Author: RifleDude
Subject: swarovski z3 same as swarovski Habicht?
Posted: July/25/2013 at 09:18
New Z3 = previous generation AV series. The "Habicht" (which means "hawk" in Austrian, and is also the name of a mountain near the Swaro mfg facility in Austria) designation was a general name used on all Swarovski scopes at one time or another prior to the introduction of the "Z" (Z3, Z5, Z6) series scopes, so that name doesn't refer to any specific scope.
I have 2 AV scopes, a 3-9X36 and a 3-10X42. Both of my scopes say "Made in Austria" on them. In their catalogs prior to the introduction of the "Z" scopes they stated that ALL of their riflescopes were made in their facility in Tyrol, Austria. However, assembly of at least some, if not all of the 1" tube scopes were transitioned over to the US sometime prior to the "Z" name change, to lower production costs. I can't confirm when or which scopes are affected; optics companies are notorious for being tight-lipped on this info.
Subject: swarovski z3 same as swarovski Habicht?
Posted: July/25/2013 at 09:18
New Z3 = previous generation AV series. The "Habicht" (which means "hawk" in Austrian, and is also the name of a mountain near the Swaro mfg facility in Austria) designation was a general name used on all Swarovski scopes at one time or another prior to the introduction of the "Z" (Z3, Z5, Z6) series scopes, so that name doesn't refer to any specific scope.
I have 2 AV scopes, a 3-9X36 and a 3-10X42. Both of my scopes say "Made in Austria" on them. In their catalogs prior to the introduction of the "Z" scopes they stated that ALL of their riflescopes were made in their facility in Tyrol, Austria. However, assembly of at least some, if not all of the 1" tube scopes were transitioned over to the US sometime prior to the "Z" name change, to lower production costs. I can't confirm when or which scopes are affected; optics companies are notorious for being tight-lipped on this info.