Manufacturers

    Every scope a brand makes, at a glance.

    See what sets a brand's scopes apart, what you get as the price climbs, and which one is right for your hunt.

    ◆ Manufacturer

    Steiner

    Capable fast-glass 640 hardware under Beretta ownership, serviced by sibling Burris in Colorado, with a 2-year, original-owner warranty the name doesn't suggest.

    Lineup
    1 scope
    Price band
    $1,899.99
    Sensors by
    Guide Sensmart
    Warranty
    2-yr (thermal)

    Steinerits one scope, line by line

    Nighthunter640 weapon sight · $1,899.99
    Screen (the display you look at):HD 1024×768FHD 1920×1080QHD 2560×2560 micro-OLEDLRF built-in rangefinderDUAL FOV switchable dual lens (wide + long)
    The numbered chip is the sensor inside the scope — its class, from the real core (native resolution and NETD live on each product page) — not the screen.
    ◆ The sensors inside

    What Steiner builds on

    No other brand on our board sells a scope on Steiner's sensors — its GST sensors appear nowhere else.

    $0$2,500$5,000$7,500$10,000Steiner Nighthunter S35 Gen II — $1,900 · 35mm lens640×512 12µm · 40mKGST · 1 Steiner scope · no other brand
    Steiner scopes at street price — colored by sensor class
    How the lineup is built

    1 names, 1 pictures, 1 packages

    Every Steiner is a picture wearing a package. The picture comes from the sensor and the lens. The package is the line — the screen, the body, the rangefinder — and the price. The model name tells you the package, not the picture.

    1
    names on the shelf
    what you're shown
    strip the packaging
    1
    builds
    sensor + lens · the picture
    dressed as
    1
    packages
    screen, rangefinder, body · the price

    One system, sold by the lens. Every Steiner here is one system: the sensor and the lens set the picture, the trim sets the price.

    The smarter buy

    What Steiner's own price list says

    Computed straight from the specs and prices on the board — where the same picture sells twice, and what a feature really costs. Refreshed with every catalog update.

    Nighthunter S35 Gen II
    Steiner
    Nighthunter S35 Gen II
    Nighthunter
    25° apparent field of view. How big the view looks.
    75
    Image
    83
    Handling
    45
    Warranty
    Above the class bar, under the class rate
    Scores 74.6 for image — at or above the 640-class median of 72.8 — priced $1,900 against the class's $3,994 going rate (#31 of 80 for image).
    ◆ Behind the name

    Who you're actually buying from

    Who makes the sensor
    Guide Sensmart (Wuhan · China)

    The Bayreuth glass pedigree doesn't extend to this line. FCC filings show the Nighthunter is built by Wuhan Guide Sensmart — one filing literally lists "Trade name: Guide" — the same builder behind sibling Beretta brand Burris's thermal. Steiner discloses none of it.

    Strengths

    • Solid hardware at a fair price for the badge: 640×512, fast F1.0 glass, with the flagship scope at $4,599.
    • Real substance behind the name — Beretta-group ownership and US service run by sibling Burris in Colorado.
    • A clean, connected feature set: OLED display, app, picture-in-picture, and a 30G shock rating.

    Cautions

    • The thermal warranty is 2 years, original owner — not the lifetime Heritage warranty the Steiner name implies, and short against the value brands' 5-year terms.
    • The German pedigree covers Steiner's glass products; this line is Guide Sensmart-built and Steiner doesn't say so.
    • No sensitivity figure is published on the current product pages.
    Founded 1947HQ Bayreuth, GermanyStaff not disclosed

    Lines run from the flagship at the top down to the entry models, and within each line the priciest sits first. Prices are current street prices.

    ◆ Where to buy

    Who sells Steiner

    4 stores list Steiner scopes today, and their prices differ — on a typical Steiner scope the cheapest store is about $2,700 below the most expensive. Each scope’s own page lists its stores with the current price, shipping, and return terms. EuroOptic and Scopelist share one owner, so they count as one store.

    EuroOptic / Scopelist
    1 of 1
    OpticsPlanet
    1 of 1
    Palmetto State Armory
    1 of 1
    Strictly Offensive Kit
    1 of 1