Originally Posted by
SageRatSafaris
I'm glad you found it useful. As a hobby, I maintain a database of 1400+ optics (all the major brands: rifle scopes, reflex red dots, holos, and prism scopes), and have tried to capture Country of Assembly for all of them. It was certainly an eye-opening experience to see how many optics are Chinese.
Aggregate data for the whole optics database:
Counry Count of Assembled
Austria 29
Canada 7
China 447
Colorado 1
Czechia 30
Germany 131
Germany or Hungary 8
Israel 9
Japan 227
Japan or Phillipines 11
Myanmar 9
Non-Chicom 2
Phillipines 149
Romania 27
South Korea 42
Sweden 25
UK 6
Unknown 5
USA 246
USA and Austria 2
Grand Total 1413
The two labeled non-Chicom are C-More reflex red dots. I'm pretty sure they aren't made in China, but I don't know where they are assembled.
Edit: The following companies assemble at least one optic in the USA: Leupold, Burris, EOTech, FLIR, Meopta, Nightforce, Sig Sauer, Steiner, Trijicon, US Optics, Vortex, and Zero Compromise.
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