Thread: Counterfeit Leupolds

Originally Posted by Luke556

Looking at a Leupold Vari - XIIc 1 - 4 ser no X268123, an wondering whether its a fake ?
Online says check letter X = 2012, but also stated this model was made 1984 - 2000 ?
Has no "made in USA" under the number, but neither do some of the legit ones ive seen
What say you , is it a fake ?

You're getting the prefixes and suffixes mixed up. Up until 1992 Leupold put a letter in front of the serial number. In 1992 they reached X so then from 1993 the letter followed the serial numbers starting off alphabetically again.

Refer to the chart I posted before your posting. It shows the format of the serial numbers.

You can still check with Leupold though for piece of mind.