Any Hensoldt 3.5-26 scopes out there?

cornhuskid

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Hi all. I’m trying to get a handle on how many Hensoldt 3.5-26 x 56 scopes are in civi hands. I’ve seen a few different markings in pics but no idea how rare they have become.

Thoughts please?
 
They were released in North America around 2011, if I'm remembering correctly, but were crazy expensive. I don't think they really caught on well outside of Europe, though at the time it was one hell of an optic, especially since other scope manufacturers had similar features by 2015.
 
Ah, the Hubble, lol. I buddy had the Zeiss version.

I really like my 3.5-26. Heavy as heck but really a solid unit. I’ve kept that and a couple Kahles scopes, a USO and the thermal. I was just curious if many were sold in the US, relatively speaking.
 
I was one of the early adopters of it back in 2014. It was great then.

I Was going to grab another one till I did a side by side comparison with my TT’s. As it had been so long since I’d own one.

Yeah, didn’t buy it. Wasn’t close at all
 
At the time it debuted, I don't think anything came close to the amount of available elevation in that scope. That's not the case at all now though.
 
Seems like we have similar, slightly different perspectives.

I still have one 3.5-26 and several TT along with all the other top contenders. The 3.5-26 was pound for pound a better optic, optically, than any other scope I had/have. Could be my bias... but I don't think so.

I'll do a side-by-side test soon, to jog my memory.