On the fences Schmidt&bender or Nightforce!

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hi iam looking for opinon on some glass for me rifle! is schmidt&bender worth the extra $1000 the 5.5-22x56 and 25x56 of schmidt
it for hunting not paper! hElP!!
 
I was like you a few months ago. In the end, I bought two S&B and I couldn't be happier ever since. If you account for the cost of FFP reticle in a NF, the margin back then was only a few hundred dollars. However, S&B did have a price increase of at least 10% this year. So it may have change.

But my advice is always: BUY ONCE, CRY ONCE. BUY TWICE, DIE TWICE
 
hotspot said:
lol better to have more them not enought power lol!!
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Actually it's better to have less mag than to have too much. S&B makes some great hunting scopes, but the 5-25 is not one of them. I've used a PM II several times, it's an amazing target scope. However it's big, heavy and for a general hunting scope you want a lower magnification range. Many shots are taken at close range and it's hard to see anything if you have too much mag.

Take a look some of the hunting scopes from Swarovski. 3-18 power, so you still have 3x for the short shots and you can crank it up to 18 power if you so desire.
 
cam1936 said:
Actually it's better to have less mag than to have too much. S&B makes some great hunting scopes, but the 5-25 is not one of them. I've used a PM II several times, it's an amazing target scope. However it's big, heavy and for a general hunting scope you want a lower magnification range. Many shots are taken at close range and it's hard to see anything if you have too much mag.
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That is my thoughts as well. It is the direct opposite for those that shoot off rests.

Since the OP mentioned hunting, I would strongly recommend looking at the nightforce 2.5-10x24 compact. Get the 24, not the 32 if you can. It is a bunch of scope in a really small package for hunting.

Like Mr 1936 says, if you are hunting, at least the sort of hunting where you are on the move, you are way more likely to fall off the bottom, and want less than 5 then to fall off the top of the 10 on the nightforce 2.5-10x24 compact and want more then 10.

If you are stand hunting or something where you don't mind carrying a truckload of weight on your scope, then some of those bigger ones may work for you. I saw one guy with a super duper light weight mountain rifle this year. Even had the bolt handle hollowed out to save weight. On it, he had a S&Bx56. lol. To each their own I guess.
 
Take a look through the Swarovski Z6 2 to 15x amazing scope, I have used my 8x32x nightforce, evening hunts 1/2hr after sun goes down you have to turn power way down. not so much with Swarovski
 
hotspot said:
It for long shots and I lot of open area thats iam thinking more power
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10x is really a lot of power at most distances that would even be entertained. If you want a little more, without sacrificing the bottom end, or weighing a tonne, Leupold 4.5-14x40 Mark4 is great. 40mm objective to cut down on weight(vs 50/56). 30mm tube for lots of elevation. Turrets, and a mil dot reticule.

If you are far enough out for that to not do the trick, weight probably doesn't matter.
 
I normaly don't wiegh in to the male endowment area conversation but...
There is no comparioson between the S&B and NF. S&B is classified in a different league.
 
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