Eye relief did not vary with magnification, a pet hate of mine as it causes positional compromise. The eye relief is a little bit short on a heavily recoiling rifle and when fitted to a 300 win mag, it was easy to feel a little brush from the Butler Creek’s release button but I just trimmed it off, problem solved. I found a more relaxed visual environment with the S&B. Shooting like this can be tiring on the eyes as you spend long seconds staring at the target between shots, a blink at the wrong moment can mean missing an exposure. Coupled with the image quality this gives the impression of more time and precision when the shot happened. I was able to set my magnification at between x15 and x18 where I had used x12 before when shooting at 200 yards and between x20 and x23 at 300 yards where I had before used around x18 on other scopes.
SCHMIDT BENDER P3 MIL DOT WINDOWS
When shooting McQueens, field of view (FOV) is critical as you need to pick up the target quickly in any of 10 windows and one outstanding feature of the PMII is the FOV regardless of magnification setting. This was mandatory when using the scope to spot bullet holes at 400 yards.
SCHMIDT BENDER P3 MIL DOT FREE
Once criticism is that although the side parallax adjustment was solid and repeatable with no backlash, the markings on the dial were several hundred metres out.Īt a 400 yard shoot, at x50, the parallax turret was set beyond Infinity? Having said that, at this power, the correct parallax free setting agreed with the focus and it snapped in and out with crisp precision.
SCHMIDT BENDER P3 MIL DOT FULL
I have shot McQueens, F-Class and a little bit of vermin with the Schmidt and not once did it let me down although as expected, full magnification was only used when conditions allowed. No zero shift occurred between magnification settings and the majority of my precision shooting was done at x35-40. The brightness is superb, even as the sun goes down at the end of the day although lowering the magnification does increase the colour in fading light. However at x50 in perfect conditions the image is crystal clear edge to edge and the colour balance and definition is good. It is unrealistic to expect that x50 magnification will be used constantly, only when the air is correct, cool and clear as, at full mag, mirage becomes excessive. The overall weight of the scope precludes it from some of the more restrictive competition-types as it is hefty but when you look through one, WOW. With Mil-Dot reticules, it was easy to dial in or `measure` targets as although a Mil is not an MOA, it is easy enough to work on the MOA to 1 Miliradian conversion. Again 15 minutes per turn with 1/8th MOA clicks.Īfter fitting and zeroing the scope, I reset the turrets back to their zero stops as I expected to do a lot of dialling to test the mechanical accuracy of this model. The windows on the windage turret go yellow when winding on right and white when dialling left. Each rotation has 15 minutes of travel so after zero a full 75 MOA of elevation is on offer. Both feature small windows, which in the case of elevation indicate 1-5 as you rotate the turret, meaning you can’t get `lost` in the range of adjustment. The windage was a double turn unit with the same calibration. This model had a P3 Mil-Dot reticule in the 2nd focal plane and a multi-turn elevation turret calibrated in minutes of angle (MOA) with 1/8th minute clicks. The fast focus eyepiece dials quickly to offer a pin sharp image and once adjusted, is effectively locked solid by the Butler Creek cap.
The large eyepiece has a non-slip rubber gripping that offers precise control and is factory fitted with Butler Creek, flip-up lens covers. The 34mm, one-piece, aluminium body tube is hard-anodised in matt black and is tough enough. The build quality immediately strikes you with that `made in Germany` feel. Although large and certainly of borderline suitability for a stalking or foxing gun, it has varmint or target written all over it. On opening the box, the first thing that strikes you is the size and weight of the scope.
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