General design criteria I'm seeing...... weight is the biggest concern, preferred no heavier than 25 ounces, but the lighter the better. Magnification range low end of 2X and high end of 20X maximum. The low end seems more important than more magnification? Objective diameter doesn't seem super important to you guys but not larger than 50mm so the scope can be mounted lower and for weight reduction. Locking elevation and capped windage, 10 Mil turrets with two revs. and low profile. Superior optics as usual, wide eyebox, no edge distortion. Reticle design will be important for crossover hunting/tactical purposes. Center illumination only seems preferred and needs to be bright, and visible on lowest mag setting. Two reticles, one a tree style design with dots and the other a straight crosshair. Probably a 30mm tube. Edited to add: length not longer than 13 inches.
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Don't get too excited just yet gentlemen (gentlepersons?) Developing a new optic doesn't happen in 6 months for us, lots of much more detailed analysis of everything to do as well as cost of development to budget for.
Sounds good, you already have the 4-20 as a mid range (magnification wise) optic, I think it'd be a mistake to go too high on the magnification range.
Pick a FOV spec you want on the low end (say 50ft at 100y) and fit the low end magnification to than, then go as high as the design allows.
Say 2.5-14ish.
30mm tube would be nice but not a must have.
Just make sure the reticle is sized right, no point having nice thin lines optimized for 20x if the scope tops out at 14x.
Probably .06mil main stadia lines and some sort of centee illumination that makes the low end like a LVPO or Leupold Firedot would be fantastic.