Slooshark1
CGN frequent flyer
I had to come to Portland, Oregon for a business trip to buy some equipment for our shop. While I was on my way here, it kind of dawned on me that Leupold is also in the state of Oregon. I had lots of meetings and work to do to get all my equipment ready to ship and didn't have a lot of extra time. I thought I'd phone Leupold, just for fun, to see if I could come for a tour of their facility. After all, I do own 4 Leupold scopes and really like them. I left a message with a fellow there and he called me back and invited me for a tour. I arrived there yesterday afternoon and spent 2 hours touring the entire facility. I watched how the make scope tubes out of Aluminium blanks, how the place the erector systems in, how they make the different reticles. How they test them. It takes them 14 minutes to completely manufacture a scope from start to finish. The CNC equipment they have there is worth several million dollars. The scopes are all assembled by hand and inspected many times. They even have a 100 yard indoor target range. When I went into the target range, there were a couple of big shot Leupold guys holding a Cooper Arms rifle and discussing mounting a scope on it. I'll tell you right now that that Cooper Rifle was without a doubt, the nicest rifle I have ever seen in my life. When the tour was over, this fellow invited me back to his office where he unlocked his filing cabinet and gave me an oilskin ballcap that said Leupold 1907-2007 on it and 100 years on the side. He also gave me a Leupold Keychain, some crests, stickers and a Leupold lens pen. I was really impressed with the entire operation. I'm looking forward to buying my next scope already.
