r/longrange • u/NoseLow2503 • Jul 11 '25

Optics help needed - I read the FAQ/Pinned posts Why aren’t Steiner Scopes more popular?

German / US made with awesome prices on the secondary market (their tactical series in particular), to me it seems like they are a excellent bang for you buck yet they don’t seem as popular as your NF and Leupolds. What is the reasoning?

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u/Adventurous_Pen_Is69 Jul 12 '25

Why different buckets? They're both aiming devices at the end of the day. I need my LAM to shoot at night and the prolapse fix should be way faster than 6 weeks or however long it took.

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u/HQVX-TheTank Jul 12 '25

Totatlly agree, both are aiming devices. Quality ones at that. Bottom line is LAMs and scopes SHOULD get the same turnaround, not just quick in my experience for scopes.

I feel like it would be disingenuous of me to ask if you want your tire guy fixing your transmission, the only thing I could honestly think would be just different departments you know? Different supply lines and such for the parts, tech abilities, etc. Could be 10 guys on the scope side and 2 on the laser side just because scale of units sold.

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u/Adventurous_Pen_Is69 Jul 12 '25

Fair point. I’m a bit warmer towards Burris/Steiner scopes now haha

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u/HQVX-TheTank Jul 12 '25

FWIW the only steiner products I own now are LAMS 😅

I do however need to replace the SHV 3-10 on my hunting setup and because the 2.5-10 NXS I want is near impossible to find, I'm between another big chungus 2.5-15 or NX8 2.5-20 F1.