Finished my first Grendel today

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Is this accurate? Or was it once accurate and things changed? Or did they send this robot to their build house or acquire that build house?

• least expensive are Chinese-made Crossfire scopes
• next (significant) step up are Phillipine-made Diamondback riflescopes
• Viper scopes are another step-up in quality (also Phillipine-made)
• at the top of the line-up are the (absolutely world-class) Razor HD riflescopes that are manufactured in Japan.

Straight from the horse's mouth at SHOT. If I post something, keep in mind that I have personal experience with it that I will indicate it is either anecdotal or large sample, and state the sample sizes as best as I can, or it is from an industry source with the authority and knowledge to make a definitive statement.

If you want to read a great article, Sniper Magazine did several on optics, where Tom Beckstrand traveled to as many of the main optics makers as possible, and asked their engineers how they design, test, and manufacture scopes to deal with the various challenges of high grade optics and rifle recoil abuse. Tom was one of the Company Commanders in my unit at Fort Bragg many years back.