New scope help

[bobcat]

The 50mm will attact more light into your scope so if you are hunting in heavy wooded areas that don't see much light then I would get the 50mm. If you are hunting in open land you should be fine with a 40mm.

 
My thoughts on this are the opposite. For more wooded areas, I'd take the lighter and more compact 40mm objective lens over the 50. For open areas I might use a 50mm scope, but in general I prefer a 40mm or objective for all around use.

[Bofire]

 :)I will not use Nikon products, they do not support hunting 100%. I have leupold , several, love them, had them for many many years. I have VXIII's in 40mm and 50mm. I can see no difference in light gathering or FOV.
Carl

[high country]

Quality trumps quantity in obj size. My 44mm zeiss smokes my 50mm leupy mark 4

[addicted]

Quality trumps quantity in obj size. My 44mm zeiss smokes my 50mm leupy mark 4

Qaib has sounded too interested in highest clarity, but yes, i'm wiht high country. I have seen clarity to be more important than objective diameter when it comes to low light situations.

Thats why i wouldn't mind trying a meopro or conquest with a #4 ret for my next night and day gun. The only thing that worries me is the possibility that the second focal plane will make the reticle appear too small in the dark. we shall see.

[CAMPMEAT]

Pentax............you don't need $$$$$ scopes to get the job done.

[Bean Counter]

:)I will not use Nikon products, they do not support hunting 100%. I have leupold , several, love them, had them for many many years. I have VXIII's in 40mm and 50mm. I can see no difference in light gathering or FOV.
Carl

I own $,$$$ in Nikon products. If you're going to make a statement like this, please post more info. Thanks.

[artifactr]

Hey guys, here's a couple links to some reviews by a scope guru. I respect his opinion and like reading his reviews.

http://opticsthoughts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:400-born-in-europe-assembled-in-the-us&catid=4:rifle-scope-reviews&Itemid=4

http://opticsthoughts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:qinexpensive-scopeq-comparison&catid=4:rifle-scope-reviews&Itemid=4

[addicted]

Ilya always does a good write up. I think i've posted up that 400$ born in europe one up here before.

[Bofire]

http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_fa7ad7ae-fbcd-11de-8cfc-001cc4c002e0.html

[Bean Counter]

Thanks.... but is that it?

[thinkingman]

Hey guys, here's a couple links to some reviews by a scope guru. I respect his opinion and like reading his reviews.

http://opticsthoughts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:400-born-in-europe-assembled-in-the-us&catid=4:rifle-scope-reviews&Itemid=4

http://opticsthoughts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:qinexpensive-scopeq-comparison&catid=4:rifle-scope-reviews&Itemid=4

Great links!

I've been reading Koshkin on Opticstalk.com for years and never seen that site.

It's amazing what kind of glass is available today for less than $400.

[Bean Counter]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,83263.0.html

[addicted]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,83263.0.html

If i didnt already have more scopes than guns i would be all over that deal lol.  Gotta put something underneath my schmidt &Bender summit first.