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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Elkins45 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/16/2014 at 06:35
Originally posted by tahqua tahqua wrote:

Was that one new?

Yes it is.
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Koshkin or anyone else............... What optics company in Japan makes the Vixen line of rifle scopes?  I seem to hit a dead-end on every internet search I try.

Thanks, in advance, for any information you can provide.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote koshkin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/17/2014 at 18:37
Originally posted by patekatek patekatek wrote:

Koshkin or anyone else............... What optics company in Japan makes the Vixen line of rifle scopes?  I seem to hit a dead-end on every internet search I try.

Thanks, in advance, for any information you can provide.

Not sure.  I have not seen a Vixen rifle scope in a long time.

Why do you care?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote patekatek Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/17/2014 at 18:59
There is one for sale for under $200.   4-16x44. 
I care because I've read that "Made In Japan" doesn't necessarily equate to high quality.  Since there are several Japanese providers I'm hoping that LOW is, or might be, the maker of the Vixen.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote koshkin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/17/2014 at 19:09
Originally posted by patekatek patekatek wrote:

There is one for sale for under $200.   4-16x44. 
I care because I've read that "Made In Japan" doesn't necessarily equate to high quality.  Since there are several Japanese providers I'm hoping that LOW is, or might be, the maker of the Vixen.

Any and every OEM manufacturer makes products to a price point.  Being made by LOW does not guarantee anything since they make a wide range of products.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mike McDonald Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/17/2014 at 19:39

I seem to recall a couple  of highly praised nearly indestructible scopes made in the Philippines.

I believe these are still made on the island and are still in demand.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote patekatek Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/17/2014 at 19:40
Thanks, ILya.   This scope business is something else.  Think I will stay with the known brands.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hatton mann Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/18/2014 at 16:45
What about the Vortex scopes, like the Vipers And the Razors ?
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Originally posted by hatton mann hatton mann wrote:

What about the Vortex scopes, like the Vipers And the Razors ?

Vipers are made in the Phillipines.
Razors are made in Japan.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Roy Finn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/18/2014 at 20:46
Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

Originally posted by Son of Ed Son of Ed wrote:

Leupolds are made in Beaverton, Oregon...and I believe the Redfields are also made there at Leupold's facility.   




Assembled, would be more accurate. Glass comes from China, Korea or Japan depending on the product.

Same for the smaller mechanicals.


Kind of like Toyota advertising that the Tundra is proudly made in America. I think the only part of the (Leupold) scope actually made in the USA is the scope tube.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rjtfroggy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/19/2014 at 09:58

 What about the SS variables.
 Koshkin you said the fixed power what about the rest.
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Originally posted by rjtfroggy rjtfroggy wrote:


 What about the SS variables.
 Koshkin you said the fixed power what about the rest.


All SS scopes are made in Japan.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Rammagnum Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/02/2014 at 20:37

Where are the current Weaver 3-9x56 Super Slam and 2.5-10x50 Classic Extreme made currently?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote verminator Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/02/2014 at 12:29
super slams are jap...the latest classic extremes's are made in the  Phillipines...and not a patch on the original which was japBig Smile the vixen rifle scope's are jap...the 2.5-10x56 looks a dead ringer for the original jap classic extreme from weaverExcellent

Edited by verminator - November/03/2014 at 13:32
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