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

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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My NF 1-4 sucks anytime not high noon with the sun going full throttle
 
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.
 
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.
 
I always look through my scope at dawn so I can see before my naked eye can. S&B pmii
 
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