Redfield scopes

[Badboymelvin]

Hi.

Just wanted to post something about my recent experience I had with a Redfield scope.
It is a Redfield Revolution 2-7x33, and it is fitted to my 425 Express.

A bit of a backstory... I originally had a Leupold VX-2 1-4x scope on my 425 and it was a really good, dependable scope. Clear, reliable and plenty of eye relief.
But loaded with the 360gn Atomic 29 projectile, my 425 Express is capable out to 250m, and I wanted just a little bit more magnification in case a longer shot presented itself.
So I removed the 1-4 and fitted a Leupold 2-7x33. I figured that this was just what I was looking for, but unfortunately it was faulty from the factory... even at 10m, couldn't get enough windage to zero the scope. At 10m it still shot 6" to the left at full windage adjustment.

So I dropped it back off to my local to get it fixed/replaced under warranty. This then left me with a problem; I had no scope for my 425...
My mate who works at the shop then lent me a little Redfield Revolution 2-7x33 to use in the meantime while my Leupold is fixed/replaced.

Yesterday saw me at the range sighting in the 425 Express with the Redfield – and I couldn't have been more impressed.
The little scope was beautiful and clear and had heaps of eye relief.
It only took 4 shots to sight in (after bore-sighting), and even though I only fired a handful of shots, it didn't seem fazed by the 425's heavy recoil (60+ ft/lbs). It's also nice and light and feels good when fitted to the rifle.
I liked it so much that now the rifle is zeroed; I'm keeping it on... the only reason I'll take it off is if it doesn't hold up to the recoil.

Now, I'm no Redfield fanboy or anything like that, and in my 30+ years of shooting/hunting, I've never owned, let alone used, one.
But now that I have, I'm just so impressed – at least with this particular model I am – that I just wanted to give praise where I think it's deserved.

I think that Redfield may have changed hands in the last few years, and I'm not sure what the current ones are like, but if you can get your hands on an older one (and they're usually cheap), I suggest you give it a chance... you may walk away impressed like I did...

Russ

 

[meigsbucks]

I can’t speak to the “new” Redfield’s, but I have a 3-9x Redfield 5 Star on a .243. About 40 years old and still going strong.

 

[jruby]

It is my understanding that the last Redfields were built by leupold. I have the same scope on my 257 roberts. I called Leupold service repair and if it was built by leupold they have the same warranty as a leupold.

 

[CBH Australia]

Russ, I bought a Redfield in ~2008 and I believe they were made by Leupold around that time. For whatever reason I think they bought the company to keep it alive and have a budget brand.
I think the information around that time was that they were a Vx1 model with only cosmetic differences.

 

[RedTag]

I have a Redfield revolution 4-12x that I believe is made by Leupold as it has the same “assembled in the USA” markings on the underside. I picked it up used (with Warne qd rings no less) from the bargain bin at a local gun shop for like 50 bucks. I think the msrp was 250 or so. And it’s been a great scope! I had it first on a 7mmRM and later on a .30-06, hunted with it, and it proved very reliable. So when I got my .300 H&H I decided to use the Redfield for accuracy testing. And there it stays to this day because it works perfectly for what I need. I must say that I do appreciate the irony of having a 50 dollar bargain bin scope on a ~1500 dollar semi custom rifle, but if it works it works!

 

[45-70guy]

My first scope was a redfield scope 3x9 on my 30-06 I hunted with exclusively for many years and never had a problem, about 20 years old and still works as it should.

I recently acquired a small gloss bodied 2x7 redfield that I’m waiting to see which rifle I want to put in, possibly a 1903 that’s already tapped

 

[Clodo Ferreira]

I have had, still have one, a few Redfield Bear Cubs 4x32. Both 1" and, to me the best, 26 mm tube diameter. That 26 mm, one piece tube, were really Kollmorgen branded Redfield, just after R. bought Kollmorgen rifle scopes division. To me those 26 mm K-R 2 3/4-4-6 X are the best scopes ever made in USA.

 

[yamoon]

4x12 on my 25-06 Ruger #1v, put it on in 1983, still going strong.
Mike

 

[Shootist43]

Old Redfield scopes were and still are great. At some point in time, they couldn't compete pricewise with Japanese scopes and went out of business. Someone bought the name but offered none of the former quality. Eventually Leupold bought the name and tried to bring the brand back. IMHO they were only partially successful. In the past I've used a company called "Iron Sight" located in Tulsa, OK to rebuild original Weaver and Redfield scopes. Speedy repairs are out of the question. "Slower than Molasses in January" is more the norm but the results are worth the wait.

 

[Nosler guy]

In the late 70's, 80's and early 90's, we ran redfields on most ofour rifles, both hunting, silhotte shooting and bench rest . No big bores, couple of 35 Whelen were the top end. Anyway - not a single problem that wasn't hunter inflicted. Some of those rifles still wear those same scopes. Maybe not up to par with the new high end glass, available on today's optics, but in a hunting scenario - they usually got the job done.

I'm not sure about the evolution of the company, but something changed, and they moved towards a lower end - budget product. We moved away from their product, and pretty much use Leopuld and Ziess stuff now

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Academy Sports + Outdoors owns the Redfield brand of sports optics. The retailer purchased the brand from Leupold & Stevens, Inc. in April 2021. Academy Sports + Outdoors now offers Redfield products as an exclusive, in-house brand, selling various sports optics.

Academy Sports + Outdoors is one of the nation's largest sporting goods and outdoor stores. With 301 stores across 21 states, as of March 7, 2025, we offer a broad assortment of quality hunting, fishing, and camping equipment and gear, along with sports and leisure products, footwear, apparel and much more.

Academy is headquartered out of Katy, TX, a suburb of Houston, TX.

Over the last several decades, the company has grown substantially from its small beginnings. Sales reached one billion dollars in 2003, two billion dollars in 2007, three billion dollars in 2012, and four billion dollars in 2014. In fiscal 2022, sales reached $6.4 billion.