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www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4uvhXHNMhA

Interesting video. The host is a little hard to take though.

Was that an Eliminator that the wife took a saw to? Lol

Real good video. Sent it to my friend who has a broken burris.

I made it 1:47 in… that host is too much for me.

I watched the video hoping to eyeball the scope I sent in for repair that they just kept....no replacement, no resolution offered, no response to communication.

It's probably holding the door to the lunch room open.

Yeah,the host seems a little immature for the task @ hand.

I thought they were made in China and the Philippines?

Details? I've had nothing but good luck with Burris customer service...

I think it would be cool to tour a scope factory! Maybe I can watch this muted ...

I think it would be cool to tour a scope factory! Maybe I can watch this muted ...

They never mention where the glass is made. I'd be interested to know that.

So Al Burris straight up “stole” your scope?

I think majority of Burris scopes are now made in the Philippines. I used to own a Black Diamond that was a great scope, just upgraded to better glass in a Leupold LPS. The glass is made by Leica and is outstanding for late evening and early morn hunts. It is a Rock Solid scope.

Probably not appropriate for this thread. Good video of the production facility...thank gawd for the 'mute' button.

Good shootin' -Al

Sorry Al, didn't mean to dredge up any bad memories.

Yep! Jim Harmer is stale.

Fotis, I always understood that the Fullfield II and Droptine scopes are made in the Philippines and the Fullfield IV's are made in China. I am pretty sure this is accurate.

I checked around just now and even publications conflict each other.

A Barrett Rifles website article from as Jan 5th, 2024 (yes this year) says Burris scopes are made in the USA, Japan, and the Philippines. That's it.

I think they missed the ones being made in China unless something has very recently changed.

The only model line they directly specify country of origin is the XTR III, saying these are made in the USA. They leave us to guess the rest.

To me, that would leave the Burris Signature line to be Japanese - by process of elimination.

i have some Burris scopes all seem to work just fine. i have a Burris 1-6x24 illuminate that is mounted on a 22 K-Hornet that hangs in the garage all year long rather its 90 degrees or 20 something below. cat has knock the rifle down twice both times has landed on the top of the scope with a dent now ,even broke the stock bad that had to be fixed by a gunsmith ,but that scope still holds zero , circle reticle lights up and works fine and still kills plenty critters around the yard all year long. tuffis scope i have ever seen i now have 5 of these scopes mounted on rifles.

As far as I know there's no glass being produced here. Probably thanks to government regulations and fees it's another thing imported.

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I have a Signature HD 3-15x44 it says Made in China on the bottom....

Interesting video - very labor intensive product to produce.

No worries.

Yesterday, I dug out a Burris 6HBR for a new build for the 2024 season. But there's a Weaver T6, a Sightron HBR and a Leupold FX3 Competition Hunter here too...I'm not working without a net.

Good shootin' -Al

^^^^This

If Burris was the only scope manufacture in the World I wouldn't own a scope.....iron sights would be what i would use and trust.....haven't owned Burris in 30 + years will never ever own anything made by them...
Had a 6-18 Burris scope on a Ruger 10-22 22 mag. 3 shots and an inside lens cracked....had a Burris 1 3/4-5 scope on a Remington 11-87 4 shots and the cross hairs disappeared....those were the fastest destruction on any scope made....Burris scopes that I have sent back over 20 that lasted more shots just failed and they were not on AR-15's shooting 5.56 but large calibers....
When I went on out of State or the Country hunts I would bring 2 extra Burris scopes sighted in just in case and had a few fog or not work over the years I used them....
Now using Nikons and Trijicons I only need to bring one extra and have never had to use one.....

Burris could go out of business for all I care ! They cost me a lot of grief over the years I tried to use them there just plane JUNK !

Wow, I've had probably a dozen FFIIs and a couple of FF E1s over the last 25 or so years and still have 6 I think. Never even had to call Customer service, have had not a single issue with any of them.

I’m with brokenarrow on this one. I have owned a bunch of Burris scopes over the years and still have around 10 FF2’s mounted on various rifles. Never had an issue with a single one.

Same here--but coyotewacker hasn't owned a Burris in 30 years. Always amazing how some shooters assume all products stay the same over time--though have also known quite a few shooters who over-tighten scope rings, which can cause problems, with more brands than others.

Have owned a pile of Fullfield IIs over the last quarter-century--and the ONLY one that failed was my last USA-made one. According to my shooting notebook, got it the year before Burris switched production to the Philippines. This happened a couple years ago, and it had been on a pile of rifles for a lot of rounds over those years.

So far haven't had a Philippines FFII fail, and have used a number of 'em on rifles up to the .300 Weatherby Magnum. Might also mention, once again, that Burris did NOT just have a "similar" scope made in a Philippine factory. Instead they provided the machinery, and taught the workers how to use it.

The manufacturing of rifle scopes has changed considerably over the decades, even in the "same" factories....

I must say that I was impressed with Burris.