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.

MOA-2 Reticle

Target Dot Reticle

Fine X-Hair Reticle

Mil-Dot Reticle

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.

Proceeds from Scope Sales Help Our Shooters’s Forum
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):

Clicking Elevation vs. Hold-Over with Double Dots
If you have a Nightforce scope with NP-2DD reticle should you click for elevation changes, or hold-over using the second dot? The answer is: “It depends”. Danny Biggs, multi-time U.S. F-Class F-TR National Champion, offered this advice is our Shooters’ Forum: “There is nothing wrong with [using] the NP-2DD ‘over and under’ dots. Try it, and if it works for you, fine. However [in most situations] I would not bother to use it. Rather, I just click up/down the elevation going from 600 to 1,000 yards.

There is one exception though where I regularly use the lower dot! That is for 1,200-yard shooting — a fad at the Midwest Palma Championships held annually up at Lodi, WI. Here I fully employ [the hold-over method].

Following the 1,000-yard match, I click up 2-3 minutes of elevation depending on the load being used for my 7mm RSAUM, go to 42 power, and use the ‘lower’ dot. For me, the lower (and smaller diameter dot) at 42 power provides a preferable aiming dot for the much diminished size/appearance (at 1200) of the 1,000-yard target face. In this instance, I’m really not too lazy to just ‘click up’. By using the smaller aiming dot I ‘uncover’ the 10/X rings as much as possible as they are obscured by the larger upper dot. [This also allows] a better hold on the rings horizontally for windage purposes.” — Danny

Good Deal on High-Magnification Sightron
Right now on Amazon.com the Sightron 10-50x60mm SIII Long-Range Target Scope is on sale for $994.90, with FREE shipping. This offer applies to the side-focus Target Dot and Fine Cross-Hair (FCH) models, but not the Mildot models. (However, we expect that most buyers of this scope will prefer the TargDot or FCH versions). This is a very good price — $994.90 is about forty bucks cheaper than we’ve seen it elsewhere on the web at major vendors. For example, MidwayUSA currently charges $1047.26.

If you’re looking for a very high-magnification, variable-power target scope (with 1/8 MOA clicks), the Sightron 10-50x60mm is a smart choice. There is nothing else at the $1000.00 price point that can touch it. The next step up is the 12-42×56 Nightforce Benchrest Model, but that costs $1428.00 and offers only 42X top-end magnification (vs. 50X for the Sightron). The new Nightforce 15-55x52mm Competition Scope is a great product, but it costs $2231.00, more than TWICE the price of the Sightron 10-50x60mm.