Cannot be of any help as to the dialing, hash marks, or lightweight.
My low light moose hunts are dictated by the terrain that I hunt and the ability to identify brow tines. My maximum distance for shooting would be about 200 meters.
More limiting for me is the ability to identify the legality and have time for a shot through openings in the spruce / alder patches.
The Schmidt & Bender Stratos 1st focal, 1.5-8x42mm with a FD 4 reticle seems to put me well past the dark time that I care to be stumbling back to camp. I hunted with this scope this year and see where the magnification and illumination have some advantages. Prior to this, I have used 1st focal 1.1-4x24's and 1.5-6x42's. The S&B has more f.o.v. than my 1.5-6's and the 2x increase may be helpful at times.
The search for the perfect scope, rifle, cartridge, and combination thereof can be never ending.
I have the 1.5-8x42 on the 375 Ruger that I used this year and on a 416 Ruger. I left it on the 416 after checking some handloads at the range. The 20" barrel rifle actually handles well with it on.
The one on the 375 will stay, but I am leaning toward going back to a straight tube on the 416. It will be illuminated.
I curse the day I discovered the Optics Forum. For over 50 years I handedly shot Alaska's big game critters with "set and forget" scopes and most of them were Leupold's. Now I want more reticle choices and I am leaning towards the Boone & Crockett style of reticle for 2nd focal plane scopes. I like the TMR in the 3-9 VXR Patrol I got a few months ago and I am learning where the bullets land on 3 and 9 power. This scope is currently on a Tikka 6.5 Creed and like it so much I thought about getting another for my .338.
What is the lightest 1st focal plane dialing scope with the best eye relief that I can stick on my .338 Winny. I am just not content with the VX5-HD with the Wide Duplex. The glass is plenty clear for any thing I do, but Leupold won't offer any other reticle choices so I am replacing it.
My ideal reticle would be close to a German #4 with B&C hash marks and an option for illuminating the center, some thing in the 2-10x40 to 44 mm range. It would be perfect for late night moose hunts.