Curious if the difference in these models are worth the price?
I see the turrets are different, as well as magnification range, I'm wondering what else is different?
Any opinions on the quality when it comes to accuracy, durability and value?
Would a Leupold Mark 5 be on par with these Steiner scopes, as far as quality?
Is there a certain price point that makes one brand a better option over the other?
Feel free to PM if you dont want to post your thoughts or opinions in the forum.
From all the accounts I've heard, the M7xi is head and shoulders above the other scopes in Steiner's line. I've heard good things about the M5xi, but that there are scopes in its price range that perform better overall. I haven't had much glass time behind the Leopold Mk5s, but they seem to be very good glass. I'd put the glass as a little bit better than the T5xi, but not quite on the level of the M5xi. And I want illuminated reticles, dammit, which makes the Mk 5s go way too expensive for my tastes.
My personal experience with the T5xi is that it's a fantastic buy for the money. I took it to a K&M course, and it never limited my performance throughout the weekend. It took a spill at a PRS match, and it didn't move my zero as far as I could tell. The turrets have always been spot-on for my purposes, and the fact that the numbers on the turret change as you go past the first revolution is really cool, and no visual indicator is necessary to check.
I've run it for several years now, and my only critique of it is that the SCR reticle ticks are just a *tiny* bit finer than I like at around 12x for PRS-style shooting. It excelled in the 600- and 1,000-yard prone matches I've used it in.
The only time I feel like it wasn't quite as excellent was when I walked my 6.5 out to 1,400 yards on a hot, humid Texas day with very light wind. At those distances and conditions, the scope image couldn't quite resolve sufficiently to make confident confirmed impacts on painted steel plates. My Kahles k624i fared quite a bit better in that scenario. Aside from that, though, it's been a fantastic scope for me.
