Gentlemen,
This has likely already been posted, and in that case I hope you will forgive my redundancy, however, if has not: Schmidt Bender Germany has mercifully reinstated and updated their webpage as opposed to relying on the importer. You may find it of interest. It is, of course, in German. However, you can read between the lines or give either myself or the importer a call with any questions. We finally have pictures of the 1.5-6x20 PM GSG9/SHORT DOT instead of rumors. The new 1-8x24 Short Dot is also pictured. I reserve judgement or comment on either until I have significant hands on. The latter of the two got off to a slow start by a staffer daftly putting a mock up on the table at SHOT, without describing it as such, and many, many attendees came away with a dim view of that optic. No pun intended...
I'm perplexed with a few additions and delighted with others. All things considered we are seeing some interesting developments out of Biebertal this year. My favorite LR optic, the 4-16x42 PMII LP Single Turn with Gen2/Klein may be supplanted by the new 3-20x50 PMII LP Double Turn. All with .1 Miliradian Klicks of course. That said I greatly prefer smaller objectives and single turn turrets...fwiw
What I would like to see is price readjustment down to current Dollar to Euro Valuations. We've suffered price hikes for the last 4 to 5 years. It is time we see some of those "temporary" adjustments corrected. I shall be in the corner holding my breath...
That said if the companies show any fiscal honesty, and Schmidt Bender has been very good about this in the past, we may see European Optics become more affordable when compared to recent American and Japanese Optical Offerings. Neither of which has, in my most humble opinion, matched the intuitive nature of the best from Germany. They have, however, taken the opportunity to raise their prices to near parity even though their parts/sub assemblies were not significantly impacted by the Euro Exchange Rate...fwiw & imho
www.schmidtundbender.de
Best Regards, Matt Garrett.
757-581-6270
This has likely already been posted, and in that case I hope you will forgive my redundancy, however, if has not: Schmidt Bender Germany has mercifully reinstated and updated their webpage as opposed to relying on the importer. You may find it of interest. It is, of course, in German. However, you can read between the lines or give either myself or the importer a call with any questions. We finally have pictures of the 1.5-6x20 PM GSG9/SHORT DOT instead of rumors. The new 1-8x24 Short Dot is also pictured. I reserve judgement or comment on either until I have significant hands on. The latter of the two got off to a slow start by a staffer daftly putting a mock up on the table at SHOT, without describing it as such, and many, many attendees came away with a dim view of that optic. No pun intended...
I'm perplexed with a few additions and delighted with others. All things considered we are seeing some interesting developments out of Biebertal this year. My favorite LR optic, the 4-16x42 PMII LP Single Turn with Gen2/Klein may be supplanted by the new 3-20x50 PMII LP Double Turn. All with .1 Miliradian Klicks of course. That said I greatly prefer smaller objectives and single turn turrets...fwiw
What I would like to see is price readjustment down to current Dollar to Euro Valuations. We've suffered price hikes for the last 4 to 5 years. It is time we see some of those "temporary" adjustments corrected. I shall be in the corner holding my breath...
That said if the companies show any fiscal honesty, and Schmidt Bender has been very good about this in the past, we may see European Optics become more affordable when compared to recent American and Japanese Optical Offerings. Neither of which has, in my most humble opinion, matched the intuitive nature of the best from Germany. They have, however, taken the opportunity to raise their prices to near parity even though their parts/sub assemblies were not significantly impacted by the Euro Exchange Rate...fwiw & imho
www.schmidtundbender.de
Best Regards, Matt Garrett.
757-581-6270
