I am new to the forum but read this post and recently purchased a steiner t5xi 5-25 to provide more magnification and update an excellent Leupold mk 4 3.5 to 10 that has served me very well through field and range activity. I had been out of the glass market since purchasing my mk 4 back in the late 90s 2000 timeframe. Therefore I consider all of us lucky to have access to high quality optics manufacturers with feature rich products. My budget, like many, is midrange at best because I still have yet to win that darn lottery lol. I looked through several scopes and purchased my steiner based upon the price point, reputation, warranty and price point. I got a good deal on what has been called a law enforcement demo... figured it would be just fine after mounting on a rifle for a class and I was right... scope was mint... also figured since it was a demo model someone took some extra qa time prior to putting it out for officers to consider for purchase in their departments. Anyway, got the scope from a great vendor with excellent customer service (sportoptics) and could not be more pleased with the quality and features of the product for my purposes. While I have not looked through S&B scopes or other higher end scopes because they were outside my budget and I have wondered realistically what kind of performance difference is present for those extra couple of percentage points in brightness and clarity for my use not requiring my life on the line. I am not knocking purchasing the best just realistically wonder if I personally would truly benefit from what they offered for my intended use for the scope. Anyway, long story short, steiner t5xi is a great scope, and the scr reticle is fine enough for target work at max magnification given its an ffp for me. Hope my .02 helps in your journey as it is not easy choosing from ingest great options.
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