Originally Posted by DrDeath
Originally Posted by cumminscowboy
Originally Posted by DrDeath
There are a lot of 40-44mm objective scopes out there as well as 50mm objective scopes. For low light hunting and shooting do the 50mm and above scopes really help that much with light transmission? There are some nice 56mm scopes out there also. Do they help that much more then the 40-44mm?
short answer in short NO. the reality is in low light you have trouble identifying the quality of animal you're shooting at if the distance is very far. if the distance aint that far, say 200 yards. you can simply dial the scope down to 4 or 5x in which case as long as its not a 70's redfield the glass should be decent enough to make the shot.

all the scopes I hunt with are capable of shooting well beyond legal shooting light.


Then why are mfgs making 56mm objective scopes????
What’s the market and purpose?

So that you can dial to 5-6x and still have a comfortable ~10mm exit pupil. The smaller the objective, the lower you have to go to maintain the same exit pupil size.