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    Posted: August/18/2016 at 14:29
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Good read. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dsr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/18/2016 at 15:26
Maybe it should be pinned - I am sure it would help many people who are looking for good information about optics.
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I prefer to think of it as amplifying the light, or sucking it in, or creating light even.  "Transmission" is too limited, too defined.

A good scope creates light, I heard it on the range by a dude wearing camo.
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Originally posted by Rancid Coolaid Rancid Coolaid wrote:

I prefer to think of it as amplifying the light, or sucking it in, or creating light even.  "Transmission" is too limited, too defined.

A good scope creates light, I heard it on the range by a dude wearing camo.

Just as I decide to stay out of this one, you go ahead and post this...

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Chris:

This seems to be just a promo piece on the magazine by any of those

that want to promote.  I am a long time NRA member, and any article I

find on American Hunter, is just a paid advertisement.  Wink

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Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

Just as I decide to stay out of this one, you go ahead and post this...

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Obviously, Leupold "gathers" more light at the appropriate time than anyone else, including Zeiss...
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In my experience, the best scopes have two undeniable qualities - at least to guys wearing camo at the range:

1 - a US company has them made (somewhere, anywhere, but rarely the US); and
2 - they automatically adjust light generation based on the distance of the target.

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