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Have you tested your scopes ability's to gather light?

Gunfighter14e2

Gunfighter14e2

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Regardless of what the mfg says, have you ever tested your scopes ability's with,... Your Eyes,... before, during & after published sunrise/set times?
I have a few cheap scopes that have a 32mm A/O and they preform much better than anything I have that has 40-44mm obj, w/ side parallax adjustment during those critical hunting times.
 
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I had an Osprey Global scope that was pretty impressive. The sun had gone down and it was legit almost dark. I saw something wiggling out in the field. Looked through the scope and it was at least twice as bright as with the naked eye.
 
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One of the most impressive Ive seen is the Meopta Meostar 50mm. Im not sure if it was just that scope or if all of them are that good at gathering light but it was damn impressive. Left the Mark 5 wanting for sure.
 
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zeroz said:
One of the most impressive Ive seen is the Meopta Meostar 50mm. Im not sure if it was just that scope or if all of them are that good at gathering light but it was damn impressive. Left the Mark 5 wanting for sure.
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I've a few also ran's that are hunting long after/before the leupolds went blind or woke up. Had a 58mm obj 22x USO that trumped them all, but being a pack mule while hunting is not my style.
 
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Perhaps it's best to say that rifle scopes "transmit" light. They transmit light from object/source that we are looking at to the shooters eye. Some scopes transmit that light better than others, due to various factors found in their lenses like: their size, their #'s (less is more), their coatings, their glass quality, et al.

But they still don't gather light or anything else unfortunately.
 
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The OP creates so many out of the blue threads, at least he made one about something gun related. It's typically, "Do You Smell your own Farts?" "Have you ever seen your Mom naked?" :ROFLMAO:

Seriously though, I have compared my scopes while out hunting and even side by side on the porch as the sun rises or sets. The quality of the innards and alignment of them make more difference than the overall dimensions. Some have more vibrance of colors than others. Some show a brighter sight pic a little longer than others. (Not gonna get into this gathering vs transmission argument shit)

So, to the original question, Yes I have compared my scopes but never have I seen the manufactures say for how long after sunset or before sunrise they will look bright to have any comparison numbers.
 
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