Mike C

Great scope....got one myself. Good luck with the sale 🙂👍

Simple really: Assuming your rings are clamping onto a pic rail you could use, as I do with no issues on a 6.5cm, a pic-to-pic rail with built in 20moa cant. UTG make them at a very reasonable price, about £30. If you don't fancy that get yourself a mono mount with built in cant.

The juggernauts arrived today, thankyou very much. I thought I was back at school trying to get into a pass-the-parcel. Awesome wrapping 😂

Lee .44 SPL Die set is now sold

Hoping to 😃,but depends on work load 🤔. I'll let you know

I've just checked the weight of these flasks and they are under 1kg combined, package and ready to go. So postage within the UK should only be £3.50

I'd have that N340 if you weren't so far away 😐

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I'd just like to add what an awesome bit of kit these rifle's are. With the right load, these are super accurate (<0.5moa) cold hammer forged barrels. Good luck with your sale 🙂 👍

Production pot is £99.20 at HK's .44 SPL die set is £50.90 at HK's I can meet at Diggle. 🙂

Price reduced to £20 + postage for both. They've got to be worth that, surely 🙂

BOTH NOW SOLD. Perdersoli Alabama powder flask, leather covered Perdersoli copper powder flask, adjustable dispenser Both for £20 + postage

Lee Production pot IV. Original box. This is not mine, it is being sold for a friend who has passed away. I find the reloading process complicated enough without the added process of making the heads as well! But, I can vouch that the pot heats up and melts lead because I've tried it. I can also add that the release lever seals and does not drip out molten lead through the nozzle until the lever is lifted. However, I've not measured the temperature of the lead in relation to various positions of the thermostat. I don't think the pot was used for some time before I was asked to move it on and subsequently tested it before putting it on here. Looking into the pot there are no cracks. A little rusty on the surface but I'm sure that oxidization will clear once it starts to be used once again. £50 + postage SOLD Lee 44 Special or 44 Magnum 3 Die set; Resizing/de-capping Die, Expander/powder thru die, seating/crimping die Shell holder & scoop £35 + postage SOLD

Let's have a look it, I'm always interested in weird and wonderful stuff 🙃

Got any skin left on it or are you down to the bone

My example for a Savage Model 12 FTR in .308 From a distance you'd think it was a plumber's 15mm pipe slice 😃, but it Works a treat.

Yes, that's the only issue you'll have so be prepared for that long haul 😒. Their service is second to none. Their comms is spot on. Their pricing is also very reasonable, considering you're dealing with one, if not, the best.

I don't suppose you're after a '0' cant alternative, SP-4002? I want to change mine for one like yours 🙂

This was brought up a few times by them and me over email 😞

The following story is just an insight into the complexities of sending a Schmidt & Bender scope back to the manufacturer for a repair/service and subsequent return back to me the sender. This is my own personal experience and just wanted to highlight two main points; 1) The outstanding level of service and professionalism from Schmidt & Bender over there in Biebertal, Germany. 2) The insufferable long and drawn out delays during it's journey. This all started when a fellow member at my local shooting club put a list of items up for sale and one particular item that made me do a double take was that of a S&B PMII 5-25 x 56 FFP sat in a Sphur mono mount at a very reasonable if not too reasonable price. Consequently a phone call was made and we arranged to meet. It was clear after a quick inspection of the scope that the front objective lens had been damaged, and by that I don't mean scratches but damage to the special coatings applied during manufacture. The image was still clear when looking through it but I knew it should have been better. In any case I still ended up purchasing the scope and was pretty chuffed with the fact that I'd finally got myself a Schmidt & Bender PMII, even though it was 'impaired' and without it's original box. When I got home I was eager to compare it alongside a flawless Sightron Siii 8-32 which I had sat around doing nothing at the time. Having looked through both at various distances and objects the Sightron was a little clearer, but I was still pretty chuffed with the purchase. I thought about getting the front objective lens swopped out locally but having spoke with a few people it seamed like the only correct way of doing it with such a high end scope was to see if Schmidt & Bender themselves could replace it. So, late on a Sunday evening, I contacted Schmidt & Bender via email regarding replacing the front objective lens. I emailed over a few images of the lens at the same time. By 6.30am the following day I had a personal email back from a chap at Schmidt and he had looked at the images I sent and confirmed that the coating was damaged and that really it shouldn't make that much difference to the performance of the scope but also stated that if I wanted it replacing the cost for a new objective, resetting parallax and re-filling with nitrogen would be 200 euro's + freight NET. He asked for the serial number which tells them everything about the scope's model, age, reticle (P3L) etc.. I agreed on the price and over a number of emails he then asked whether I would like to replace the reticle at the same time. This hadn't crossed my mind at the time but once he'd mentioned it I couldn't 'not' ask how much extra to replace with a more appropriate for me P4FL reticle. The cost for a new lens & reticle including freight was very reasonable indeed and I agreed and so their paperwork was started and a number of forms were filled in at my end and returned by email. It was just a case of popping it in the post, or so I thought! Schmidt & Bender recommended using UPS as that was their preferred courier so I went online to start the process. When I've used UPS in the past to post in the UK I just take it down to my local off License which is a 'UPS Access point' where it gets scanned and taken off me, simple. Because this item was leaving the UK and entering the EU a CP72 form had to be completed and that's where the trouble starts. One has to go onto the government website in order to obtain the correct commodity code, these are an internationally recognized method for defining types of goods for customs purposes. On searching our government website there is no other code one can use only to associate it as an optical part for a firearm. I wouldn't for one minute try and pretend it wasn't anything other than what it was and so I used the appropriate code. The problem came once payment was made and accepted, a pop-up box appeared on screen informing me that because of the type of item it would need to be taken to a 'UPS customer center', the nearest being some 36 miles away. Why the online system didn't inform me before I made payment I don't know. It couldn't be cancelled for an immediate refund either but after contacting them by phone it was said that as long as the postage label didn't get scanned or used then the refund would be issued automatically within 14 days. I decided to take it to my local post office instead the following day and post it the traditional way and actually speak to a person instead of a screen. It was sent via Parcel Force Worldwide. So this is a simplified breakdown of the dates tracking my scope on it's journey to Germany and back missing out numerous emails and phone calls to customs: 24th Aug. Parcel sent out via Parcelforce Worldwide. 20th Sept. Finally arrived at Schmidt & Bender for repair having been stuck at German customs. 25th Sept. Fixed and ready for dispatch. Export license applied for by Schmidt which can take up to 6 weeks. 13th Nov. Shipped from Schmidt some 7 weeks later! 22nd Nov, contacted UPS as to why my parcel was stuck at UK Customs. 22nd Nov. a copy of initial Export Invoice and a RIF declaration form needed to be completed by me and returned before it would be released. 23rd Nov. UPS email over import duty invoice to be paid before releasing. 23rd Nov. Customs payment made. 25th Nov. Parcel finally arrived on my doorstep. As you can see, this was a long and drawn out process for a repair that more than likely took no more than a couple of days to complete. What caused the process to take three months was the amount of bureaucratic red tape at every turn and you could say rightly so considering what was inside was as far as customs are concerned a firearm part. Was it worth the wait? absolutely. What returned was what looked like a brand new (except a few scratch marks from previous scope mounts) scope in an authentic box, original label, numerous bits and bobs in plastic bags including badges etc. and above all else a perfect scope with replaced lens and reticle. Throughout this process I dealt with the same guy at Schmidt and he returned any email I sent within hours, and I sent a lot. I won't name the chap but he was polite, professional and full of optimism, he obviously does this type of thing on a daily basis. I can't fault anything to do with their service; you would be hard pressed to find a comparable company that delivers such a high level of excellence. There's a reason why they're one of the best 🙂

Ahha! now I get you. That's unfortunate for you. I think your problem along with most other products relating to 'lefthand' will always be an issue so long as righthanders are the majority buyer. On a slight positive note at least we can be somewhat proud in the fact that AI as a UK manufacturer do produce some products in lefthand unlike some. 😊👍

Well, you've totally confused me there then 🤪....because looking at your rifle, I'm looking at a left handed bolt! perfect for fast reload or off hand

I did exactly exactly that but now wished I'd bought a dedicated lefty........just for a certain discipline

Hi, there. Sorry for the late response. I see you have another offer of a similar Sightron off Nick (nice chap). I had forgotten I still had this on here but I've decided to keep it to hand for the time being.