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I don,t own a s and b but i love my 4 x 16 steiner. Looking for another one but they quit making it from what i gather.
I had a chance to compare a S&B 5-25 and Steiner 5-25 side by side and ended up keeping the Steiner. For clarity, I honestly couldn't tell much difference as both scopes were excellent.
Reasons for Steiner over S&B:
- Preferred illumination adjustment on parallax knob.
- Did not tunnel at lower magnification ranges.
- Better field of view.
- Less weight (35.3ozs. vs. 38.1ozs.)
- Excellent eyebox. I have no way to quantify if it is better than S&B though.
- Significantly less money ($1000USD+)
On a rifle scope for me reliability trumps optical clarity. After all, a clear scope with unreliable tracking is not really useful. So reliability-wise I don't have enough data yet to make a call on the Steiner, but so far it's looking good. The Steiner has been mounted on a .338LM and has a few hundred rounds down it and it still holds zero and tracks perfectly. The turrets have a nice positive feel and the zero stop is simple to set. The scope is also well constructed in terms of fit and finish.