AGS OR SMHIT AN BENDER

[bignoel 14]

went to buy a shmit an bender scope today chap had a set in shop window £475 i asked about them he said what do you want them for told him fox/deer and he sad what i needed was these AGS someting something x 50 at £275 ? which is better type ??

[mattydski 560]

For the equivalent magnification, and equivalent objective lense size..S+B.

 

To give an example:

AGS = Fiat

S+B = Porsche

 

Both do a job, but one does it better!!

[bignoel 14]

i agree but cant understand why he offerd me the AGS for half the price of the smiht an bender odd heh

[mattydski 560]

Agree, unless the AGS had the optimum magnificaton and objective, and he didn't have a comparible S+B of the correct mag/obj to offer. If that is the case then he was doing his job.

 

AGS is ok, its not a bad scope.

[SNAP SHOT 194]

It's obvious mate, he has a bigger profit margain on the AGS i bet.....

 

read up on every thing before you go on a spending mission, my tip for the day.......

[IanB 0]

No comparsion the S&B will be far better in low light, sun glare, sharpness and general build quality..Like all the premium brands i.e Swarovski, Leupold, Zeiss, schmidt and bender

[martin 332]

I might be wrong,but,I always thought that 'AGS' stood for 'Air Gun Scope'. But,that aside the S&B is one of the best scopes about,as are Swaro's/Zeiss etc.I would guess that he was selling the S&B on behalf of someone else and he would make more money on the AGS...............'M'

[Mr_Logic 5]

For fox and deer, S&B is much better. Besides him trying to make money, the AGS will have had more mag than the S&B at those prices, he may have thought that you would benefit from a bit more mag, and for fox he may have had a point.

 

But, the glass on the S&B is top-notch, if you did want the mag, you could consider Bushnell Elite 4200, Leupold VX-III, or if you can find it, Zeiss Conquest. Of the three, the Zeiss is the best optically. All of those are much better than the AGS and will be in the price bracket of that S&B.

[IanB 0]

Also the better glass helps sometimes when lamping, I've been out and spotted eyes, looked through a mates scopes and couldn't make out what it was, tried through different scopes and clear as day... CAT it does make a difference but the prices are a lot different too.... For general daytime shooting, it doesn't matter that much... but for poorly lit and sun glare times it makes a massive difference... I;ve looked through a MTC viper at a target and couldn;t see shit because of the sun with the sun shade on also... then looked at the same target with my centrefire with a swarovski on, no sun shade and the target was clear as day... So you pays your money and have something that will do the business and last you a lifetime.. all depends what you want and your situation....

[coldweld 65]

Buy the best you can afford . S&B don't have many scopes better than them !!

 

What mag was the S&B ?

[njc110381 0]

S&B every time, no question! I was out stalking yesterday night and I could see better through my S&B 8x56 than I could without it! Amazing scopes!

[rob reynolds uk 3]

if you told the gun dealer what rifle they were going on but you never told us ??..now im thinking you have a cheep rifle and the scopes you were looking at were worth more than your rifle ..that may be why he said ags

[the Verminator 0]

I might be wrong,but,I always thought that 'AGS' stood for 'Air Gun Scope'. But,that aside the S&B is one of the best scopes about,as are Swaro's/Zeiss etc.I would guess that he was selling the S&B on behalf of someone else and he would make more money on the AGS...............'M'

 

i think AGS stands for Air gun Sport, not too sure but i think it is.

[welshdragon 6]

same here S&B

 

W.D

[bignoel 14]

if you told the gun dealer what rifle they were going on but you never told us ??..now im thinking you have a cheep rifle and the scopes you were looking at were worth more than your rifle ..that may be why he said ags

 

 

well i did mention it was for a remi 700 centre fire couldnt of been more obivous and it wasnt ye ?