A different, but related matter is whether or not you can see the reticle. Just came in from testing my 6x42 SS at official sunset. In my yard, in the shadows, I couldn't make out the reticle center on darkish objects. The posts don't come close enough to the center to make aiming certain, except very close up. Our legal shooting time runs a half-hour later than that. This was a worst-case test, as it's been very gray all day.
Don't know how much field time this rifle will see in the coming season, but unless I mount another scope, it won't be in the evening, exept possibly if there's snow on the ground.
