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Am I wrong or is this a fake? #18436647 05/19/23
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA Joel/AK OP Campfire Tracker
OP Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA	https://www.gunbroker.com/item/987776167#carousel-modal-view-item Besides the price. The band is marked Leupold and all but the serial # location and the number itself had me chuckle. Last edited by Joel/AK; 05/19/23.

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Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436671 05/19/23
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,426 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger
PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,426 Metairie, LA	A+ rated seller.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436680 05/19/23
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA Joel/AK OP Campfire Tracker
OP Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA	My question is the seller has alot of them. Leupold uses either a prefix or suffix letter in the serial number. Also the serial is on the bottom not the side of the bell. I'm just curious, most here know more about glass than I do

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436708 05/19/23
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alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 27,799 TN	It doesn’t say Leupold anywhere in the ad. It’s $99 . Here’s your sign

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436719 05/19/23
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,121 OMAHA 260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana
260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,121 OMAHA	100% fake. You can find them on eBay for between $50 and $100. One of my friends bought some 2-7x33 fakes for his grandkids and they have held up through a couple thousand rounds of .22 fired through an FIE Nylon 22, a Marlin 795, and a couple of 10/22s. They came in copies of Leupold boxes and had box fillers that you'd expect to get with a real Leupold. The knock-offs that my friend got all had the same bogus serial number.

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Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? alwaysoutdoors #18436736 05/19/23
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA Joel/AK OP Campfire Tracker
OP Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA	Originally Posted by alwaysoutdoors It doesn’t say Leupold anywhere in the ad. It’s $99 . Here’s your sign Exactly. Wonder how many fall for it.they see that gold band, zoom in and see leupold blah, blah. They don't claim leupold so it covers their a$$'s

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436848 05/19/23
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GreatWaputi Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18,454 OreGONE	Probably tracks

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436954 05/20/23
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River_Ridge Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 3,578 Upstate NY	It also has the gold medallion but there's no "L" in the center. Wag more, bark less. The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed. The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436960 05/20/23
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jc189 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,013 Florida	Obvious knock off.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18436974 05/20/23
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383 O Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger
Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383	Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it.

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Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Oldelkhunter #18436995 05/20/23
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Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,076	Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. Don't they have an expert they can call in?

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Whttail_in_MT #18437029 05/20/23
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Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383	Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. Don't they have an expert they can call in? Owner is an "expert" , some of them have to be disassembeled to see if so. They can call the factory and find out if it is as well. That is true of many other pawn shops taking them in . I am always on the lookout for a watch or a nice rifle or shotgun.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Oldelkhunter #18437053 05/20/23
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260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,121 OMAHA	Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. A pawn ship near me won't take Leupold or any recent manufacture European scopes as they got burned on a couple of fakes. I saw the "Leupold", it was a 3.5-10x40 that looked real even upon close inspection. The only thing that looked a little off was the size of the font of the serial number but it was a very good copy. A lot of the ads for these scopes on eBay with show the "Leupold" box that the scope comes in to lead you to believe that it is genuine. The knock-off 2-7x33s that my friend bought on eBay came with boxes and box fillers that were, AFAICT, identical copies of genuine Leupold in every way.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? 260Remguy #18437059 05/20/23
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Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383	Originally Posted by 260Remguy Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. A pawn ship near me won't take Leupold or any recent manufacture European scopes as they got burned on a couple of fakes. I saw the "Leupold", it was a 3.5-10x40 that looked real even upon close inspection. The only thing that looked a little off was the size of the font of the serial number but it was a very good copy. A lot of the ads for these scopes on eBay with show the "Leupold" box that the scope comes in to lead you to believe that it is genuine. The knock-off 2-7x33s that my friend bought on eBay came with boxes and box fillers that were, AFAICT, identical copies of genuine Leupold in every way. I know of one person that bought a fake from Ebay, he called Leupold and got his money back .

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18437069 05/20/23
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,710 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,710 West of the Blue Ridge	“You can’t cheat an honest man” -W.C. Fields If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. At least the seller doesn’t claim they’re Leupys. These might actually work. Take one for the team and try one out. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Oldelkhunter #18437094 05/20/23
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,076 Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter
Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,076	Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. Don't they have an expert they can call in? Owner is an "expert" , some of them have to be disassembeled to see if so. They can call the factory and find out if it is as well. That is true of many other pawn shops taking them in . I am always on the lookout for a watch or a nice rifle or shotgun. My poke at Pawn Stars must have been a bit opaque.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18437676 05/20/23
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navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,606 ms	I thought that’s what you were hinting about. 😊 NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Pappy348 #18437826 05/20/23
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA Joel/AK OP Campfire Tracker
OP Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,864 RAVENNA	Originally Posted by Pappy348 “You can’t cheat an honest man” -W.C. Fields If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. At least the seller doesn’t claim they’re Leupys. These might actually work. Take one for the team and try one out. Thought about it, run it through the gauntlet and see if it holds up. Spent $100 on worse things. I need another scope for a new 450 bushmaster for deer hunting. It's just the fact of wasting money on more than likely junk that I don't like. My wife does that enough....

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Whttail_in_MT #18437850 05/20/23
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Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383	Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT Originally Posted by Oldelkhunter Pawn shop owner told me last week that they stopped taking in Rolex watches. They cannot tell fakes from authentic without doing a lot of research on it. Don't they have an expert they can call in? Owner is an "expert" , some of them have to be disassembeled to see if so. They can call the factory and find out if it is as well. That is true of many other pawn shops taking them in . I am always on the lookout for a watch or a nice rifle or shotgun. My poke at Pawn Stars must have been a bit opaque. LOL I didn't even pick up on it. Yeah the guy in Pawn stars got bamboozled a few times.

Re: Am I wrong or is this a fake? Joel/AK #18437883 05/20/23
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,710 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,710 West of the Blue Ridge	Originally Posted by Joel/AK Originally Posted by Pappy348 “You can’t cheat an honest man” -W.C. Fields If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. At least the seller doesn’t claim they’re Leupys. These might actually work. Take one for the team and try one out. Thought about it, run it through the gauntlet and see if it holds up. Spent $100 on worse things. I need another scope for a new 450 bushmaster for deer hunting. It's just the fact of wasting money on more than likely junk that I don't like. My wife does that enough.... Please clarify. Is she wasting money on stuff she doesn’t like, or that you don’t like? What fresh Hell is this?

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