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    Posted: January/13/2005 at 17:11
I used to think Burris was made in America... I just bought a spotter and the sticker on it says MADE IN CHINA. I was kind of disappointed.  Is this the same for their scopes?  I also was surprised the spotting scope was only covered by a one-year warranty.
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Fullfield ll scopes are not made in China but some other Asian country (maybe Singapore). They are suppose to be as good as the ones made in the states. I just bought a Burris FFll 3x9 and 20x50 spotter. The scope appeared to be better quality than the spotter but they practically gave the spotter away.

Personally, I like Nikon, Bushnell 3200/4200 (formerly B&L), Leupold and the old Redfields. The Fullfield ll was my first Burris.

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I am not sure how it goes for spotters, but for rifle/pistol scopes this is what I know:  the only Burris scopes not assembled in the US are the ones in the Fullfield II/Free Spotter packaged deal.  Those are assembled in the Phillipines out of the same components.  Burris uses Japanese lenses which are then shipped to their Colorado facility.  I believe that they polish and apply coatings in-house.  Similarly, various internal non-glass parts are manufactured in US and sent to Burris for final assembly.  All scopes that are not in that packaged deal are further assembled in the US.

 

I do not know if their binoculars and spotting scopes are also assembled in Colorado. 

 

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It is not that I expected much from the spotter...  I only paid 50 bucks for it and got a free tri-pod to boot..  Amazing deal..  It appears to work fine.  I just thought I was getting an American product, something that ussually never means anything to me... I just though Burris advertised as an American Company...  So much for advertising!  I bought 4 compact scopes and put them on various guns I have, I have been pretty happy with them, although the eye releif is almost too much.
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