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Yes I am going to do that after work today. Should be insightful!

Just $24000

I'm using 5 S&B 6x42's in various configurations on several rifles. As best I can tell they've all been perfect. Only 1 of the dialers has truly been beat on and used hard. It's my favorite scope for the hunting I do....nothing else is even close. It's a PMII though, so not a Klassic. I think the Klassic is a great scope for set and forget.

https://www.rokslide.com/forums/threads/schmidt-and-bender-klassik-8x56mm-field-eval.248421/

Dave

Yep, the S&B 8x56 certainly works -- and works WELL. Many hunters scoff at the thought of a fixed power scope, but they'd likely change their minds after spending time with one.

When I sold my 3-12X56 Doctor Classic to Bobby, I got a illuminated 3-12X50 Klassik with a elevation turret. I would like to have a Polar.

I have to thank Bobby as well. I Had a classic and picked up a 4-16x56Polar after his recommendations. Its really something to look through at very low light and esp when hunting the hardwood we have here in south Louisiana, its gets dark real quick even during legal hours.

People in other states don't realize how dark it can get early in Louisiana

Correct. My personal 120 is full of oaks and very thick. Shots are no further than 100 yards and you have to sit on the ground and line em up between trees. At official sun set, you can barely see so at 30 min after sunset or legal time here in Louisiana, you can forget it. But if you walk out onto a powerline or field, its not as bad. But in the woods, you better have Alpha glass or you'll miss him. So when Bobby Mentioned it was at the top of his list, I just bit the bullet and bought the Polar. Now I'm 49 and I'm kicking my own ass for not buying the best years back.

Tag

Yep. If a S&B Polar isn't giving you the lowlight performance you need then it's time for a thermal.

Simmons Truplex beats them all!

how does the klassik, specifically the 3-12x50mm compare to the polar in low light?
Big Ed

I’d be interested in this comparison as well.

Not the 3-12 klassik but I did have the 2.5-10x56 klassik. It was at the time my best low light scope. Same reticle on both, the #4 with illuminated dot. I'm 50, and to my eyes, the Polar seems to give a brighter image and will last slightly longer than the Klassik. But the biggest difference is the illumination. I find the Polar illuminated dot to be a pin prick. Not that the Klassik is a huge dot, i just find the polar has a pin prick for a dot and is very dim. It can be turned down so low that the illumination doesn't over power the pupil.

I would love to have a Polar to compare side by side to the 3x12x50 and 8x56 Klassiks.

My buddy Dave got one of the 8x56's (Hungarian) model last year when I got the 6x42 (Hungarian). He can't say enough good about that scope. It is alot of scope for 650 bucks!

The 8x56 Klassick beats my two new 3x12x50 Klassiks in low light. It is my go to low light hog scope. I have never viewed through a Polar and wonder by how much it is better than the 8x56. I know it has to be better based on feedback, I am just wondering by how much.

I wonder the same myself.

I have a Polar in 3-12x54 and had a Klassik in 8x56. Didn’t do a side by side but I think the 8x56 was very close. For most eyes, probably as good. And a fraction of the cost. I bought mine (8x56) from Opticstrade in Europe and passed it along to a fellow member to help fund my Polar. To do it over again I wouldn’t feel let down in the lowlight capability of the fixed 8x Klassik.

This thread is what initially led me to buy the Polar.

Tell you what, I have shot a couple of hogs at midnight with a Trijicon Credo HX in 2.5-10x56 and that thing is impressive. Especially for the money.