Rifle Scopes Cabelas scopes made in china?
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A lot of them are. There are some generic chicom scopes manufacturers that will brand the scopes to various companies. I cannot say for every one Cabelas sell, but the few i looked at were, so I never looked at them again.
That's the way I feel. They are secretive about where their stuff is made because they're ashamed.
Possibly, but most likely its just a business strategy. The mark up on those chicom scopes are pretty decent and there is a market for them. For every shooter with a $5k rig with $3k glass, there is a hunter who just wants to fill their freezer. They buy a budget rifle, in their means, 1 box of ammo, cheap scope, and will use that box of ammo for the next three four seasons, poppin deer.
usually it is written on the box, but always on the bottom of the scope.
usually it is written on the box, but always on the bottom of the scope.
the newer ones look like china crap.
while Cabelas was still declining, but before they totally lost their way, they had the good sense to contract with Meopta for their glass. Those scopes were very good and are still warranted by meopta.
while Cabelas was still declining, but before they totally lost their way, they had the good sense to contract with Meopta for their glass. Those scopes were very good and are still warranted by meopta.
Sounds like I need to be in the market for a Meopta. Thanks.
Speaking of crap (relatively speaking), there's a movie called Mine, with Armie Hammer. He plays a Marine (Scout Sniper?) sharpshooter. In one shot, we get a clear look at his camoed-out bolt gun. And there, for all the world to see, is a .... Barska.
It's the little things...
Speaking of crap (relatively speaking), there's a movie called Mine, with Armie Hammer. He plays a Marine (Scout Sniper?) sharpshooter. In one shot, we get a clear look at his camoed-out bolt gun. And there, for all the world to see, is a .... Barska.
It's the little things...
I used to enjoy going to Living History airshows and seeing the "german snipers" with their yugo mausers and tasco scopes with kwiksite rings. At least some had the decency to wrap them in burlap to camouflage the way they were sodomizing history.
And yeah, meoptas are great. Meopta and Zeiss are the brands I have most of, since dumping the vast majority of my leupolds.
To.my understanding one of the euro line is meopta glass and one model is vortex everything else is china
as I mentioned, the euro line were meopta meopros. the only difference was the label. cabelas does not contract with meopta for those scopes anymore and blew them all out of inventory a few years ago, so unless you buy a used one on ebay, you'll have to get one of the new czech made meopros with better glass coatings for the same price.
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yes, but as of 2017 at least, the R1 uses the same glass and coatings as the Meopro; the R2 uses a different composition (again, as of 2017) that is why the r1 and meopros are listed as 92% and the R2s are listed at 94.
The R1 is a better built scope, but honestly I cant see any difference in twilight brightness between my R1 and meopros, which matches their stated information.
right now all Meoptas are made in the Czech Republic. For a while they assembled them in NY, then they moved operations to FL and assembly back to EU
Got it, I have the meostar 10x42’s and the S2 spotter and I know they are the same as the Cabelas euro brand just rebranded Meopta, I didn’t know that about the scope and had no idea they were ever building in US I thought always in Czech Republic.
