Scope for low light hunting.

The package scopes will almost never be a good scope. They are sold to a price point. Your own mix n match will 98% of the time outperform whatever came with it. I recommend the Zeiss conquest 3-9x40 on sale right now at optics planet for under $400!!! Read the reviews. That's an insane price for what you get.
 
I got a fixed 8 power with a 56mm objective Schmidt and Bender made in Hungary. They cost a third less, have the exact same parts and warranty as the Austrian made scopes, they are just made across the river so to speak.

Europeans can hunt at night.

I took this scope out (not mounted on a rifle) at 10 at night and could easily have hit targets several hundred yards away. The clarity is amazing.

The reticle is made for low light hunting too with a wide vertical post and two wide horizontal side posts. At 100 yards there is 2 meters between the tips of the side posts. The cross hairs are not very fine. They make a version with a lighted dot at the cross hairs.

I believe the European manufacturers have spent most of their time working on letting in or preserving the blue light wavelength. The thing is almost too bright on a sunny day if that is possible.
 
I believe some scopes use plastic "glass", and some use glass. I also believe glass is optically superior to plastic, even polycarbonate in regard to light transmission. Does anyone know if makers of high end scopes use glass instead of plastic?
 
Bushnell bushnell bushnell. For light gathering they're easily just as good as an expensive scope and way cheaper. I hog hunt at night and have researched this topic. Texasboars.com forums have a lot of info on low light scopes.
 
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