I'll admit that it caught me slightly off guard tonight when I compared the SS 3-9, set on 6x, side by side with the FX3 6x42. The optics in the SS were brighter and had better resolution, while the Leup LRD showed up slightly better than the SS mil-dot against dark backgrounds, a little beyond twilight. The mil-dot was still useable, but not as bold as the LRD, which makes sense since it is a much finer crosshair.
The surprising thing is that while observing out of the window with the SS, I could clearly see a plane passing up high, with its safety lights flickering every second or so. When I watched the same plane with the FX3, I couldn't make out the plane itself, but I could see the lights flicker, and was able to track the plane that way.
I thought the optics in the SS would pale next to the FX3, but that doesn't seem to be the case so far.
