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(I think the biggest attribute for the larger diameter tube is the potential increase in reticle adjustment available.)

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Putting aside the opening links' USA obsession for "long range" shooting.

With a lot or most Euro hunting scopes being often made for low light or night hunting. Ranges are often not great. Wounding lots of animals at 1000 metres would loose a Euro hunting licence pretty quickly. And all Euro hunting scopes having closed cap turrets, designed to be sighted in, cap screwed on, used without adjusting the reticle in the field. What then is the alleged benefit of an "increase in reticle adjustment"? Seeing most are now 30 mm and 35 mm monstrosities,

I think I know the answer, variable scope ranges. A 25 or 26 mm tube usually has a 3x range, 3-9x, 4-12x etc. 30 mm and 35 mm tubes can have a 6x or even 8x variable range, 1-6x even 1-8x.

And still have good light transmission for low light hunting.

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Concerning the tube and objective diameter question I believe the video pretty much got it right. There are a lot of variables that one must consider and in many cases weigh one against another. Here is another short video that supports the first video. (I think the biggest attribute for the larger diameter tube is the potential increase in reticle adjustment available.)
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I think that video actually says the opposite.

Firstly the video is advertising for the Vortex scope makers who have made the video.

They then try to say a quality made scope is better than a low quality cheap scope ... Duh ....

They compare a cheap low quality scope with a larger objective lens and wider tube to a SUPER DOOPER VORTEX SUPER PREMIUM scope, claiming the Vortex has better light transmission.

At the end he does admit a larger objective lens and presumably wider tube ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL will provide more light transmission. Of course.

The larger lenses of the objective and wider tube WILL make that scope more expensive for quality lens of greater size compared to a smaller scope. A high quality larger lens will always cost more than a smaller equally quality lens.


I'll go out on a limb, I'm guessing neither Vortex nor Elements are making wider tube scopes, maybe 30 mm, but not 35 mm. And their videos have self serving arguments as part of the paud advertising.

The Elements guff repeatedly comparing a "$700 scope to a $3500 scope" was pretty obviously advertising.

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