The ONLY reason (other than the so called prestige) to buy expensive European scope is x56mm one for shooting off high seat in low light conditions. I do not understand why Americans buy them. I guess it's like buying a Hummer for city driving or $5000+ wristwatch just to see what time it is. crazy
Or it could be because the purchaser wants the best low light performance he can afford due to personal poor low light vision. There have been three incidences when I could not fire because I could not verify the antlers were a fork or not in less than ideal light. With this scope I no longer have that problem.
Last year when I saw a buck, I could not determine if it had four points on both sides with my binoculars. I put the scope on it and discovered it had four on both sides.
By the way this scope is not 56mm, but 52mm.
