Brown commented, “S&B improved their warranty in the USA for 2017, and now offers a USA 20 Year Transferable Limited Warranty. In addition to increased production and availability, Schmidt and Bender has reduced retail pricing on PMII models 14-19% depending on the model.
In other words, now that S&B can produce and ship in greater quantities, S&B is concentrating much more on the US market”. According to Brown, this increased attention is “because of S&B’s recent aggressive investments made to increase production while maintaining and improving quality control standards. To learn more about this I reached out to Kyle Brown, Schmidt & Bender ‘s Director of Sales and Marketing. While Schmidt & Bender has been available to the US commercial market for 20 years, it has recently decided to place a hard focus on its growth and product availability. The 3-20×50 PM II Ultra Short was recently selected as the day scope of choice for the weapon package for the US Army CSASS program in 2016.
The 3-27×56 PM II High Power was designed for, and subsequently used by, US SOCOM. In 2005, the 3-12×50 PM II was awarded the US Marine Corps contract for the USMC M8541 SSDS. In 2011, the 5-25×56 PM II model was awarded the PSR Day Scope contract for US Special Forces. Border Patrol DEA FBI DOE Tucson SWAT Washington D.C. Since then, PM II models have been adopted by the U.S. The Schmidt & Bender PM II line started with the 3-12×50 in 2003. The majority of high end scopes you’ll encounter today aspire to reach its level of durability, optical clarity, repeatability and performance.
Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PM II SFP Reviewįor Police and Military use, the Schmidt & Bender PM II Police Marksman is considered the gold standard of extreme use rifle optics.