan, some Phillipines 40-44 series
59 -- Yukon -- www.yukonopticsusa.com -- China?
60 -- Zeiss / Conquest -- http://www.zeiss.com/sports -- Germany / Conquest Assembled in USA

Nice resource....thanks

uj

Swift is made in Korea not China. They claim the glass they use is American made as well. Lower end Bushnells are made in Korea and China. A lot of Burris' are made in the Phillipines as well as Nikons. Simmons is now owned by Bushnell and as far as I know still made in China. Weaver is owned now by ATK and are mostly made in Japan with some being made in the Phillipines (40-44 series).

Trijicon glass Japan assembled U.S.A.
Super Sniper Japan-www.swfa.com

I forgot about Tasco. They're owned by Bushnell and made in China. The new redfield riflescopes are being made in Oregan by Leupold. Not sure where the glass comes from. The other Redfields (binos, spotting scopes etc.) are being imported but I'm not sure where from. I didn't know that any of the Leupold riflescopes were imported. Could someone confirm that?

Updated with the additions above to this point - Let me know if I missed something up there.

Leupold no longer states Made in America. They now say assembled in America.
I believe the rifleman and one other low end are made off shore.
Almost all of Leupold glass is from Japan.

List updated.

Let me know if you have more brands or information to add.

Where are Premier Reticles scopes made? If made in the US, where are the components made, particularly the glass?

I believe right off the bat Premier had a contract with S&B to produce the Heritage scopes but that since has changed and the scopes are now made in house at Premier in VA.

The Truglow I have is made in China.

The Docter Optics stuff is made in the former East Germany in the former Carl Zeiss - Jena factory. They don't have a US importer at the moment but are worth the money if you can find one.

Zeiss Conquests were/are assembled in the US.

Leupold spotting scopes are Korean.

Upper end Burris scopes use Pentax glass. Upper end Pentax scopes are made by Burris in the Phillipines.

I have a Nikon Monarch that was made in the Phillipines.

Leatherwoods are from China.

the millet i have 4-15 x 56 buck gold is made in china by bushnell mounts still might be in usa

That's interesting news. I didn't know Bushnell made Millet.

thats what the box says Made By Bushnell In China
their couple other people have reported the same

Hawke Optics: Designed in England, glass and construction is China and Japan. Best selling scope throughout Europe and very good quality control with UK rep at factory.

Just picked up a Millett TRS 1 and the lifetime warranty is through Bushnell.

Barska is Russian made.

I believe your link to Swarovski is incorrect. It should be:

http://www.swarovskioptik.us/en_us/home

uj

Pretty sure I got all the changes up to this point. Thanks for the input so far.

the bottom of my barska swat scope is stamped with a "made in china"

I was under the impression it was Russian made...........learn something every day.

Maybe it's made in one of those border towns?

uj

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Maybe it's made in one of those border towns?

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LOL!!!!!!!!!

haha ;D It could be just the housing is made in china. who knows

Barska? Why would anyone care? Do people actually buy their junk? ???

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Barska? Why would anyone care? Do people actually buy their junk? ???

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unfortunately I did....once.

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Barska? Why would anyone care? Do people actually buy their junk? ???

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unfortunately I did....once.

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Well, bless your heart....

it just helps me proclaim the crappiness ::)

Swarovski and Kahles (Swarovski now runs Kahles) is having more and more components made in China and Japan.

S&Bs are mostly assembled in Hungary, the Hungarian Opticai Works made S&B lenses and parts for years then S&B bought them out and they are now Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik GmbH.

Zeiss is having more work done by Meopta, the plant in the US that assembles the Conquest is actually ran by Meopta and 80% of the scope is Meopta. Supposedly the same plant is also assembling the Minox scopes.

Trijicon scopes are made in Japan then brought to the US for final assembly, the glow in the dark parts come from Israel. (OSHA doesn't let many US companies play with tritium and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a flat PITA).

The body of the ACOG was farmed out to be made in China much like the Aimpoint. Now you have a ton of clones/copies being made in China after they reverse engineered them.

Leica scopes (made by Leupold in the past) are supposedly assembled in Germany but a lot of the parts may be coming from Leica's new plant in China which is also making lens assemblies for Panasonic cameras (both video and still).

Unless your getting like a MK 4, Leupolds glass is now Chinese, higher end you get Japanese. Binos, spotting scopes and rangefinders are made in Japan, Korea and China depending on the model line.

Barska looks for the best deal, I have seen Russian made binos and spotting scopes along with Chinese made.

Darn all of this outsourcing!

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Bound to be some new brands being offered since the last update on this list which was back in 2010....

The new Redfield Revenge line is made in the Philippines.

The Swarovski Z3 is assembled here in the states at the same Meopta plant that assembles the Zeiss Conquest and Minox scopes. They have also added the capability of assembling limited numbers of the Z5 and Z6 at their Cranston, RI facility (this may be a dodge of import duty and to qualify for DoD contracts).

The new Steiner Predator Xtreme riflescopes will be assembled at the Burris plant in Greeley, CO with Burris even making the tube.

The Nikon Monarchs have been moved to the Philippines. The Monarch Gold, X and Africans are still made in Japan.

The new Weaver Kaspas are made in China but supposedly at a plant that is co-operated by a Japanese firm that made only high end binos before.

Swift Premier scopes are Korean made but the Reliant scopes are Chinese made.

Some of the new Vortex Vipers are being made at the Phillippine plant along side the Monarchs.

Higher end Pentax are still assembled by Burris but the lower end has moved from the Philippines to China. Pentax never made lenses, the lenses for both Pentax and Burris made in the states at one time came from a Japanese firm that was tied to the hip with Hoya. Supposedly since the takeover of Pentax by Hoya and the sale of Burris to Beretta the Pentax/Burris relationship isn't what it used to be.

"Swift Premier scopes are Korean made but the Reliant scopes are Chinese made."

I've got a lot of the Premiers but none of the Reliants. I thought they were Korean made too or at least use to be. Has that change recently?

Swift went thru a bankruptcy a few years back which resulted in the sport optics spilt off from "educational" (microscopes and telescopes). The sport optics is now based out of Lakewood, CO. The Premier line and pistol scopes was their bread and butter and the Reliant is their low cost line which is probly why the are now from China. The have added 30mm tubes to the Premier line but the cost doubled over the 1". Still a lifetime warranty for the Premier riflescope line and a 25 year for Premier binos and spotting scopes but the Reliant lines only carry a 5 year. They like to plug US made BaK 7 Schott prisms in their riflescopes, OK maybe they meant lenses instead of prisms, but it is not BaK 7 it is BK 7 and I was told Schott does not and has not produced it in the USA. The stuff from Korea still comes out of the same optical plant that produces a lot of top notch binos and spotting scopes for several companies (Leupold is one).

Yeah I knew all of that except for the Reliants being made in China, but as I said I've never owned a reliant, just the premiers. I think you're right in that they meant the lenses instead of prisms. As far as the price though, it depends where you get it from. I've got one of the 30mm tube models and while it was more expensive than the 1" model, it wasn't even close to twice as much.