F*ck Bushnell!

[Jimgoespewpew]

I ordered a Bushnell scope specifically because their site said it was made in south Korea. Well, stamped right on the body of the scope is MADE IN CHINA. Can you tell I'm pissed? Fair warning the folks at Bushnell are liars and in bed with the enemy just like the rest of them.

 

[Bertfish]

Or their website was wrong

How about calling them? No one here can help you bud

 

[mpollan1]

OP, I suggest you stop reading the country of origin or you are likely to stroke out. Well at least be prepared as the ending to "Made in" is quite predictable.

 

[Sundazes]

Return it or take a pill.

 

[Jim12]

Return it or take a pill.

The pill is made in China, too.

 

[Jroc]

At 5:17am sheesh

 

[pbharvey]

Call Larry Hogan and see if he can help.
I heard he has a South Korea connection.

 

[outrider58]

In some cases, there's "made in..." and then there's "assembled in...". Both are misleading.

 

[mpollan1]

In some cases, there's "made in..." and then there's "assembled in...". Both are misleading.

True, true. But regardless of ..., they are usually "made of", well you know.

Cheers B

 

[ToolAA]

I suspect it’s a mistake on their website and that in itself should warrant a return with full refund. I don’t think this is some nefarious case of false advertising with the intent of misleading customers into a purchase that they would have otherwise avoided.

I am curious which specific product was it? Also other than the “Made in China” markings is there any obvious signs of poor quality or workmanship? I’ve purchased things made in the USA that are not what I would call great products.

The reality is that quality is more about the company/plant processes and culture than the actual location of the plant itself. In a previous career I’ve worked at plants in Mexico and Morocco that were ISO9001 certified and using variation of GE’s SixSigma process controls. Those plants made products of equal quality to their U.S. counterparts within the same organization.

Now If you want to avoid purchasing products made or assembled in China for political reasons, I totally get that too.

 

[brianns]

I did the same thing. I just got a Bushnell3-9x40 the other day. I ordered from their website. I had thought they were built in Japan at least. I can't remember what I read that led me to believe it was Japan. I had been looking at a lot of brands lately and probably got mixed up. Some of the high end US made scopes have a cheaper line made in China or elsewhere. I thought I'd try and still find an economic brand built in Japan or the Phillipines but obviously did not do enough research.

 

[Bikebreath]

At 5:17am sheesh

He waited until he calmed down.

 

[EliteContent]

He waited until he calmed down.

This thread made me laugh out loud.

 

[outrider58]

True, true. But regardless of ..., they are usually "made of", well you know.

Cheers B

Roger that!

 

[Tungsten]

Now that is starting out the day with a case of red ass.

 

[erwos]

I've returned optics because of county of origin screwups (Burris RT8, to be specific).

No cheap optics are made in Japan, outside of maybe the SWFA 10x. You can find stuff in the $250-$300 range made in the Philippines and South Korea, but most of it is going to be Chinese. $500 and up, you have better options, but there are still way too many companies selling overpriced Chinese-made optics in the < $1000 price range.

I've successfully weened myself off Chinese-made scopes, excepting a single prism optic I still have lying around on an AK. I have not quite done the same with reflex sights, and to be honest, that's hard because Holosun makes stuff that is genuinely better than everyone else for certain uses (the HE510C-GR is a magnificent PCC optic, no way around it).

 

[SWO Daddy]

I once ordered a pair of socks and the label on them said "Made in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea".

I actually reported it to customs and they called to interview me.

 

[rseymorejr]

Now If you want to avoid purchasing products made or assembled in China for political reasons, I totally get that too.

I've been trying to do that but it's not easy. We are flooded with Chinese goods.

 

[bratgirllcp]

I'm sorry Jim when I get on amazon most of the items I look at say made in China in the early eighties a large group of us tried to stop walmart from building in a city in PA we failed and we just wanted quality things to be made here in USA not China sad times we are in.

 

[ericoak]

I've returned optics because of county of origin screwups (Burris RT8, to be specific).

No cheap optics are made in Japan, outside of maybe the SWFA 10x. You can find stuff in the $250-$300 range made in the Philippines and South Korea, but most of it is going to be Chinese. $500 and up, you have better options, but there are still way too many companies selling overpriced Chinese-made optics in the < $1000 price range.

I've successfully weened myself off Chinese-made scopes, excepting a single prism optic I still have lying around on an AK. I have not quite done the same with reflex sights, and to be honest, that's hard because Holosun makes stuff that is genuinely better than everyone else for certain uses (the HE510C-GR is a magnificent PCC optic, no way around it).

Interesting, the (3) HS510C-GRs I got were incredibly blurrly under magnification (the red dot versions were not). Maybe the HS is different than the HE.