Seems a lot of us care that a big scope on a 30-30 (or a .444) is too much optic for rifles with an effective range of 200 yds or so at best. Not only does it look goofy, but it adds more weight and bulk to a firearms that are supposed to be compact and handy. The .444 is not much of an improvement trajectory wise either. If one is inclined to run that much optic, you might as well get a high performance bolt rifle offering more reach. If everyone thinks back, the set up for leavers used to be those dang see thru mounts. A bunch of deer got killed with that set up.
A big bell scope does not guarantee low light performance. I am far from an expert on optics, but seems as if I've read that a once you juggle the numbers, a 6x42 or somewhere there about , delivers all the light that the human eye can utilize anyhow. That matches my experience as well. I've looked through a lot of scopes in bad light, backing off the power on a variable) always helps. It's not so much how much light your scope can suck in ( and some are better than others, no doubt), but how much light your eye can utilize.
But a big scope will guarantee more size, weight and magnification that you don't need, every time.