The knobs also lock by pushing down on the ring with the markings on it for both the elevation and windage. You can see this protrusion in the up position in the picture above. There is a smaller circular protrusion that pops up as a visual indicator when you are on the 2nd revolution. That 14 MILS of adjustment will take a 308 from 100 to past 1100 yards in a single rotation.
1 MIL and there are 14 MIL of adjustments per revolution with two revolutions available. This version of the PMII includes the MTC (More Tactical Clicks) elevation and windage adjustments. All of the lettering and numbering are also black and easily readable. The rubber parts, including the eyepiece ring and rubber ring on the zoom power control ring, are left black and it offers a nice visual contrast to the tan. The tan coating is very uniform and looks great as well as feels very durable. Everything is the same as the other PMII 5-25x56mm scope we evaluated, which means excellent. The scope itself is typical exceptional S&B quality.
That instruction manual is mainly thick because it is written in three different languages, but it has all the information you need.
The scope comes with a S&B box that actually is dolled up a bit more than a normal S&B box and includes all the normal stuff including the standard warranty registration card, thick instruction manual, and bikini style lens covers. This Limited Edition scope is a typical PMII 5-25x56mm with Dark Earth (Tan) finish, Tremor II reticle and MTC knobs…and a really big medallion. So they made a limited run of 300 Precision Sniper Rifle Limited Edition scopes to celebrate their long history of military and police use. They are proud of their military and law enforcement contracts, as they rightly should be, and they wanted to let the world know.
S&B is one of the premier scope builders in the world and have been used for decades on all types of sniper rifles from many different countries. They were proud of this achievement, but this is not the only contract they have received for military sniper rifles, actually, far from it. If you were not aware, Schmidt & Bender was awarded a contract for the Day Optic Sight (DOS) for the USMC M40A5 series of sniper rifles about 10 years ago.
If you want to know how the scope performs in the field, then read how this same scope, but non limited edition version, did in our full review. So, we thought we would just do a general examination of the scope and show some detailed pictures for our readers. Knowing that and then recognizing that we did not want to diminish the value of this potentially collectible scope by mounting it, we changed our minds. We were actually planning on doing one of our full evaluations on the scope but then we stepped back for a second and realized we has already done a full evaluation on the same base scope that this one was based on. We recently had a very unique opportunity to examine and review one of the 300 limited edition Schmidt & Bender PM II Precision Sniper Rifle scopes that you see here. Model: PMII 5-25x56mm L/P LT Precision Sniper Rifle Limted Edition.Apart from the unusual magnification range, the ultra-slim and functional turrets are the main feature of this giant among long range riflescopes. The Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power is the latest addition to the High Power line. When the USSOCOM was looking for a new riflescope for shooting at extreme distances, the Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power FFP provided the perfect solution - they wanted a 9x zoom and they got a 9x zoom.
The development history of the Schmidt & Bender High Power line is almost as unusual as the riflescopes themselves. The Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power offers maximum optical brilliance for perfect target recognition at the longest distances. The ultra flat elevation turret of the Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power allows use of a backpacked red dot sight for close quarters engagement. The perfect telescopic sight for the ultra long-range marksman. The new Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power telescopic sight has a 9-fold zoom and upper magnification of 45x.
Brand new to the High Power series is the Schmidt & Bender 5-45x56 PM II High Power FFP.