Sightron SIII 10-50x60mm Under $980.00 — Sales Help Forum
Need a high-magnification scope for long-range competition? Among quality scopes with 40+ power, we think the Sightron SIII 10-50x60mm scope may be the best value on the market right now. For a limited time, these scopes are available through Amazon.com for under $980.00. That’s less than half the price of a Leupold 7-42x56mm VX-6, and about 42% of the cost of a Nightforce 15-55X competition model. The Sightron is a good product with a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty.
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NOTE: There are a variety of reticle options and both 1/4-MOA and 1/8-MOA click versions are offered. Read the product description carefully when ordering to be sure you’ve selected your preferred reticle type and click value.
Less than Half the Cost of New 34mm 10-50x60mm Sightron
Sightron’s SIII series 10-50x60mm riflescopes have a 30mm maintube. NOTE: Sightron has announced a new “SV” model 10-50x60mm scope with a 34mm maintube. The new “SV” 10-50 scope is nice, but it costs $1999.99! That’s more than DOUBLE the cost of the 30mm-tube 10-50X SIIIs featured here. Think about it — the older 30mm SIII 10-50X offers way more bang for the buck.
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When you purchase one of these Sightrons from Amazon, you can improve your long-range capabilities while helping our Shooters’ Forum. For every scope sold, Amazon provides roughly $50.00 to this site. All scope sale commissions will go to provide IT and tech support for our Shooters’ Forum. You don’t pay a penny extra — you pay the same price as any other Amazon customer. But because the sale originated here, Amazon pays a commission. So you can get a great deal, while helping the Forum at the same time.
Editor’s Comments: Here’s our take on this scope. For long-range benchrest and F-Class, it is one of the best options if you can’t swing $2000-$2500 for a Leupold, March, or Nightforce. We’ve used the 10-50X SIII Sightron in competition, and it’s plenty good enough to win matches. The glass is sharp and the clicks are reliable. Anything better (in this class) is going to cost you a LOT more.
Sightron SIII 10-50x60mm Unboxing Video (Mil-Dot version shown):
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Editor: Just to clarify, Mike is talking about the $1999.99 SV Sightrons, NOT the $980 SIII Sightron 10-50x scopes spotlighted in this article. The SIII line-up DOES include models with 1/8-MOA clicks and clean reticle options, such as FCH and Target Dot.
Also, with respect to the new SV line, there isn’t one offered with 1/8moa clicks (yet?), the closest is a model offering 0.05mil clicks, and the reticles all seem busy. Like the Burris XTR II “f-class” scope I’m not sure what these new SVs want to be, they’re not quite suitable as tactical/PRS scopes yet they’re not quite there as pure target scopes either.
With respect to the new SV scopes, none of the ones currently offered have 1/8moa clicks, and the reticles all seem very busy. There is a model with 0.05mil clicks (about half-way between 1/8 and 1/4 moa in granularity of adjustment) like as offered on the S&B 10-50.
I’m not sure what the target market is — obviously not a tactical/PRS type scope, not enough elevation for ELR, not ideal for F-class and other target shooting.
There is no way to choose the type of reticle beyond the general description of ‘dot’ or ‘crosshairs’, can’t choose to have moa or mil adjustments.
EDITOR: Steve, Amazon stocks most of the different models. These are listed on different pages. We have links to Four (4) models, but there are others. If you do a search and read the detailed product descriptions you will see the reticle version listed AND the click-values. For example, this model has Fine Cross-Hair and 1/8 MOA clicks:
http://www.amazon.com/Sightron-10-50x60mm-Range-Rifle-Scope/dp/B003DVJ4LO/
If you want a different configuration you need to search for it. There are also tabs under the pricing info that let you switch reticle types.
Just note for whatever reason this SIII scope does not come with a sunshade. The 6-24 and 8-32 scopes do. A sunshade for the 10-50 can be purchased separately for an additional $50 or so.