Warning: Fake Magpul MBUS Pro Sights From China

Counterfeit goods from China? golly, what a shocker

Lance, Tom-UK, Hami, Eugene, Whodywei, NikonMikon and many others do have a perfectly valid point --- Chinese-made items can be of equal or better quality than others, in spite of the myriad of poorly-made goods that also emanate from China. As Lance said, you have to watch what you buy, which means that you have to at least have a working knowledge of the items in question and an eye for detail and material / mechanical quality. As for goods made in China, if the design, material specifications and craftsmanship plus QA / QC are rigidly adhered to --- and the manufacturing is done under a proper binding contract or licence agreement --- it really does not make a difference who manufactures it from a quality standpoint. Having said that, and all else being equal, I would prefer to buy something American-made ( or at least American-designed and distributed ) if it were available because this is where I live and I have always believed in supporting the local economy,

Personally, my main objections to counterfeit goods such as these sights lie in the illegal aspects involved ( theft of patent, etc. ), and the resulting lack of enforceable quality controls, which put the consumer in a difficult position.

Nishi Drew brought up something really intriguing in his comments --- that somehow the counterfeiters were able to access and copy the MBUS Pro Sights before Magpul was able to distribute the actual sights. Unless he had a lapse in tracking their release, it would be interesting to find out how exactly the Chinese were able to carry this out ( industrial espionage at gun shows, an inside job, or something else, perhaps? ).