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Originally Posted by propliner
The XTR II is everything the reviews say it is. Glass, tracking, ruggedness, reticle, illumination and feel. Unfortunately, they are hard to come by and the dealers who stock Burris never have these (or the equally awesome Veracity) in stock.
I'm sold on these and prefer shooting my 5-25 over my March 2.5-25 from the bench. You wont find a better FFP scope anywhere out there for the money, or for maybe even twice the money. Think Steiner's budget cousin.
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AFAIK, USA ITAR export permit requirements have created a high wall of paper that prevents USA online dealers and most Canadian dealers from stocking anything but low end (non ITAR) hunter scopes, that are made in or distributed from the USA, (free trade in action). The EUro to CA$ exchange has not changed nearly as much as the US$ to CA$ but most EU scopes are distributed from the USA so the distributors benefit at our expense.
The lack of Canadian distribution direct from EU, also creates problems with warranty service and especially warranty replacements as (AFAIK) the replacement scope (with different serial #) requires a new export permit. Canadian dealers are reluctant to do an over the counter exchange for this reason, and also because the US distributors have very high reorder or special order minimums (also caused by the cost of export paperwork).
The XTR II specs are very good, I would really like to see one. The Steiners are very interesting, but not stocked by the dealers shown on the Steiner website, the Burris website lists NO Canadian dealer information.
Good Luck, YMMV.
Peace on Earth, and Best Wishes to all.
Burris XTR II
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