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I don't own many guns. I just bought a Winchester Model 70 .300 WM. I needed a scope so I bought a Leupold scope off ebay from a seller in the USA. After waiting a month to receive it I find out that customs held the scope and I was refunded my money from the seller. It turns out most scope manufactures have put a stop to Canadians buying scopes in the USA.

I started looking at the Redfield scopes. I found a hardware store near by that deals with them. I ordered the Redfield Revolution 3-9x50mm with Accu-Range for $279. I couldn't really afford much more. My question is... is this a decent scope? I would really like some input from some people who know a little more about scopes as I don't really know much at all. Thanks.
 
I needed a scope so I bought a Leupold scope off ebay from a seller in the USA. After waiting a month to receive it I find out that customs held the scope and I was refunded my money from the seller. It turns out most scope manufactures have put a stop to Canadians buying scopes in the USA.
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Customs doesn't seize a scope because of a scope manufacturer's wishes, they usually seize the scope because there was no permit to export it out of the USA.
 
No. Export of an optical sight for a firearm is regulated by U.S. authorities. The person exporting it has to get proper permits or they are breaking U.S. law. (And if the manufacturer didn't get the item licensed to be exportable, the wholesaler, retailer, or anyone else can't get an export permit.) Some U.S. sellers don't even bother applying for these export permits because they can sell enough in the U.S. that they don't care for the extra paperwork for the relatively small profits to be made selling to Canadian buyers.

Your Redfield is a good scope, made by Leupold and backed by Leupold's lifetime warranty (not limited to the original purchaser, so it helps resale value, too.) The price sounds a little high, but it will probably last the rest of your life so don't go kicking yourself that you might have saved a few bucks. Enjoy your new gun.
 
Thanks TheTooner. I was told by Optics Planet that Canadians sellers were pissed that Canadians were buying scopes in the USA for a cheaper price and that's why they couldn't ship a Redfield scope to me. This is why I looked locally and found one close to home. Guess who ever I talked too was BSing me.
 
I have 2 (one on a .300wm) and both are clear, well made, and have held up to 3 hard arctic winters so far, (plus numerous fall and spring hunts). They took a total banging around from the skidoo mounted rifle in -35 or colder. Problem free, no different than my Leupold VX1 scopes. I honestly cant tell much difference AT ALL in durability and glass clarity.
 
GumbyFromLumby said:
Thanks TheTooner. I was told by Optics Planet that Canadians sellers were pissed that Canadians were buying scopes in the USA for a cheaper price and that's why they couldn't ship a Redfield scope to me. This is why I looked locally and found one close to home. Guess who ever I talked too was BSing me.
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What do you mean BS? Korth is the exclusive Canadian distributor. They charge dealers more, so you pay more. US retailers can sell the same scope for less money but because of Korth's exclusive distributor rights for the Canadian market they can't ship any Leupold (Redfield) products north of the border.
 
bwindsor said:
For the same price you can pick up a Bushnell Elite 3-9 X 40. Excellent optics and warranty for the price.:50cal:
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I'll never own another bushnell scope after using redfields.
the glass is better, clicks are tighter.
I've had, and seen too many bushnells fail.
 
na1lb0hm said:
I'll never own another bushnell scope after using redfields.
the glass is better, clicks are tighter.
I've had, and seen too many bushnells fail.
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I like the redfields glass but 2 out of 3 I looked at a few weeks back had mushy adjustments when i was comparing it with a burris fullfield and a vortex diamondback. I went with the vortex as all 3 had comparable glass and similarily priced. Btw not a fan of bushnell either.
 
na1lb0hm said:
I'll never own another bushnell scope after using redfields.
the glass is better, clicks are tighter.
I've had, and seen too many bushnells fail.
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Better glass, not IMO, Rainguard, bright clear glass, My 4200 on a 300wm in a soft case that was left on a car roof only to fall of at about 40mph. Never so much as lost zero, was still bang on the money. Recoil tested to the equivalent of 10,000rds of 375 hh recoil before they pass QC. FAIL...NOT. Any company can give you the world of a warranty, but not much good it does when your out hunting. IMO for the price Elite can't be competed with.
 
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Leg said:
What do you mean BS? Korth is the exclusive Canadian distributor. They charge dealers more, so you pay more. US retailers can sell the same scope for less money but because of Korth's exclusive distributor rights for the Canadian market they can't ship any Leupold (Redfield) products north of the border.
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Yes, that's a different matter. If the maker, Leupold/Redfield didn't get their product licensed for export it would be illegal for them or anyone else to export them, and no export permits would be issued. Since they did get them licensed, they can get the necessary U.S. government permits to export them to their Canadian distributor, Korth, but as far as that goes, the U.S. government permits for export could be applied for by any other wholesaler/retailer/private owner to sell them to Korth or anyone else in Candada. But Leupold or any other manufacturer is free to make it a condition of selling to U.S. customers that they not re-sell/export to somewhere like Canada where the maker has a granted exclusive distribution rights to a company like Korth. That is a matter of private contractual obligations, not something the U.S. government would enforce by not granting the export permits.

It's not always BS. Some dealers would not consider selling optics to Canadian customers even it the manufacturer had licensed their products for export and not placed any restrictive contract terms on re-selling, because they think learning the export permits just isn't worth the trouble for the volume of potential sales to Canadians. Some of them may be wrong about that sometimes, but it's their business.
 
Blegend said:
Revolution yes, revenge no, the revenge is made overseas
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Just curious - how do you know this for sure? I don't see this indicated on the Redfield website. Not doubting it, just wondering if you can verify this (post a picture of packaging, maybe?)

EDIT: Googled around, and yes, it seems the Revenge scopes are made offshore. :(

I have the 3x9x40 and 4x12x40 Revolution scopes - love them both.
 
Ever tried to see through a Redfield in low light? Personally I only run Bushnell Elite 3200/4200s and Leupolds. Everyone seems to thing because Leupold owns Redfield, that they are comparable scopes. This is absolutely not true.
 
GumbyFromLumby said:
Thanks TheTooner. I was told by Optics Planet that Canadians sellers were pissed that Canadians were buying scopes in the USA for a cheaper price and that's why they couldn't ship a Redfield scope to me. This is why I looked locally and found one close to home. Guess who ever I talked too was BSing me.
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I was going to suggest that Del would sell you one as cheap as you will get it anywhere, but sounds like you have already been there!
 
H4831 said:
I was going to suggest that Del would sell you one as cheap as you will get it anywhere, but sounds like you have already been there!
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Called Del's first. They said they don't carry the Redfield's.

Got the call today that my scope is in. I will be picking it up in the morning and dropping it off at Del's to get mounted and bore sighted.
 
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