Re: Premier Reticles' Warranty
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: redneckbmxer24</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i was a little upset to hear the price at first aswell after being told 1800 at first, then 2500, now 2900. but look at it another way, its probably better than S&B, it costs a little less, and you get a hell of alot better customer service. </div></div>
Having had the opportunity to briefly compare the optics, I can assure you that the optical performance kicks the S&B's butt big time. It seems to be better in just about every respect, better edge sharpness, much less color fringes (lowest I remember having seen on any scope in this class), almost no visible distortion even at low magnification (turn your 3-12x PMII down to low magnification, the reticle posts will "bend" heavily if you move your eye inside the exit pupil), and, what impressed me most, even with the 5x zoom factor, the FOV increases continuously down to 3x magnification. With the S&B, FOV stays the same between 3-3.8x, the image just gets smaller. I've always felt "cheated" by this effect which is present in most 4x zoom scopes with large FOV (and even worse in the 5-25x).
To make things even more impressive, the comparison was done with the erector tube of the 3-15x at the edge of its travel range (maximum elevetion dialed in), while the S&B's erector tube was centered. The S&B suffers from noticeable decrease in image quality if all available elevation is used. It is self-evident that maintaining image quality throughout the available elevation range is a huge plus for a scope that offers lots of elevation, allowing the use of a canted base without sacrificing optical performance at shorter ranges.
As I said, this was just a quick non-scientific comparison, but it was definately most impressive what kind of improvement over the S&B has been achieved with this new optical design.