Yeah dude, 30mm rings is one of those things people like us see and think we gotta have it. But realistically 30 MM is a specialty thing. I have one and the amount of additional light it transfers is minimal in my opinion. It's certainly not worth the extra money and pain. Then I guess you can run into other problems with it fitting right or like was mentioned, disrupt cartridge ejection. Don't get me wrong, 30mm and even larger tubes have their place. They give you more clicks of adjustment, which you might need for shooting 1000 yards or more. But for what you described you can get all you need out of a 1 inch tube without the additional pain. I mean I love my scope with the 30mm tube, but if it's more clear than my 1" scopes it's because it has a 56MM Objective lens.
