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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
1" or 30mm performance difference
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<blockquote data-quote="dewiseman" data-source="post: 302158" data-attributes="member: 8984"><p>I recently compared some scopes side by side i.e. 1" to 30mm, same power and objective size, same maunfacturer. Some brands showed a noticeable difference with the 30mm being brighter to my eyes. Some didn't. I suspect that some manufacturers put better lenses or better coatings in the 30mm scopes because they can sell them for more. In plainer words, their 30mm scopes are their higher end scopes. What have you guy's noticed? Also, I will respectfully disagree with fireroad> I am not an engineer, ( maybe one will chime in ) but disagree on the strength issue on this basses...In archery, the arrows are tested and classified by spline, the given amount of deflection of the tube. You can have two arrows with the same deflection rate but different diameters and wall thicknesses. This is done so that you can go to a lighter weight arrow by going to a larger diameter shaft with a thinner wall and still maintain the same strenght/spline classification. If it is significant in an arrow sized tube, why wouldn't it be significant in a larger tube with the same wall thickness, the 30mm tube compared to the 1" tube. The only way that it wouldn't be significantly stronger is if they used a thinner wall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dewiseman, post: 302158, member: 8984"] I recently compared some scopes side by side i.e. 1" to 30mm, same power and objective size, same maunfacturer. Some brands showed a noticeable difference with the 30mm being brighter to my eyes. Some didn't. I suspect that some manufacturers put better lenses or better coatings in the 30mm scopes because they can sell them for more. In plainer words, their 30mm scopes are their higher end scopes. What have you guy's noticed? Also, I will respectfully disagree with fireroad> I am not an engineer, ( maybe one will chime in ) but disagree on the strength issue on this basses...In archery, the arrows are tested and classified by spline, the given amount of deflection of the tube. You can have two arrows with the same deflection rate but different diameters and wall thicknesses. This is done so that you can go to a lighter weight arrow by going to a larger diameter shaft with a thinner wall and still maintain the same strenght/spline classification. If it is significant in an arrow sized tube, why wouldn't it be significant in a larger tube with the same wall thickness, the 30mm tube compared to the 1" tube. The only way that it wouldn't be significantly stronger is if they used a thinner wall. [/QUOTE]
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