Though the fake LCO claims to be made in America and even has a laser engraved decal of an American flag inside a circle of text that proudly proclaims, “Designed, Machined, Assembled in the USA,” it shipped China Post from the Hubei Province of China. What the heck, I am expensing it to Sportsman’s News, so what harm could it do?įirst off, if it seems too good to be true, you can be sure that it is. So, I whipped out the American Express and bought the knockoff LCO and a Trijicon RMR for good measure. The part of me that knows better seized the moment and thought it would be a good opportunity to warn our readers about the potential for fraud in the gear marketplace. The part of me that longs for honesty and fairness in the world couldn’t believe that anyone could get away with such a blatant forgery. Now, my momma didn’t raise a dummy, that happened years later, so I knew that it had to be a fake, but yet here it was blatantly in my face. The description said it was made in America, referenced the Leupold name multiple times and the image was clearly an LCO. Knowing that this red dot retails for just under a grand, it made me read deeper. An authentic, branded optic for a mere $29. While scrolling, I came across an offer that caused me to pause in my tracks. Recently I was cruising around a website of cheap Chinese junk, looking for cool new gadgets to feature in my speaking circuit as the Gear Guru.

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