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[dog man]

Hi all hope you are all haveing good day i still cant make my mind up

what make of 223 to buy but can buy a s/h Schmidt Bender to go

on it . It is a 6x40 fix i have a whitetail off my old rifle which is a 12x50

as i would be useing it for lamping would the 6x40 pull in as much

light as the x50 i no its a better scope but would i gain any think

thanks for looking

Dave

[theosmith]

if you mean simons whitetail i had one and was next to useless for lamping it was terrible, not seen throught a s and b but my bushnell legend so much better than a simons

[dog man]

if you mean simons whitetail i had one and was next to useless for lamping it was terrible, not seen throught a s and b but my bushnell legend so much better than a simons

Hi what i was try to get at was bearing in mind it is only x40 as it

has better glass would it be as good as the x50 with the lamp bearing

in mind its smaller

Thanks

[Gimlet]

I wouldn't use either. I'd flog the Simmons and go for something bigger and stronger mag than the S&B. Using a Nightmaster 800 with red LED I'm finding I use 10 power to ID out to 200+ yds. With less mag I find it harder to overcome the eye reflection and get a positive ID of the animal behind the eyes.

A Meopta 3-12X56 or similar Leupold or a S/H Swarovski Z6 or S/H S&B perhaps. I know the Z6i has taken over from the old model but I can't say I've ever felt the need for an illuminated reticle using my Duralyt with the Nightmaster. I would have said get a Duralyt but I'm taking mine off my .222 because I don't like the 1/3 moa increments. To large for a 200 yd zero. Going to try a Meopta R1 I've got spare. A Z6 with adjustable parallax would be better still when funds allow.

[al4x]

I had a standard z6 gimlet and never got on with it missed a few foxes through loosing the cross hairs under the lamp. Not looked back since going illuminated with higher mag. But for not spending mega money you can't beat the Meoptas