does anybody have a way to contact this company. I have a S&B scope that the front lens fell out of and when i go to their website and go to contact us, it won't let me go anywhere

Butchloc,

Try this page:

http://www.schmidtbender.com/contact_1.shtml

Looks to me like the link you're trying is not active. I found this link by fishing around on their site.

Ouch....and that makes the 2nd S&B in a week that I know of where a lens fell out.

Was yours new?

A guy near Houston put a new S&B on a hard-kicking .257 Roberts and got the same result as you did.

Hopefully they'll take care of both situations quickly and find their weak link in the assembly process.

WOW, this is mind boggling.. Having a lens fall out of a scope is something I never dreamed of happening???
Where are these scopes assembled?

One of the PH's at the camp where I hunted in RSA, said he sent his S&B back twice and the thing still malfunctioned. I don't remember his exact problem, but to him it is a piece of junk. His words not mine. All good manufacturers can have a lemon, but after several attempts to have it fixed, he will never buy another one.

How the mighty have fallen.

i don't seem to get anybody at S&B to return an email or call

Everybody used to give me grief for using Swift scopes.
For the money ($200-250 range) the function very well and have an across-the-counter lifetime warranty;
walk in, walk out.

Plus I have never even heard of anyone having a lense fall out...

None of my S&B's have ever had problems.

(Mine are all 2000 or earlier production)

Butchloc,

Sorry to hear about the problems you're having...

You may have tried these already but from their web site:

In the U.S.:
Schmidt & Bender, Inc.
P.O. Box 134
438 Willow Brook Road
Meriden, NH 03770
U.S.A.
(800) 468-3450 toll free
(603) 469-3471 fax
info@schmidtbender.com

For a list of US dealers click here

In Europe:
Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. Kg
Am Grossacker 42
D-35444 Biebertal
Germany
+49 64 098 1150 tel
+49 64 098 11511 fax
info@schmidt-bender.de

It may be worth dropping the German email addy a note and, outlining your problem & asking them for the most up to date dealer contact in the US,

Regards,

Peter


BTW which model of S&B is it?

pete - thanks for the info. this isn't a rifle scope but its a thing call a mayflower. its a 20x telescope that i've had for a good many years, and i don't even know if they make it any more.

well i finally heard back from S&B - twice - the first one was from mark who said to send it in to him, the 2nd one was from marcia who said they wouldn't work on it. ?????????? guess i'll send it to mark