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Twenty-five power is now regarded as 'the minimum' for anyone who shoots serious long-range competition and if you walk the line at any of the GB F Class League shoots or a 1000 yard benchrest shoot, you won't see much below 32 power. This was perhaps true ten or fifteen years ago but Nightforce changed all that and we suddenly realised that it was much easier to hit your target if you could actually see it! If you are using a rested-rifle, you just can't have too much scope-power. S & B have always concentrated on the civilian hunter-market and the serious Police/Military user and for some unknown reason, a ten-power scope was once regarded as 'sufficient'. Until they introduced their 5-25 however, they had not offered a scope to really excite the serious long-range competition shooter. Undoubtedly, Schmidt & Bender are at the very top of the optics 'tree' - or should I say 'rifle optics' for as the S&B website points out, they don't make binoculars, cameras, spotting-scopes and the like - they make riflescopes, pure and simple and they arguably do it better than anyone else. Having said that, although it's been 'available' for quite a while, do you know anyone who has one? Have you seen a review of one? The likely answer is 'no' to both questions but Target Shooter has one! You could say that this is the scope the world has been waiting for - the world of long range rifle shooters that is - be it civilian or military! We waited for what seemed a lifetime for S&B to come up with a 5-25 but thankfully they have followed up quite quickly with the very desirable 12-50 power.