I've been a big fan of Redfield Revolution riflescopes for several years. They've always represented a terrific value for a quality optic. When Leupold bought Redfield, they did a fine job of restoring Redfield's good name.
So, when I called Leupold a couple of weeks ago about another matter, I asked the tech support guy what was going on with Redfield, and here's what he said.
Redfield has not been "discontinued". Production has been put on "pause" for the moment, and at some point in the future, production may start up again. However, it's not planned in the immediate future, meaning about the next year.
Now, I'm going to speculate a little. I also notice that the more popular VX-Freedoms are hard to come by at present. The VX-Freedoms appear to use the same turrets, at least, as the Revolutions do, and maybe even the same tubes. I'm guessing that the relative unavailability is because of limited manpower due to COVID-19-related restrictions on the part of either the State of Oregon or the City of Beaverton. Any remaining production capacity is probably allocated to VX-Freedom production since it's the new line. Once those restrictions go bye-bye, the production lines probably will ramp back up and we'll see more VX-Freedoms and Revolutions rolling out.
Redfield scopes: update from Leupold
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