Thread: Low light hunting scope circa 2021 ?

Two other things that improve what you can see in low light are:

Focus - always a compromise with fixed parallax scopes because only one distance is exactly in focus - often set to about 80 or 100m. The parallax adjustment can compensate for short sightedness ( myopia) without making the reticle blurry.

Magnification - in lower light your pupil is dilated and imperfections in your eye geometry (cornea, lens and retina) degrade your visual acuity. Higher Magnification can overcome this quite a lot. You can see more detail on 6x than on 3x. As long as you meet the rule of 7mm exit pupil.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Two other things that improve what you can see in low light are:

Focus - always a compromise with fixed parallax scopes because only one distance is exactly in focus - often set to about 80 or 100m. The parallax adjustment can compensate for short sightedness ( myopia) without making the reticle blurry.

Magnification - in lower light your pupil is dilated and imperfections in your eye geometry (cornea, lens and retina) degrade your visual acuity. Higher Magnification can overcome this quite a lot. You can see more detail on 6x than on 3x. As long as you meet the rule of 7mm exit pupil.

Thats very interesting, the best low light scope I have ever used was a Docter 8 x 56 fixed power with illuminated dot. I shot deer in complete darkness with it in GDR

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Thats very interesting, the best low light scope I have ever used was a Docter 8 x 56 fixed power with illuminated dot. I shot deer in complete darkness with it in GDR

56 devided by 8 =???????????? thats right folks its SEVEN........