Originally Posted by R_H_Clark
I'm not talking about a blacked out image because your eye is positioned incorrectly. Some scopes simply show a thicker edge than others. It's like the old style TV's in the huge cabinets compared to today's flat panels with a thin frame.


Yep. The older Nikon Monarchs that looked like Vari-X III Leupolds exhibited this trait, the degree of which varied somewhat across the line.