I'm more than satisfied with every Leupold product that I own. And several are older than I.
When I want something that will work, I might buy a 'mid-range' scope.
When I want it to be dead-nuts reliable and last forever, I buy a Leupold.
Re-branding a Chinese made scope is not the same as building a top product with a no question, all eternity warranty. I would be cautious on Redfield.
Leupold OWNS Redfield.
We're not talking about re-branding scopes. No one said anything of the sort.
It's a simple statement: Leupold OWNS Redfield.
As for the product lines under the Redfield name...
The Revolution scopes are made in Oregon.
The Renegade, Revenge, and Battlezone scopes are made in the Philippines. (Just like Nikon, Barska, Bushnell, Vortex, Weaver, and many more brands that people rarely complain about being imported...
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From what I have read, the Redfield imports are being made by a Japanese optics company that owns a lot of manufacturing and assembly sites in Japan, China, and the Philippines. They manufacture scopes for pretty much EVERYONE that doesn't make their scopes in-house.
Depending upon the 'quality level' of the scope, it could have Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, or German glass. They use whatever fits the price point. -- For example, their "Nikko Stirling" and "Tasco" scopes get Chinese glass, but the "Bushnell 3200 Elite" and "Bushnell 4200 Elite" scopes got Japanese or German glass. (For the Bushnells, that's: German design for an American company, cosmetically modified by another American company, 'built' by a Japanese company, glass ground by Japanese or German contractors, and assembled by Filipino labor using primarily Chinese or Japanese parts; before being transported trans-Pacific by the lowest bidder, for a company head-quartered in the Mid-west. Given that supply chain... It's no wonder that most modern scope warranties suck.)
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When the Revenge line was first introduced (it was the first import scope for Redfield after Leupold involvement), the warranties did differ between the Revenge and Revolution lines. I have not checked recently, however, so I don't know if the current warranty is still sub-par on the imports.
