Rifle Scopes Counterfeit Zeiss?

[HousePlant]

Conquest Rifle Scope Carl Zeiss Sports Optics | eBay

<p>Conquest Rifle Scope Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. The crosshairs are red green and black the tube is a 1 inch tube.Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.</p>

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This eBay listing is for a "Zeiss" scope that I don't think ever existed.

I don't think Zeiss ever made a 6-24x50 scope with white lettering and both a green and red illuminated reticle.

Correct? Interestingly a scope with this same description was called out on another similar forum years ago.

If it's fake, do what I did and report it -- if you have nothing better to do, haha.

 

[918v]

It’s like imitation crab.

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[Hesperidins]

Ignoring the optical spec and illumination, it looks very fake.

I have *very* limited exposure to Zeiss scopes but none that I have seen have an objective bell like in the picture. The parallax knob is missing the blue Zeiss logo. The font is wrong. The Carl Zeiss having "TM". No space between 6-24x50 and "AOMC". I happen to even have an AO MC model yet the AO is not there. So, it (mine) looks like "6.5-20x50 MC". Note my lowercase "x" in the scope spec vs the pictures having an uppercase. "Conquest" has the wrong font spacing. "Assembled in USA" font is too large.

 

[Millron]

Fake. About a year ago there was a crook dealer at a local gun show selling a couple of these. I politely pointed out that it was a fake and he got all defensive. he was trying to charge some poor unknowing bastard $500 for it. He started to get all agitated and I just started to get louder explaining it was a fake, he took it off the table. I looked thru it, it wasn't "horrible" but sure wasn't any precision german optics.

 

[JaoeyP]

Fake. About a year ago there was a crook dealer at a local gun show selling a couple of these. I politely pointed out that it was a fake and he got all defensive. he was trying to charge some poor unknowing bastard $500 for it. He started to get all agitated and I just started to get louder explaining it was a fake, he took it off the table. I looked thru it, it wasn't "horrible" but sure wasn't any precision german optics.

That son of a gun deserves to be horse whipped.

 

[HousePlant]

I emailed Zeiss and they got back to me today stating it was indeed a fake. I also reported to them 5 other listings of similar-looking scopes, all fake. Reported them to eBay, who will probably do nothing.

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

There is a Conquest scope made in China that scumbags are calling Zeiss.
Always someone trying to separate us from our hard earned pingers.

 

[jhoyda]

It’s like imitation crab.

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I often require the “double enjoyment of visual and touch” in my optics.

 

[frankxtc]

They counterfeit everything.
I have encountered lots of auto parts that were fakes - Motorcraft oil filters, Leece-Neville alternators, Nippon-Denso starters.
Fake Surefire batteries.
Oakley sunglasses, it is endless.

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

And of course, tools made of Chinesium , the weakest metal known to mankind.

 

[Asiparks]

And S&B....though this says "Made in Germany" right on it, so it's probably $397.80 well spent....

Schmidt Bender 5-22x50 FFP Tactical Hunting Glass Reticle Anti-shock Scope NEW | eBay

Reticle: Glass Enhanced Reticle. One Tube: Yes. Illuminated: Red & Green (Open: Press the button for 1 second, Close: press the button for 5 to 6 seconds. Change color: Press the button for about 3 seconds).

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[Outofsight]

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 scope - sporting goods - by owner - sale

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 target turret illuminated Mil-Dot reticle scope. Original box and...

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Do you think this might be a counterfeit Zeiss? I was looking at it and I'm not familiar with Zeiss to know.

 

[hlee]

Ebay doesn't care about fakes. Their policy is that the buyer should know what they are looking at and bid accordingly. I believe it was stated something to the effect that "if the buyer doesn't know that it is fake, and bought it for much less than the real thing, then they got what they wanted." If you don't KNOW, don't bid.

 

[HousePlant]

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 scope - sporting goods - by owner - sale

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 target turret illuminated Mil-Dot reticle scope. Original box and...

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Do you think this might be a counterfeit Zeiss? I was looking at it and I'm not familiar with Zeiss to know.

That's not real. Zeiss never labeled their scopes with gold lettering.

Pretty sure it's effectively the same as this counterfeit junk: https://www.wish.com/product/carl-z...10f3f24ff38cb?hide_login_modal=true&share=web

 

[Outofsight]

I figured, I sure do appreciate the input. Thank you

 

[JaoeyP]

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 scope - sporting goods - by owner - sale

Zeiss Conquest 4-16x40 target turret illuminated Mil-Dot reticle scope. Original box and...

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Do you think this might be a counterfeit Zeiss? I was looking at it and I'm not familiar with Zeiss to know.

Absolutely counterfeit. Nothing from them in recent years has had an adjustable objective, if they've had adjustable parallax it's on the left side of the scope.

 

[Knighter300]

Probably they come from the same factory that makes the fake Leupold.

Years ago I went to visit the Dragon Mart, located in Dubai, it's the largest trading hub outside China. In the hardware department several tool sets and tool boxes were labeled as made in Italy and made in Germany. Next time I go, I will see what they have for scopes.

 

[Outofsight]

Its good to buy from reputable businesses these days to say the least. The guy that was selling the scope didn't even know it was fake. He was pissed that he was taken advantage of and didn't even realize it.

 

[Rlandry]

Ebay and any other auction sites... Caveat Emptor