Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Looks like Weaver is back in the rifle scope business

The Jap Weavers were good scopes. I have several that have served me well. Not interested in one from the chinks or gooks.

Hey, this phone is made in Korea. SOaB it works good. On the other hand, Weaver Kaspa, chink chink chink chink...

No, it is not.

Looks like this new Weaver is only sold by Natchez..

They look tremendously like a Bushnell to me.

Buy one scope get free kimchi.

I like Weaver but don't find the duplex reticle very useful compared to all the other offerings out there now.....

where can I get kimchi?? I love it..

Since I went ahead and bought one of these scopes from Natchez I can answer the question. It's marked Korea. Pictures follow but if for some reason you are looking at this thread months/years after I post this the picture links may be broken. The scope is clearly marked "Korea"

I want to give Weaver another try......but won't.

My sheep/deer/bad weather rifle wore a Grandslam for years. It was beat up good and was a great optic for many seasons. After one particularly cold day deer hunting in South Dakota, the scope fogged internally.

I sent it in for Warranty work. Customer service returned the scope saying that due to "excessive use" the warranty was null and void. I called and spent an hour of my life talking to a customer service rep, and her supervisor. They stood by their decision.

In my opinion, the Weaver name and the warranty mean little when it's under new ownership every few years.

The above happened 15 years ago, so to be fair, today's Weaver may be different, but I'll stick with Leupold and Burris.

What do you think about the optical quality, eye box and eye relief?

It'd possibly look good on a RAR.


Is Bushnell going to Warrant legacy Weaver products or what's the scoop?

Politics aside, the specs look a bit skimpy to me, adjustment range in particular. Not crazy about the appearance either, but I’m an old fart with old notions. I’ve had good service from some Korean Bushnell Trophy XLTs on “budget” rifles, a 4-12 AO in particular. No guarantee these are made by the same folks, obviously.

As for kimchi, a little goes a long way with me. I’m more of a sauerkraut guy.

“ And it looks like it was not just a "special run" ,either-
Here they be on Weaver"s newly updated website-”

If you click on each scope it says, “Exclusively Available at Natchez”, so I’m thinking it might be a special run.

I do not consider myself enough of a scope expert to really give anyone much guidance. It's a sub-$200 scope so I do not expect it to be perfect. Seems Ok to me.

Korea makes quite a few of the newer bushnell scopes too. Forge, nitro etc

From the looks of these new Weaver scopes on the website, they look like slightly modified and relabeled Bushnell scopes...

the funny part is most of us, well especially me will not buy them cause they are not LOW produced japan products. but the company had to do something different because the general public wouldn't pay for solidly built japan stuff, instead buying the junk vortex sells. its really sad, that the industry is moved this way. I even see it happening with Zeiss. Zeiss has a totally badass line of scopes with the V4 line, but the problem is they aren't really sold in stores around me anymore. but for that matter it seems like all the stores have been constantly lessening their instock riflescope lines.

Shut up and test more scopes. That’s your true talent. Go forth...

A Korea made Weaver would really spiff up a RAR.