The only difference is that with the larger lens - you can turn the power up one more notch - and have the same amount of light reach your eye. One notch.
Brain's entire posting is excellent, however, I only copied one of his sentences for emphasis, w/r the 44mm vs 50mm issue.
Brain nailed it!!!
From a practical, and an esthetics view, 40m and 44 mm objective scopes win..BIG TIME.
I realize fully that beauty is in the mind of the observer, and that others view things different from me. But, I can't own a 50mm objective scope on a sporting rifle. They look bad, and don't offer enough to get me to buy one.
