Steiner T5Xi Tactical Rifle Scope - Close Compact Riflescope for Hunting

I put this scope on top of my model 700 Sendero 7mm STW and love it so far . I am learning how to adjust the scope since it is MEAD and not MOA . Excellent glass, and excellent all around !

The Steiner T5xi 5-25 is an interesting scope to review so I'll certainly the critical points. I mounted this on to my Tikka T3X Tac A1 with the Steiner 34mm Extra High rings. Fit and finish is excellent. I did return this scope and the reason is simply because the reticle was canted a few degrees. When perfectly level, the reticle was a noticeable 3 or so degrees off center. This is simply not acceptable for a $2200 optic... Given this factory defect, you can't simply just rotate the scope in the rings to make the reticle straight. For those of you who are familiar with ballistics, if the reticle is not perfectly straight, any upward adjustments would also come with subtle changes to windage. Example, you are zero at 100 yards. At 200 yards you move up 3/10 of a Mil to be on target but now you are missing a half inch to the right.At 500+ yards this would result in a complete miss of your target. The Parallax adjustment is also wonky. I used a range finder and found my distance to be exactly 185 meters. Using the parallax, I could not get the target to clear up. I have a Leupold vxiii 6.5-20x which has better clarity at HALF the price. Another note to research is all the content I found online regarding the tracking issues that T5xi series has gone through. I was not aware of these issues upon my initial purchase, however after finding the reticle was canted and the parallax was off I began researching and found many other people had similar issues.On the positive side, the reticle itself was crystal clear and fantastic for ranging purposes. I ranged a few items and was within a yard or 2 on my estimation. Clicks on the turrets are excellent. This scope comes with the sun shade, lens covers, and throw lever which is unlike any other offering in this class.I will be returning this scope and looking towards the Nightforce NXS or Vortex Razor HD lines... I really wanted to like this optic but I just couldn't justify spending $2200 considering clarity was inferior to my $700 leupold and it came with 2 factory defects. I've heard Steiner's military line of optics is excellent however at this point I've made up my mind.My recommendation to potential buyers is this scope is an item to be purchased in person. Verify it works prior to taking it home. I'm sure if I had one that was 100% from the factory it would be an outstanding scope.

Scope was listed as new and I open the box and find out that it is far from new. It’s clearly been mounted on a rifle and was used for quite some time. Between the scope caps being just about worn out, the obvious ring marks where it was mounted, the scuffed off paint, scratches, sand in the diopter locking ring threads, and the list could go on. So I try and get a replacement so that hopefully it would get here in time for a shoot over the weekend and no luck. So I call and get a helpful lady by the name of Akua, she did her best to help but could not get me a replacement either. So my options were return it and order it again and hope for better results or get a discount. I reluctantly took the discount due to my bind needing the scope for this weekend. Even though after the discount it’s more than the scope is worth in this shape. Then went and bought a battery for it (because it didn’t come with one which I assume it probably does if it’s actually new) and used the illumination settings and even on 11 which is it’s highest setting it barely illuminates, thought maybe I’d better go get a different brand of cr2450 before I lose my cool and still the same. This is my first review I’ve ever written and I’ve been a prime member for a long time. The whole situation has just been awful. Don’t make my mistake Buy it directly from optics planet or go to a store and buy it in person.

As the owner of a dozen or more upper tier 2 and a few tier 1 optics, the T5-Xi in 5-25 x 56mm and (my hands down favorite of which I own two) the 3-15 x 50mm version are of ultimate quality and reliability. Glass is utterly amazing, but the accuracy of tracking is dead-on reliable 100% of be time. I have thousands of firing solutions through the three Steiners I mentioned. The 3-15 x 50mm has a ridiculous amount of elevation adjustment, with a 20 MOA base I have 23.3 usable mils as arranged on a .338 Lapua Magnum. The reticle is uncluttered and perfectly etched and clear, even at the lowest and highest magnification values and the illumination is plenty bright for mid-day use (if that’s even an issue for most...) and has ample range of adjustment to never flood out the tube at low light. They are heavy, but with the build quality and ruggedness of 34mm main tubes, I’ll take their weight with a smile. Overall, $1,500-$2,200 for an optic is a y’all order for most, but for the guy hesitant to dive in to this caliber equipment, you get what you pay for. Making the decision to spend and extra few hundred bucks will spare you the misery of a $1,000 mistake...or two! I want two more in fact.

This scope has been interesting. The first one I ordered I could not get to focus, parallax was way off from the numbers. When I did get it to focus and fire a shot it went back out after the shot and I had to re focus again. This was not cool. I contacted the seller on Christmas Eve thinking I may hear something in a few days from them, wrong. With in 20 min I had an email with a return label to print and it said my replacement scope would be there in 3 days, and it was! Service was awesome!!! Second scope was fine and so far works perfectly, so I’m happy. 4 stars because the first one had issues and I wasted some time and ammo with it.

I am disappointed! 1500 USD is not a cheap. It is premium optics scope.In box I found Throw Lever witch cost 80$ and Flip Caps it's good. But there is some incomprehensible scratch or defect in the sight on the upper side of the sight mark itself. I don’t know what it is and why I noticed such a defect (see screenshots), but it’s not a very pleasant. I am disapointed. I expected more good quality.