Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Why has everyone gone ape over larger, i.e. 50mm, objective lens on scopes?

I don't have a 50. Prolly never will. Never couldn't make a shot because of it yet.

I go bigger for gathering more light, this is the biggest aperture that XS offers.....

The lunker Z would be fairly useless in that jungle.

Fortunately the way I hunt the lunker Z is damn near always useless.

Unless Christ thought I should do it different, then I might change.......

Christ uses whatever works best for him, bless his soul.

And with the tall Optilocks and Dougs deal on the demo 44mm I figured what the hell's another 2mm around the objective.

No big deal and it should be handy for evening spot and stalk Breaks mulies or whitetails across hayfields right about dark.

2 or 3 ounces is nothing for a flatlander...grin
(and hopefully it never has to go in the scabbard)

I don't doubt that they work.

I just think they look like an unwieldy exaggeration on a sporting rifle.

Perfectly fine on a tactical sniper, kinda what you'd expect.

Must have read it on the internet but I heard that big optics and little sport cars are.......

I guess tastes differ. I think some little skinny tiny scopes look funny on some rifles.

On the right rifles I don't think 50mm scopes look all that bad:




(they would look better without scope-caps on though!)..................................DJ

Christ would bust a nut over those two DJ.


Of course he'd scratch the chit out of 'em too...grin

Welp, that's the end of internet gun forums...

I certainly can see a difference,though I only have one 50mm objective scope,compared to several dozen 32,36,40mm.I also have always had exceptional night vision,which might just be a clue.
The only rifle I have used with the 50mm is my walking around woodchuck rifle (22-250).
It just seems to work a bit better with changing light conditions as I move around.....often looking into the shadows on the edges of fields.

Dude... I'm seriously looking forward to popping a few off on Saturday.


Maybe we should meet across the street at Home Depot so you can remember the spraypaint.....grin

Awfully nice rigs there DJ, but for me I'd not stick a "Dolly" scope on them. But hey, you aint letting me use em so let er buck and use what you like...

Dober

More light gathering ability, but I have not noticed even 10% of everyone going ape. I see very few in the field and don't own any myself.

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"Light Gathering Ability" - as if light can be "gathered".

More often than not, when I see someone oogling over a moster scope - he's young, and appears to have money.

But occasionally he's old - and has a specific narrow purpose in mind.

I've done both.

I guess it's just a matter of taste. Those look like gorgeous rifles with outsized scopes on them to me.

Here ya go ...

Love the chinweld.