Schmidt Bender 6x42 1 inch non illuminated value?

[Outandabout-goneshooting]

Evening All and Merry Christmas.

Have a friend of a friend not on the forum and he is giving up shooting for health reasons.

He has the above scope, mint condition, made in Germany. Scope may have some very slight ring marks but otherwise looks new. Has the bikini covers but not the box.

Any idea of value approx value please? I said around the £200 mark based on what I had seen previously, but he seemed to think higher.

Just trying to manage his expectations.

Thanks all.

 

[User00040]

£200 pounds if he wants to sell it quick.

£499 if @Klenchblaize wants it.

 

[Ronin]

2-300 bang on the money dependant on condition

 

[John Doe]

£200 would be the absolute top end. They are great scopes but sadly outdated now.

 

[Outandabout-goneshooting]

Thanks all. That's what I have tried to diplomatically point out.

 

[webley701]

£200 would be the absolute top end. They are great scopes but sadly outdated now.

Outdated in what sense?

 

[John Doe]

Outdated in what sense?

Things have moved on, why wouldn’t you go for a decent variable these days? Not saying a person couldn’t manage with a 6x42, I just don’t know a single person that uses one anymore. Do any of the major manufacturers even make them these days? Not looking for a fight over it just giving an opinion.

 

[Woodlander]

£250 ish

 

[User00032]

Hey in support of the scope your thinking about…only my own opinion but the 6x42 s and b is a good scope. I did have one. My other 3 scopes I use are all 6x42. 2 swaros and a kahles. All oldies but they do their job. If your stalking deer I find these enough for me. They look good on the older rifles, they are simple to setup,zero and sight alignment is not complicated with the simple cross hair reticle. I can only go by the fact that they have never let me down and I’ve been out in all conditions. Woodlander says £250 ish. I agree with him. I think you would be fine with that scope. Good luck.

 

[HonestJohn]

£250 if very faint ring marks, if indentations from rings/crimping, few will want it and then I’d say £150-£175

 

[8x57]

Outdated in what sense?

Out of fashion rather than outdated.
They do the job just fine, are trouble free and reliable, just that most shooters now desire a variable with more magnification (even if they never use the extra magnification ).
£250 would be what I would be prepared to pay (£300 absolute tops for first class condition boxed with papers).

 

[Sonicdmb73]

I think I paid around £200 for both of my 6x42 scope. A S&B and a Lepould, they do the job the were designed for as well as ever.
However I am in the minority as far as I scan tell. In actually wanting to use a fix 6x scope.
The quality of modern variables has all but killed the market for fixed scopes.

 

[JTO]

I have a Schmidt & Bender 8x56 German that is over 30 years old. Variables come in handy for zeroing and testing loads if you don't want to do a lot of walking, without a spotting scope. The right target choice helps with a lower powered scope. https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/attachments/target-3-new-pdf.125450/
I'm putting bullets through the same hole at 130yrds.

 

[User00047]

I much prefer a good fixed power scope over a variable.
Keep it simple and there’s less to go wrong.

 

[baguio]

I much prefer a good fixed power scope over a variable.
Keep it simple and there’s less to go wrong.

Has anyone ever had the variable part of a scope go wrong? People used to say the same thing about electric windows on cars. Try to find a modern car without electric windows now. 6x42 scopes have a very limited market so selling them for decent money is always going to be difficult.

 

[JockStalk]

I started with 6x42 on my rifles, S&B and Swarovski, my preference being the swaro as it was brighter to my eyes and i liked the finer cross hair.
Having gone all round the houses, I’ve just picked up a 8x56 from a fine bloke on here. As I was told when I started, 6x42 or 8x56 is all you need. Didn’t stop me spending thousands on glass, but the advice (Andy ) was right.
As to value, without a box I’d say 200 for an inch tube and a bit more for 30mm plus post. I find inch tubes are harder to shift these days to be honest.

 

[Bowland blades]

£150 for it to sell £200 if your prepared for lots of time wasters on a advert . A dealer might break the £200 barrier . Tempted myself depending on reticule / condition

 

[baguio]

I started with 6x42 on my rifles, S&B and Swarovski, my preference being the swaro as it was brighter to my eyes and i liked the finer cross hair.
Having gone all round the houses, I’ve just picked up a 8x56 from a fine bloke on here. As I was told when I started, 6x42 or 8x56 is all you need. Didn’t stop me spending thousands on glass, but the advice (Andy ) was right.
As to value, without a box I’d say 200 for an inch tube and a bit more for 30mm plus post. I find inch tubes are harder to shift these days to be honest.

“6x42 or 8x56 is all you need” is the most ridiculous comment and most repeated comment on here because 1)You can’t look through someone elses eyes. 2) You don’t know where their stalking journey may take them. 3) Try spotting the knobs on a cast roe buck at 200 metres with 6x mag scope. Now try with 18x . I could go on and on.

 

[Bowland blades]

“6x42 or 8x56 is all you need” is the most ridiculous comment and most repeated comment on here because 1)You can’t look through someone elses eyes. 2) You don’t know where their stalking journey may take them. 3) Try spotting the knobs on a cast roe buck at 200 metres with 6x mag scope. Now try with 18x . I could go on and on.

Scopes are shooting devices though not spotting devices is the alternative argument . I actually agree with the idea that 6x or 8x is all you really need for deer shooting . I rarely wind my varibles up past 8x . My Binos are 7x and i dont struggle assessing an animal within shooting range, its more the glass quality than the magnification. Field of view can become an issue with higher mags .... Getting onto the next when culling and missing that deer that slips in behind the one your about to send a bullet at is the issues on high magnification

 

[JockStalk]

“6x42 or 8x56 is all you need” is the most ridiculous comment and most repeated comment on here because 1)You can’t look through someone elses eyes. 2) You don’t know where their stalking journey may take them. 3) Try spotting the knobs on a cast roe buck at 200 metres with 6x mag scope. Now try with 18x . I could go on and on.

thanks for the feedback, I’ll use that for self-reflection. Now jog on.