Anyone else excited about the Steiner T5XI 1-5x?

I've been eyeing this scope since last year. I don't think these are being replaced by the Military series. Steiner is replacing the older 1-4x model (the Euro Optic special), but the "T5xi" line was just released late 2014, and I believe this model came out even later than that.

I do know the Hide was bashing the T5xi line 5-25's and 3-15's, but apparently Steiner has been able to correct the problem. For one thing, the T5 line was built at a new facility in America., and while Burris and Steiner are both now owned by Berreta, the Burris XTR II's are now built in the Philippines.

The Steiner Military M5xi 1-5 is a $2,300 optic, and I would be hard pressed not to go with Kahles at that price.

I believe ccoker could probably enlighten us on this. Before I get too serious about it, I would like to know what the major differences are between the M5 and T5 1-5x's are, besides $1,000.

Second, and the more realistic comparison for me is the difference in clarity and quality between the Steiner T5xi and the Burris XTRII. As I stated before, been stoked about this optic for over a year, and keep wanting to take a look at it, but just not many reviews at all.

Come on Tactical Gun Review, how about a comparison between the Berreta 1-5x's!

One of my friends just bought a t5xi 1-5 for use on his scar17. I hope to shoot with him in the next month.

Please report back on what you see.

It would seem that Beretta is creating various tiers with the Steiner Military series being top shelf, T5Xi being mid grade, and Burris being another step down.

Curious about the M5Xi, myself!

I picked up a T5Xi a few months ago. Finally got the chance to wring it out at 300-500 yards the other day. Mostly good. Very good in fact.

Glass is excellent. Reticle is very very good. Illumination is good. Not quite nuclear bright like my Vortex Razor on 11, but very very good.

Reticle doesn't match up quite as well to 55gr ammo as the JM1 reticle does. (Sidenote, I emailed the guy at Strelok and asked him to bring the reticles over to strelok+, as he already had them in pro. He had it done in less than 24 hours. Awesome guy.)

Anyway I roughed my zero in at 200 yards and was hitting steel from 300-500 with no problems whatsoever. I really really like that the reticle subtensions get finer as you go farther down.

Keep in mind on these pictures, I was just holding my phone behind the scope. Hard to do justice to optical quality at all.

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I had the chance to shoot a friend's a few months ago. It is installed on his SCAR17. Great optic. Glass is awesome. Illumination is on par with my Steiner m1-4x. Not as bright as the vortex 1-6 razor hd2, but plenty bright in full daylight sun. It is an excellent optic and I wouldn't hesitate to buy one.

For the price point they are meh... nothing really awesome.

Fixed 100 parallax
2nd focal
Weird retile choice
Average eye relief
Sub par brightness


The only thing ++ is the 1 x is quite good.

I find the reticle to be incredibly good.

I don't want FFP in a LPV. The stadia in a 1x are too small to make use of the FFP anyway.

The only thing I have seen brighter is my vortex razor.

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Originally Posted by IndianaBoy

I find the reticle to be incredibly good.

I don't want FFP in a LPV. The stadia in a 1x are too small to make use of the FFP anyway.

The only thing I have seen brighter is my vortex razor.

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Agreed.