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Absolute Best Low Light Scope with Illuminated Dot (No Price Limit)
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<blockquote data-quote="edward hogan" data-source="post: 1849161" data-attributes="member: 1341"><p>Very impressed with my Trijicon Accupoint 56mm.</p><p></p><p>Also remain impressed with the Leupold 4.5-14 50mm. Even the 1" tube models are great in lowlight conditions; Plus, they are superb choice when weight is a concern. The mark4 has great illum control and side-focus at 20oz. "Great Glass" is always some heavyweight stuff. Really figure to be making Long Shots after dusk? Got your special blood tracing gear in your backpack?</p><p></p><p>While it's one thing to aspire to own the newest and bestest, hunting ain't sniping. Sniping isn't what it's evolved into either. Saw some BS about how the Army's new folding stock boltgun by Barrett will make the 7.62x51 (.308win) a 1200 to 1500yd performer. Really? That'd be news to the Palma shooters.</p><p></p><p>One thing to be aware of about European optic houses, Zeiss and the others do optic formulations to optimize contrast over the Japanese optics. More a philosophy of lens making thing carried over from photograpic and binocular lens making. Color balance is notably different. Gonna carry the extra 3lbs of a 34mm tubed, great-glass scope and pay $3k more for "The Best"?</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, we're hunters, not hunters of gunmen. The weak link in every hunting designed rifle is the scope mount. An integral picatinny rail is one feature that differentiates hunting rifles from tactical purposed pieces. Another "end of the day" fact is that a riflescope is merely a sight. If hunting Leopard, a Leopold mark4 1.5-5x 30mm illum scope is a great choice. It ain't 56mm for light gathering, but within a hundred yards on an animal of cat size, it is beyond sufficient. Lugging a 14lb rifle in dense woods is a mistake in understanding basic purpose. Probably won't get you killed, but a heavy rifle with hugely oversized optic isn't a fast response piece of gear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edward hogan, post: 1849161, member: 1341"] Very impressed with my Trijicon Accupoint 56mm. Also remain impressed with the Leupold 4.5-14 50mm. Even the 1" tube models are great in lowlight conditions; Plus, they are superb choice when weight is a concern. The mark4 has great illum control and side-focus at 20oz. "Great Glass" is always some heavyweight stuff. Really figure to be making Long Shots after dusk? Got your special blood tracing gear in your backpack? While it's one thing to aspire to own the newest and bestest, hunting ain't sniping. Sniping isn't what it's evolved into either. Saw some BS about how the Army's new folding stock boltgun by Barrett will make the 7.62x51 (.308win) a 1200 to 1500yd performer. Really? That'd be news to the Palma shooters. One thing to be aware of about European optic houses, Zeiss and the others do optic formulations to optimize contrast over the Japanese optics. More a philosophy of lens making thing carried over from photograpic and binocular lens making. Color balance is notably different. Gonna carry the extra 3lbs of a 34mm tubed, great-glass scope and pay $3k more for "The Best"? At the end of the day, we're hunters, not hunters of gunmen. The weak link in every hunting designed rifle is the scope mount. An integral picatinny rail is one feature that differentiates hunting rifles from tactical purposed pieces. Another "end of the day" fact is that a riflescope is merely a sight. If hunting Leopard, a Leopold mark4 1.5-5x 30mm illum scope is a great choice. It ain't 56mm for light gathering, but within a hundred yards on an animal of cat size, it is beyond sufficient. Lugging a 14lb rifle in dense woods is a mistake in understanding basic purpose. Probably won't get you killed, but a heavy rifle with hugely oversized optic isn't a fast response piece of gear. [/QUOTE]
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