Posted November 13, 2017 11:51 am by Comments

By G&A Staff

The 3-15x50mm T5Xi is much smaller than its predecessor. The new scope line is also manufactured in the U.S., so these scopes are now more affordable.

Steiner’s T5Xi line offers German quality at an affordable price

The 3-15x50mm T5Xi is much smaller than its predecessor. The new scope line is also manufactured in the U.S., so these scopes are now more affordable.

It used to be that if you wanted Steiner’s top-of-the-line scope, you paid north of $3,000 for some sweet German-made glass assembled by German hands. However, with those German hands came some pretty stiff labor rates. Added to the labor costs were all the import/export taxes associated with regulating international commerce, hence the price for these scopes was high.

Steiner has been selling excellent optics for a long time, but the company recently decided to make some strategic moves to give American consumers an updated and improved flagship scope at a reduced cost. The first move was to build these new scopes here in America using the same German glass from its previous models. This cut out most of the fat that was paying German taxes to reduce pricing. Even better news is that Steiner has continued use of the same German glass, which means the new scopes have essentially identical optical performance as the older ones. So, for a greatly reduced price, the finished …Read the Rest

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