I like Optics planet and buy stuff from them but I do hunt a certain way and certain things are really important to my methods,
Here is an important paragraph in the referenced link for a person who specializes in shooting animals at long range
To quote Richard---Its like a hog staring at a watch.
There is an critical piece of truth discarded as trash.
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Let's talk about objective lens sizes. 40 to 44mm is pretty standard on a medium variable rifle scope. It's trendy these days to have large objective lenses of 50, 56, or even 75mm in some cases. In most cases, these are unwarranted, and the largest ones are laughable. Large objective lenses will only transmit more useable light than smaller ones if they are set at their highest power in the dimmest conditions. The detriment is comfort and ease of eye alignment. With a properly mounted scope, you should be able to close your eyes, shoulder your gun with a proper, repeatable stock weld (a stock weld is the firm but comfortable and repeatable position of your face on the gun stock), open your eyes, and look directly through the center of your scope every time. Large objective lenses prevent this from happening because of the ring height required to keep such a large lens off your gun barrel. Some scopes require such high mounting that only your chin touches the stock. These scopes are also heavier, clumsier, unwieldy, unbalanced to carry, slower and less comfortable to shoot. Some of these scopes weigh up to an unbelievable 3.5 pounds!
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Guess when that 6X6 elk or B&C buck is going to walk out of the thicket. Right at the time the the author of this thread saw it. --
IN THE DIMMEST CONDITIONS
The trick is to put on an a adjustable cheek piece so your eye is lined up properly and you do get good alignment. While this Ruger #1 may be funny looking, neither the deer, elk nor antelope are laughing.
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