Most of the leuoplds (VX1, VX11, VX3, LPS, Competition, Rimfire, and 30mm) are made in USA. Although I believe the glass is ground in China or the Phillipines. I suspect the rifleman is made in China under leopolds supervision. Leupoldimports most of thier binocs too. Itis probably a very good scope for the money and is backed by Leupold's excellent warranty. But the rifleman probably does not haveE.D. glass, the coatings are probably inferior to the higher models. It is always hard to tell the limitations of a scope until you compare said scope with higher quality ones side by side under field conditions.