Leupold® Rifleman Scope?

It would be extemely difficult for a scope manufacture to gring their own optics. It would be easier for an optics manufacturer to make their own scopes! Having said that all Leupold scopes are manufactured at Beaverton Oregon.
Some binos aren't.
I have been to the plant and it is awesome! I have seen the raw aluminum product that is used to build the scopes. Some scopes are built from a solid one piece aluminum round stock. Some are built from two piece aluminum tube. They are now manufacturing some of their own reticles. The anodizing is done at another company near by.They recycle more brand new aluminum shavings from building tubes than you can even imagine!
Even the rings and bases are made there.
This company has been family owned for over 100 years, and is now on it's fifth generation of owners, and it has employees who have worked there their whole life.
They even manufacture a lot of their own tooling and are consulted by machine manufacturers on how to optimize the machines that they have bought from those manufacturers.
They have a machine that impact tests all scopes and an enviroment testing set up to test scopes for leaking, fogging etc.
Anything that is made out of house,like lenses, is very closely monitered.
And before you ask no you can't tour the plant, State department is very strict about who can get past the reception area. I have to be escorted everywhere when I am there for training.
 
Some shops are selling the VX-I and the Rifleman at the same price...? (LeBarons & Cabelas Canada etc etc)

I was over at BassPro in Michigan yesterday they have the Rifleman priced properly at about 35% less than the VX-I.

The VX-I were going for $229.99 American.
The Rifleman was selling for $159.99 American.

Don't over spend on the Rifleman.
 
Whatever scope you go with make sure you get extension rings, the savage long actions are excessively long and even if the scope fits the ring you'll want to get proper eye relief. The front ring will likely be your problem, it is for my savage 114 and 4200 3x9 using burris sig z rings (i think, it's the rings with the plastic inserts). My eye relief is just a bit too short with the 4200 but it usable. I might end up putting my vx1 4x12 on the rifle because the eye relief is longer at low (hunting) magnifications - I'm in NB. The 4200 has constant eye relief through magnification, and the tube design gets it back a bit further on the rifle... I cant remember if the gain is worth the swap to the lesser scope...
If you can do it go with the bushnell 3x9 elite 4200, i got mine online this spring for $300 plus ship/tax. It easily beats the vx1 in brightness and especially clarity. I'm on the verge of getting millet extension rings but havent yet because they dont come in matt like the scope, and I hate to risk marking the tube without the plastic inserts (I know, anal but I spend a lot of time looking at the rifle and looks do matter to me).
 
t would be extemely difficult for a scope manufacture to gring their own optics. It would be easier for an optics manufacturer to make their own scopes! Having said that all Leupold scopes are manufactured at Beaverton Oregon.
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Leupold scopes are assembled in the USA just like the Zeiss Conquest and some Swarovski models.Leupold imports their lenses from Asia,and Zeiss and Swarovski import their lenses from Europe.

I personally would much rather own an Elite 3200 than either a Rifleman or VXI.
 
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