RichCoyle
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Woods? You know the scope gets brighter when you turn the magnification down, right?
Anyone who did a low light test knows higher magnification helps see things longer in low light.
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Anyone who did a low light test knows higher magnification helps see things longer in low light.
Hand Skills
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No Rich, just you - when it gets dim exit pupil becomes a challenge for some of us. We all see things differently I guess 
Varmint Hunter
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As long as you can maintain an exit pupil of 6mm-7mm the magnification shouldn't matter, all else being equal.
shooters
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I think what Rich is referring to, which has been proven multiple times is higher magnification, along with high resolution optics, provide a more detailed and a clearer picture of the intended target. Lowering the mag gives a bigger brighter picture, but less detail.
This has been proven multiple times with 12 X binoculars verse 10 X
This has been proven multiple times with 12 X binoculars verse 10 X
RichCoyle
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This has been proven every time anyone comes by with a scope. I have deer antlers in the woods 131 yards and a military optics chart at 127 yards to use.
RichCoyle
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I just remembered a comparison with four scopes. I owned all so no prejudice going in.
A Swarovski z5 5-25X52, a Leupold VX 6 4-24X50, Bushnell Elite 6500 4 1/2-30X50, Leupold VX5 3-15X56.
The first three went down in the same minute. The 56 mm lasted six more minutes with all set on 10X.
A Swarovski z5 5-25X52, a Leupold VX 6 4-24X50, Bushnell Elite 6500 4 1/2-30X50, Leupold VX5 3-15X56.
The first three went down in the same minute. The 56 mm lasted six more minutes with all set on 10X.
I have that particular Nightforce also and will second your post. A lot of scopes have the entire reticle illuminated and kill your night vision. Sightron S3 IR only has the center dot illuminated in the MOA-2 reticle. I have two 8x32x56s.
On a budget the Trigicon Accupoint 2.5-10-56 with the tritium center dot works really well and requires no batteries. The tritium will lose brightness over the years much like night sites on pistols but Trigicon will replace that free. They come in mil dot or standard duplex. I've had one of the mildot versions for years and it's been very good and tough. I had an FFL and was a dealer for around 8 years. I sold more of this particular scope to hunters than all other scopes combined.
I bought a Kahles 8x56 with 7A reticle in 1989. That reticle had no illumination but had huge outer crosshairs with a fine crosshair in the center. You could box a deer in with the large outer crosshairs. Swarovski and Zeiss offer scopes with that type crosshair.
The Zeiss Diavari and Victory are good but would be out of your price range
I'm sure there are many others. But these are scopes that I have hands on hunting experience with.
