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I own 3 illuminated scopes however I have never used the illumination in any hunting situation. With that being said I doubt I will be buying anymore in the future. However, I do see how it can be useful when hunting black bears.

All scopes on my hunting rifles have illumination.
Some brands execute illumination better than others but all of mine are useable in dim light and total darkness.
I prefer a lit dot only but have others as well.
Hunting late and into the night is not uncommon and a lit reticle while using a conventional scope is a must-have for me.

Well it was my Son In Laws idea
I Love Meopta scopes and all of a sudden there is a Meopta with lit ret in the classifieds

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Hank

Just at night.

Hunted with an illuminated reticle for the first time last year. Since the state extended hunting hours to 30 minutes before & after sunrise/ sunset. Used a 1-8x Vortex with lighted reticle, and experimented with it in the woods at dusk before the season opened. I like having a glowing reticle when the light starts to fade. As long as I can fine tune the illumination level depending on the ambient light. That scope can be turned up to an unusable level of illumination, IMHO. Just enough illumination to make out the crosshairs is plenty. So far I haven't used the illumination when shooting at game, as I filled an antlerless tag in the middle of the afternoon with the illumination not even on. Maybe this year one of those dawn/dusk opportunities will present itself.

Went shopping for spare batteries last week....

My trijicon credo hx uses a cr2032, pretty common, easy find locally.

The meopta meostar R1 uses cr2354...no crossovers mentioned.......luckily found it at a battery specialty store .......

You can use the CR2032 in the Meopta. They've mentioned this in their literature for years now. Here is a link:

Meopta -- battery

Oh, okay, thx.

I have 4, 1 Trijicon Credo and 3 VX5 HD Luppys. I also have one on my crossbow. I like them. They work great early morning and late evening. Use one on a black Hog right at dusk and you will be hooked.