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RifleDude
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If I had to choose between a really good bino or a really good riflescope, I would put my $ into a really good bino, since if you use the bino properly, you'll spend far more time looking through it than the scope. You can get a decent quality riflescope for $300 - $400 that will have you covered for most situations. Ideally, if it's in the budget, I would obviously prefer to have both a top drawer bino and scope, but you can get an above average scope for much less than you can an above average bino.
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Ted
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lucznik
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I don't know that it is really possible to truly match your optics.
Assuming you are at the very least always using quality equipment, then you will always be able to see better with your binoculars than with your riflescope. Just the fact that you are using both eyes with the binoculars all-but gaurantees this.
I would venture that even a moderately priced binocular will "see" better than even the most expensive riflescopes - when set to comparable magnifications.
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Gunshow75
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Lucznik, these are excellent points and I agree completely. Since binos engage both eyes at the same time, they allow more indistinct objects to be engaged by the brain and provide up to 20% better color perception and contrast than scopes. I have seen some estimates of up to 40% better, but I have not personally seen that much difference. |
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SamC
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Last year I broke down and bought a a pair of Vortex Razor binoculars and they are simply amazing! I can now see and identify things that used to be out of bounds. |
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JonoMT, A little off topic, but where are you at in MT? And where were you hunting? Just curious since I am in MT too.
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supertool73
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Binos might allow you to see better than a scope of the same optical quality. But I guarantee using a quality scope will make your hunt better. In my case if I would have had one of my IOR scopes, I am pretty sure I would have been able to make out those elk at 300 yards where the 4200 could not.
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