Swfa 3-9x question

[Iron ghost]

How visible/usable is the reticle at the lowest magnification(3x)?
Usable in all conditions, including low light?

 

[brsnow]

It is usable but you would want to keep it at 4x, 3 is a bit tunneled

 

[204guy]

It's really more of a 4-9, it tunnels pretty badly at 3x.
I haven't had any issues but I don't hunt heavily canopied areas very often. the outer post are very bold though.

 

[willfrye027]

Not great. I had a lot of trouble getting the crosshairs on a buck a few weeks ago. Granted it was 2 minutes into shoot time and it was in thick dark timber...but I still I feel like it is on the thin side at low power. I love the scope but wished for illumination. I’m young and have good vision fwiw.

 

[brsnow]

At low light you won’t see the crosshairs, the posts are very thick so you use them to center.

 

[ChrisAU]

I have somewhat poor vision for my age but didn't have an issue at 4x and above on mine in very poor light. Agree with the others, 3x is basically pointless. Reticle is finer, and FOV is constant from 3x to 4x. You gain nothing by using it at 3x.