Chinese Made Optics

[SageRatSafaris]

Here's my list of (nearly) all LPVOs (163 LPVOs, 392 reticles), with the country of assembly for each optic. It was a huge pain to compile, I hope y'all find it useful.

And here's the aggregate counts by country of assembly:

Austria 4
Canada 2
China 50
Czech Republic 4
Germany 21
Japan 44
Japan or Phillipines 1
Myanmar 4
Phillipines 8
Romania 2
South Korea 4
USA 19

In the Search field of the page I linked above, if you enter "USA", it'll show you just the 19 optics assembled in the USA.

[Disciple]

It was a huge pain to compile, I hope y'all find it useful.

Yes, very! Thank you.

[Vegas]

That is quite the compilation. Very useful, thanks.

[1168]

Thank you once again, SageRatSafaris.

[maximus83]

+1 @SageRatSafaris, that is is awesome, sometimes that info can be really hard to find.

Was browsing your site just now, I see you have a similar list for red dots, and micro red dots for handguns. Fantastic information for the whole shooting community. I was getting almost bummed out trying to find a non-Aimpoint red dot sight for my .22 that was quality construction, and NOT made in China, actually there are a lot of them, more than I realized.

https://sageratsafaris.com/master-li...battle-sights/
https://sageratsafaris.com/micro-red...-for-handguns/

[SageRatSafaris]

+1 @SageRatSafaris, that is is awesome, sometimes that info can be really hard to find.

Was browsing your site just now, I see you have a similar list for red dots, and micro red dots for handguns. Fantastic information for the whole shooting community. I was getting almost bummed out trying to find a non-Aimpoint red dot sight for my .22 that was quality construction, and NOT made in China, actually there are a lot of them, more than I realized.

https://sageratsafaris.com/master-li...battle-sights/
https://sageratsafaris.com/micro-red...-for-handguns/

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.

[dhrith]

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.

Thanks for the work/access.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I have only exclusively used RMR's on my carry and duty guns. Tough as nails optic. I change the batteries every year on my birthday. Recently, a coworker brought in a G17 with Holosun 507 V2 on it and wow, that little thing is everything I wish my RMR is. Better clarity, external battery, surprisingly useful reticles, and according to Sage Dynamics, it's as tough as an RMR.

Call me a commie, I don't care, but I am strongly considering a 507...

[mig1nc]

Truly an amazing effort.

I was wondering if your search engine can except a negative or not search?

Like -China
Or !China


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[SageRatSafaris]

Truly an amazing effort.

I was wondering if your search engine can except a negative or not search?

Like -China
Or !China


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Sorry, I haven't implemented that feature, although I have myself wished I had on numerous occasions. I'll put it on the to-do list.