I've got a few 56 and 50mm scopes. How many of use or think they need a 56mm..
I love the last light factor but not sure if I do shoot at very last light that I could locate the game with a dog!
Thoughts before I take another plunge?
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I've got a few 56 and 50mm scopes. How many of use or think they need a 56mm..
I love the last light factor but not sure if I do shoot at very last light that I could locate the game with a dog!
Thoughts before I take another plunge?
I have shot two mature sika 20 seconds apart at 944yrds at 9.10pm on the 21st January.
Nightforce 5.5-22-56 NXS 10 Moa per turn turret
Last chance at a shot was at 9.20 pm
Take from that what you will, I did not have a 50mm there to compare with.
more will depend on optic quality not the diameter of the objective lens.
Really Impressive shooting .Quote:
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I'm usually thinking as I lug my NSX about wouldn't it be nice if it were smaller and 400g lighter...
Only wished I'd had it with me rather than my Elite 6500 on one hunt so far. Mostly due to the lack of an illuminated reticle.
I agree really good 50mm don't leave much on the table against a 56mm.
What part of the country? Thats broad daylight in Southland!Quote:
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But when you have optic quality and a large objective lens you will certainly see he light. I find them too cumbersome for general use though.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
Cumbersome Sums it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
99.9% of the time paying the penalty for the what if shot.
Hawkes BayQuote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Even better in South Westland. You can still see good enough to shoot well after 10pm mid summer.Quote:
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Must have missed the pics on that, did they not make the cut for the "Kaweka Sika" thread or will they pop up later??Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Hamish
Later :)
Now would be good :)Quote:
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I use a couple of 56mm NF nxs and shot deer out to 400m away on a full moon. The 56mm has got 2-3 minutes more scope time at twilight than the a 42mm NF nxs. A mate has a swaro 42mm, he's got about 5 minutes more than my NF 42mm. The good glass makes a big difference.
Off topic a bit but my one of the guys I take out a fair bit has one of those Zeiss Diavari 4-24x72 that scope while being stupidly big is bloody impressive at dusk, like 15 more minutes than top swaro gear.
As said glass quality way more important than objective size.
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Running Sightron S-TAC 2.5-17.5x56 on my AR
Purpose built rifle for night-time long range bunny and hare blasting under spotlight.
Amazeballs - but thats comparing it to the x44 objective on my .22
I have a swarvo 56mm on my varmint ar, love how it grabs the light- would probably go smaller on a rifle that I could mount the scope lower on though
From the moment you use a spotlight , a lot of average scopes work very well as well. I think that introducing spotlights is a bit out of subject here. I use to spot light with a 2.5x8x 36 leupold on top of my rifle, that does not make it a good late evening optic.
Use a 3-12x56 Zeiss Diavari and I'm always impressed whenever I look though it. The older you get the better/brighter the glass needs to be.
Yup the ole eyes aren't what they once were in twilight. My favorite night scope was my 3-12*56 HT regret selling it now.
Good glass and big objective is an awesome combo. Running a Swarovski with a 52mm and love it.
Hey I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while, they look pretty massive and probably only really suited to certain situations and range, what size mounts can you get away with? will they mount with usual AR type 30mm one piece or is objective too big?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerbs
Be quite nice scope for doing load tests at range.
Im going from memory here...so correct me if I'm wrong. But about 20 years ago I was obsessed with big optics. Then someone explained that the eye can only handle 7mm of light through a scope.
So that is basically your objective/magnification e.g.
A 6x42 scope would have 7mm (42mm/6=7mm)
Or
4x32 has 8mm (32/4=8mm) which is a little more light than your eye can use.
Now a 8-32x56 becomes very interesting, as on 8 power its awesome, giving the perfect score of 7mm....but on anything higher it loses out big time e.g. on 32 its a pathetic 1.75mm which is next to useless at dusk or dawn.
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Top rifle, in case you couldn't tell ;)
Running one of them PEPR mount things.
It's a heavy scope. But its on a heavy rifle. The build plan for that rifle was for something I could sit on top of a hill and pop hares off at range - or use from back of truck with bipod while spotlighting.
I got 3 lupys one is a old 2-7x40 (20+years old) , vx1 3-9x40 & vx3l 4.5-10 x 56 aside from the zoom all look the same to me the only scope that really stands out from them is a meopta meopro 6-18 x 50 now that is clear I like the finer x hairs to...not that any of the lupys have ever let me down , just saying so far there all much of a muchness
Gonepro hit the nail on the head. Quality of the glass will give you better or more light. Not objective lens size. objective size only relates to exit pupil size. Tube size only relates to travel in turrets. Very commonly confused.
Usually people of middle to older age can't use the full exit pupil that comes with a bigger objective lens anyway. There pupils can't dialate enough.
I run an s&b 5-25x56 on my 6mm and a 8x56 s&b on my blackout
Shooting at night under the spotlight , draws in light well and very crisp.
Wouldnt go back to anything less for my night shooting
copy that brads!Quote:
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I have had my 6x24 diavari t for a few years now and the high price tag certainly becomes apparent when it starts getting dark for bang for buck.
once you've owned 5k plus scopes there's no going back
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