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Help recommend low light scope
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1353398" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>Yes, I've heard you espouse your methods here and at 24hrcampfire.com. They're interesting to say the least.</p><p></p><p>I've been hunting near nocturnal whitetails over foodplots in Mississippi for 35+ years and I also have several high magnification scopes (20-32X) with good glass between nightforce and swarovski. They don't get used in low light, the 3-12 meopta and 2.5-10 swarovski do because they work better. More magnification is better in low light up until it's limited by exit pupil. If you could have a 100mm objective then you could use 20X on the top end, but that's not practical. In true low light, not light where you can see antlers at 20X, cranking up the magnification just gets you a darker picture. It's a trade off and 10-12X has been fleshed out to where the best balance is. The Krauts, Czechs, and Austrians that hunt boar by moonlight have pretty much nailed what works best while still being man-portable on a hunting rifle.</p><p></p><p>In practical application good binoculars are more important than the scope. Even with a good scope a pair of high end 10x42 binos will be brighter. It's just the physics behind one eye vs. two and fewer lens in the binoculars which transmits more light. The most important part for the scope is a good heavy reticle for shot placement, that's why a good heavy FFP reticle is so much better than the SFP offerings. </p><p></p><p>We'll just have to agree to disagree on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1353398, member: 30743"] Yes, I've heard you espouse your methods here and at 24hrcampfire.com. They're interesting to say the least. I've been hunting near nocturnal whitetails over foodplots in Mississippi for 35+ years and I also have several high magnification scopes (20-32X) with good glass between nightforce and swarovski. They don't get used in low light, the 3-12 meopta and 2.5-10 swarovski do because they work better. More magnification is better in low light up until it's limited by exit pupil. If you could have a 100mm objective then you could use 20X on the top end, but that's not practical. In true low light, not light where you can see antlers at 20X, cranking up the magnification just gets you a darker picture. It's a trade off and 10-12X has been fleshed out to where the best balance is. The Krauts, Czechs, and Austrians that hunt boar by moonlight have pretty much nailed what works best while still being man-portable on a hunting rifle. In practical application good binoculars are more important than the scope. Even with a good scope a pair of high end 10x42 binos will be brighter. It's just the physics behind one eye vs. two and fewer lens in the binoculars which transmits more light. The most important part for the scope is a good heavy reticle for shot placement, that's why a good heavy FFP reticle is so much better than the SFP offerings. We'll just have to agree to disagree on it. [/QUOTE]
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