I'm not entirely sure what I want but I think I know what I want.
I'm looking for the mythical "do it all" scope for a semiauto, say for deer out to ~500 yards and also for flushed pigs at ~10 yards. I would like to see in the shadows better than an LPVO, but I'd like an illuminated reticle to be bright enough to keep both my eyes open during the daylight like I'm used to doing while playing games with a 1-6x24 or a red dot.
So I'm looking at scopes like the Trijicon Credo 2-10x32 (FFP) and 2.5-15x42 (SFP), or the Nightforce NX6 2-12x42 (FFP) or NXS 2.5-10x42 (SFP). Do any of these have the infamous "daylight bright" reticle that'd remind me of a red dot or the bright dot of an SFP LPVO? Or is their illumination intended to be more for seeing the reticle in the dark, and not for quick reflexive aiming? (The reviews I read mostly indicate the latter, at least for the FFP models.)
I do see some scopes that are explicitly advertised and referenced as being stupid bright... The March 1.5-15x42 does it by being a dual focal plane scope, and seems like it'd be awesome but it's well above my budget. And the Primary Arms SLx 2-12x40 has their "Nova" fiber reticle on the SFP, but is a bit below my budget.
My alternative plan is to hang a red dot on a fixed 6x or 10x, but I'd rather have a single scope than a contraption. (And it seems like SWFA is the only good fixed scope, but their turrets are so large I reckon I'd need to offset mount the dot if I went that route.)
I'm looking for the mythical "do it all" scope for a semiauto, say for deer out to ~500 yards and also for flushed pigs at ~10 yards. I would like to see in the shadows better than an LPVO, but I'd like an illuminated reticle to be bright enough to keep both my eyes open during the daylight like I'm used to doing while playing games with a 1-6x24 or a red dot.
So I'm looking at scopes like the Trijicon Credo 2-10x32 (FFP) and 2.5-15x42 (SFP), or the Nightforce NX6 2-12x42 (FFP) or NXS 2.5-10x42 (SFP). Do any of these have the infamous "daylight bright" reticle that'd remind me of a red dot or the bright dot of an SFP LPVO? Or is their illumination intended to be more for seeing the reticle in the dark, and not for quick reflexive aiming? (The reviews I read mostly indicate the latter, at least for the FFP models.)
I do see some scopes that are explicitly advertised and referenced as being stupid bright... The March 1.5-15x42 does it by being a dual focal plane scope, and seems like it'd be awesome but it's well above my budget. And the Primary Arms SLx 2-12x40 has their "Nova" fiber reticle on the SFP, but is a bit below my budget.
My alternative plan is to hang a red dot on a fixed 6x or 10x, but I'd rather have a single scope than a contraption. (And it seems like SWFA is the only good fixed scope, but their turrets are so large I reckon I'd need to offset mount the dot if I went that route.)
