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OK whats your favorite? Looking for a new calling scope. I have a Swarovski 3-9x36 I use on my calling rifle R-15. Monday I called and shot a coyote but it was hard to see him in the scope. It has a 1" tube.I have Leupold's in 3x9,4x12,4.5x14,6.5x20 I use for dog hunting.I always use the Swarovski's on the coyote guns.Just looking for suggestions.
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Your heading reads "Best low light scope?"

Your text doesn't seem to ask the same question.

Here goes. My best low light scope is a Swarovski z5 5-25X52. But my Bushnell 4200 4-16X40 is so close I have to switch back and forth to see which one is better.

Before I sold it my Nightforce 12-42X56 was way better than either of the above. I mean like 12-15 minutes better. Hopefully someone with a different brand of 56mm scope will chime in.


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Zeiss Conquest 4.5 X 14 X 44 is the best I have seen in low light so far.


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My 6x42 Leupold has done all I have ever asked of it.


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When formally tested, Zeiss Victory/Varipoint 3-12x56 are "officially" the best (of the variables). Which is probably no great suprise - they are also $2000-2500. I have the 2.5-15x56 Z6 and it is in the same class. The euros always come out on top in formal testing. Which they would want to, because they are very, very expensive. But additionally, the european scopes favour low light performance over other performance measures when they are building a scope, as they do so much of their hunting in low light conditions.

We have a large number of professional shooters who work exclusively at night in this country, and i don't think i have ever seen any of them shooting other than the big-4 Germanic brands. Mostly they use fixed 8x56 scopes (i think mostly just because they are a lot cheaper than the variables, rather than any concerns about reduced transmission).

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But where are the guys who have different scopes and have compared them? How is the original poster going to know if Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14X44 is better than a Leupold 6X42 or vise versa?


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2.5-8x32 Conquest.

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224th,

On a recent thread I suggested the Tasco as just about the best scope value. One of our .com friends said it is a wonderful thing that I have not experienced some of the better scopes. I think I remember someone saying something about a Weaver, it could have been me.

Anyway I took a few minutes and did some comparing. The scopes compared were a Weaver 6-24X, Bushnell 4200 4-16X, Tasco World Class 4-16X, and a Swaorvski z5 5-25X52. They were set on 10X and focused on "THIS" 127 yards away. When I had to start searching for letters instead of mearly reading the word I marked the time.

Weaver and Tasco 6:07 PM
Bushnell 6:10 PM
Swarovski 6:13 PM

As one can see there is no difference in the Weaver and the Tasco. And not a lot between the las two. My son-in-law came out when all three showed "THIS" with ease. He said, "If I didn't know better I would say all these scopes were in the same price range. They all look really good."


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Best scope for low light hunting ?

Zeiss Diavari 3-12x56 or the fixed 8 x 56.
That is not a guess.

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This one, and I've tried just about all of them.
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I need a twisty thingy on top of mine.

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They work............grin
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It's got a lightbulb in it too. Very sweet after dark.

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$50.00 will change you forever.............grin


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I'm scared it may get lost in transit�grin.

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I'd risk it............


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Mine would have to go to Germany. It is an older model with different tops under the caps.
Pursued that option earlier in the year with Karen but kept her stateside cause I was using it. Maybe after season I'll consider it again.

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This Burris Signature with the light collector closed is probably brighter than all of the above scopes mentioned.(:

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I need a twisty thingy on top of mine.

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