Eotech now made in China?

**jparish62** · 03-11-14, 12:01

Yesterday I was shopping for a 553 and when I asked if the shop I was at carried them the owner told me he doesn't stock them anymore because, among other things such as their warranty and CS, they are made in China now. This struck me as a bit odd as I am aware of defense contracting regulations for materials of products that are manufactured are to be domestically sourced if possible first (dfars). I would assume that a similar regulation would apply to end products as well except in certain cases with allies (aimpoint, bae etc). He said that they are made in the same factory as the sightmark red dots and then proceeded to push those. Anyone else ever heard this?

**Just Prince** · 03-11-14, 12:13

I highly doubt that. EOTech sights are manufactered in the same factory as Bushnell and made in the USA. EOTech is owned by L3 Communications a huge defense contrattor based in NOVA. A quick search of the L3 Communications website yielded no links to Sightmark. This is Sightmarks parent company: http://www.sellmark.net/.

**Wake27** · 03-11-14, 12:18

That last part gives it all away. Don't use that place again.

**William B.** · 03-11-14, 12:18

He doesn't sell EOTechs because they are supposedly made in China, but proceeded to push another optic that was "made in the same factory"? Sounds really credible.

I believe EOTechs are made in the US. There are Chinese EOTech knock-offs. Maybe he got a hold of one of those and didn't realize what he actually had.