Hakko Scopes going by by

[jimh]

just read on the savageshooters site where Hakko went bankrupt. i can't confirm this but thought maybe someone like bill could verify it. they made some decent glass in their days it is a shame. now how good are the warranties after this?

[Bill]

Never carried them so don't know anything about them.

[calsibley]

hello jimh,

I have never heard of Hakko scopes. Is it possible we knew them by another name or are they actually a new company? Can you tell us a little more? Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[jimh]

hakko, scopes where one of the big optic co. in japan, second behind L.O.W but put out some nice products. the smith & wesson scopes out there are a product of hakko. some of the simmons line at one time or another were as well as a ton of other scopes. i thought the upper line tasco were prodiced there also. maybe even the custom shop tasco's. a huge amount of optic buisness (lower end stuff & now some mid end stuff) is being moved from japan to china. once china gets their act together (see simmons new Master Series Scopes) they will be to optics what japan is/was. optics from LOW (Light Optic works or something like that) makes the Elite series of scopes for Bushnell and they produce the lens or at least did for the Nikon monarch series at one time.the list goes on and on

[calsibley]

Bushnell Elite scopes do not come from China, at least not yet. I have one in 6x24, and it's an excellent scope. I give wide latitude to any scope made in China. I had to return two of their products in a row, a Bushnell Sportview in 4x12 and a Bushnell Sportsman also in 4x12. I finally settled on a Banner 6x24 which comes from Taiwan. The Banner has been quite reliable for some years, at least the ones I have. Some day great optics may come from China, but that day definitely is not here yet. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[jimh]

calsibley said:

Bushnell Elite scopes do not come from China, at least not yet.

yes i know they are produced by L.O.W. from Japan. by the way Hakko mfr's. it's own line of scopes under their co. name of Hakko. they make a lot of red dot scopes too.