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<blockquote data-quote="FTRshooter" data-source="post: 1843478" data-attributes="member: 112707"><p>I gave you two very big hints, but yet you persisted in what I now believe is crass ignorance. The good thing is that can be fixed. </p><p>You twice stated that you are looking at 5X25X56 scopes. There are no such things. The accepted nomenclature of a scope is simply magnification with an "X" (which most people think it means "by") and the size of the objective lens in millimeters. Like a 4X32, where the 4 is a 4X scope with a 32 millimeter objective lens.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you have a variable scope, the magnification is a range, like the perennial favorite 3-9X.</p><p></p><p>You have to have both pieces of data (magnification range and objective lens diameter) to easily and quickly describe the scope and its capabilities. If you only provide the magnification, we don't know it the scope is useful for low light situations.</p><p></p><p>So, when you twice stated you were looking at 5X25X56, that was meaningless. I believe what you were describing was a 5-25X56, or a 5X-25X56. Now, I know many of you will think this is nitpicking, but this is supposed to be a site where people can come get reliable information about optics, and we can't even get the nomenclature right?</p><p></p><p>I will state right now that when I read a post where someone talks about scopes and does the 5X25X56 thing, or the even more ignorant 5X25 or 4-12, I immediately dismiss the writer as ignorant and don't even bother reading the rest of the post, knowing that the person who wrote it knows nothing about scopes.</p><p></p><p>Now, I realize that some of you will take offense to this and decide to to the childish trick of purposefully getting the nomenclature wrong. But I am comforted by the thought that some will learn and move on.</p><p></p><p>It's just as easy to get it right and show that you know what you're talking/writing about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FTRshooter, post: 1843478, member: 112707"] I gave you two very big hints, but yet you persisted in what I now believe is crass ignorance. The good thing is that can be fixed. You twice stated that you are looking at 5X25X56 scopes. There are no such things. The accepted nomenclature of a scope is simply magnification with an "X" (which most people think it means "by") and the size of the objective lens in millimeters. Like a 4X32, where the 4 is a 4X scope with a 32 millimeter objective lens. Now, if you have a variable scope, the magnification is a range, like the perennial favorite 3-9X. You have to have both pieces of data (magnification range and objective lens diameter) to easily and quickly describe the scope and its capabilities. If you only provide the magnification, we don't know it the scope is useful for low light situations. So, when you twice stated you were looking at 5X25X56, that was meaningless. I believe what you were describing was a 5-25X56, or a 5X-25X56. Now, I know many of you will think this is nitpicking, but this is supposed to be a site where people can come get reliable information about optics, and we can't even get the nomenclature right? I will state right now that when I read a post where someone talks about scopes and does the 5X25X56 thing, or the even more ignorant 5X25 or 4-12, I immediately dismiss the writer as ignorant and don't even bother reading the rest of the post, knowing that the person who wrote it knows nothing about scopes. Now, I realize that some of you will take offense to this and decide to to the childish trick of purposefully getting the nomenclature wrong. But I am comforted by the thought that some will learn and move on. It's just as easy to get it right and show that you know what you're talking/writing about. [/QUOTE]
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