Quote: Now for years heaps of professional shooters only ever used Kahles 8 x 56mm scopes for this purpose (they were De-rigor for this job) and if you didn't have one on your spotlighting rifle, you were looked upon as being an amateur or not really serious about the job!
Fairly good reason for 56mm on professional rigs vs 40mm on amateurs; most amateurs put the full beam of the light on the animal, professionals I've shot with put the light on the edge of the mob.