Duckbutter48-

Beware of Pighead56... he just likes to agitate whom ever he can.

Your question is valid and warrants an answer. I have never seen this in any gun shop Ipatronize however, you could give the Leupold guys a call and inquire as to the red splatters. They may give you an answer right then and there.
I also do alot of flyfishing and the Abel reel company has started doing this to their fly reels for about 2 years now. Wild paint schemes to appeal to those wishing to be unique!
If you call Leupold, leave a post with their answer. I'm curious now that you mentioned it.