Beware of Fakes

Chris

          You should have some people put theese fakes to the test and see what they can take then post the results for us.

Optic Quality - Zero retention - Durability - Water proof - Test them on various calibers.

 

We'll mount 'em up and run 'em on a few of our "test" guns once the weather gets a little nicer.

 

.50 BMG Barrett

.50 Beowulf Alexander Arms

.338 Lapua Sako

.17 Mach II Magnum Research

 

Its going to be a Rhetorical test though!

 

Not sure who is making them other than orientals.

Weather just started getting nice but it got too nice.  We hit 101 this week.

 

We just got in a bunch of new steel targets.  I'll mount 'em up soon and get some pictures and test results.

We have been testing the fakes that we have and so far none of them have broken.  There is a very noticable difference in them optically as well as fit and finish.  They compare with other scopes in the $100. range.

Originally posted by Sniper6 Chris           You should have some people put theese fakes to the test and see what they can take then post the results for us. Optic Quality - Zero retention - Durability - Water proof - Test them on various calibers.

I bought one, it was marked "Walther". I mounted it on my heavy Ar15 and the recoil made the reticle turn.



This is bi-directional recoil as it is a self loading rifle - I bet it would have been OK on a 22lr or a bolt gun up to 223. That one may have simply been defective though - who knows? The seller refunded my money. The total cost was only $60 (shipped).

Here is the distributor I bought from:
http://tinyurl.com/37shxz

That seller will not say who manufactures his scopes.

Notice they sell all airsoft products, for example a fake H&K MP5. In my opinion the target audience for these scopes is the airsoft kids, they can get a fake sniper rifle and a fake sniper scope to go on it. (pictured below is an airsoft sniper rifle, not mine)



I don't think there is a malicious intent to fool real gunners. I've heard a couple guys were sleazy and tried to sell them as the real deal - this can be avoided : get the serial number of the scope being sold and call Leupold to check. Or better yet buy from SWFA :)

As I said the scope I got was clearly marked Walther and was not a "counterfeit" Leupold (it was a "copy" of a Leupold). Though some are marked Leupold but with an obvious serial number (like 8888SC) again I think this is simply to cater to the realism for airsoft kids.



Think about it, if you saw a Leupold scope at the gunshow with a funky serial number like 8888SC, and the paint on the turrets was worn, would you spend $500 on it? Of course not.

Originally posted by silver   So who is making them? Like I have to guess county of origin...

I have confirmed that there is at least two factories making them in China, this company:

http://www.chinabestsuppliers.com/products_e.htm

Who had this to say about my "Walther" scope:

(quote, sales@chinabestsuppliers.com)

Good evening!

Many thanks for your inquiry and interests in our products,

After a discussion with our managers,

We guess that the "Walther" scope may be made by the manufacturers in Nantong city,

The scope manufacturers in Nantong only make civilian grade scopes,

All our riflescopes are military grade,

1.The price of GF001 3-10x40 is 40USD/pc(including mounts)

The total weight of 1sample(after packing) is around 1.1Kgs

So the shipping cost to USA is 56USD,

2.We offer 2 year warranty on our scopes,

3.Our scopes go through 5 steps of shock-proof testing before shipment,

It's no problem to use with 223 caliber semi-auto rifle,

4.We usually only mark item code,magnification and dial adjustment figures on the scope,

We also can mark company logo on the scope body at request of customers,

All the marking is done with laser engraving,it's everlasting,

(end quote)

Cheers,
Craig

Edited by spystyle

Yes they are selling more fake mounts than optics.