Help to educate the masses all of you scope guru's out there...
Has anyone tested, at dusk or beyond, the real world differences between a long tactical scope with a large ocular bell and objective lense (30mm tube and 50mm objective) versus a short tactical LPVO (30mm tube and 24mm objective), with both scopes being set at the same power level (8 power)?
What say you...
UPDATE:
I got the Nightforce NX8 1-8×24 today. So as to "shed some light"...
Using two of the same scopes but with different objective lenses, a Nightforce NX8 4-32×50 and a Nightforce NX8 1-8×24, set on the same power levels, I have came to the determination tonight that the larger objective lense will give you a little more light gathering clarity. BUT, it only gives you a very small amount of it. It was literally less than a few minutes of light left at dark looking out at 200+ yards where the clarity was better.
The new LPVO scopes with 1-10×34mm lenses and tubes would probably equal the light gathering ability of 50mm objective scopes with 30mm tubes. So unless living in a state (or country) where you can hunt after dark, the realized benefits during the day are weight loss and quick game acquisition with the lower power. I'd think the LPVO scopes would probably be a good pesting scope for removing birds and rats from farms too, so long as you are not wanting high magnification levels for filming.
Has anyone tested, at dusk or beyond, the real world differences between a long tactical scope with a large ocular bell and objective lense (30mm tube and 50mm objective) versus a short tactical LPVO (30mm tube and 24mm objective), with both scopes being set at the same power level (8 power)?
What say you...
UPDATE:
I got the Nightforce NX8 1-8×24 today. So as to "shed some light"...
Using two of the same scopes but with different objective lenses, a Nightforce NX8 4-32×50 and a Nightforce NX8 1-8×24, set on the same power levels, I have came to the determination tonight that the larger objective lense will give you a little more light gathering clarity. BUT, it only gives you a very small amount of it. It was literally less than a few minutes of light left at dark looking out at 200+ yards where the clarity was better.
The new LPVO scopes with 1-10×34mm lenses and tubes would probably equal the light gathering ability of 50mm objective scopes with 30mm tubes. So unless living in a state (or country) where you can hunt after dark, the realized benefits during the day are weight loss and quick game acquisition with the lower power. I'd think the LPVO scopes would probably be a good pesting scope for removing birds and rats from farms too, so long as you are not wanting high magnification levels for filming.