Trijicon Huron 3-12 x 40 with the 30mm tube for elk and mule deer . Eye relief issues ?

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Was also looking at the Credo 2.5-10 x 56.

But that's out of your budget.

I really like the SWFA , but have a tough time seeing the reticles with the FFP scopes.

You will not have that problem with the SWFA 3-9.

Thread 'Low light comparison of 17 scopes'

Dec 10, 2024

There are always constant threads of discussions about “glass”, low light use, etc of scopes here. The last couple of week I have gotten many more questions about it (due I believe to SWFA being back in stock), so while working with a couple of scopes on other things, I brought out 10 different ones (6x day, 10x low light) to see what difference there is.

Eval #1 was daylight:

1). Trijicon Tenmile 3-18x44mm- 2 years old, more than 5,000 rounds of use.

2). Maven RS1.2 2.5-15x44mm- 1.5 years old, more then 3,000 rounds of use

3). SWFA SS 6x- two years old, 2,000+ rounds through it...

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[Rich M]

I have a 3-9x40 Huron and can fit my entire pointing finger between my eye and scope. The eye relief distance has to be a typo. Supposed to be the same glass in the Trijicon scopes - google it. So the eye relief and low light should be the same for similar models.

It is very difficult to find a good low light comparison on scopes. We have a lot of guys on here saying you don't need good glass, just repeatability - they don't hunt low light. SWFA should be pretty good tho.

 

[LongWayAround]

Keep in mind that if you buy a 12x SFP scope, you will probably have to be on 12x to use those BDC subtensions.

I personally don't want to be on 12x to shoot 300-400yds.

 

[bigsky_hunter]

Keep in mind that if you buy a 12x SFP scope, you will probably have to be on 12x to use those BDC subtensions.

I personally don't want to be on 12x to shoot 300-400yds.

Curious what distance you would start to use 12x?

 

[LongWayAround]

Curious what distance you would start to use 12x?

Honestly not sure. I haven't shot any animals far enough away to need it. Animals around 300yd have been about 6-8x.

Targets, I'm not on 12x until they're probably 600-800.

With the OP shooting a lightweight rifle in 7RM, I would expect some difficulty in spotting impacts from field positions at most ranges inside of 500. Going back to targets, I have noticed a distinct correlation between watching the impact on the target and didn't see the impact/didn't hit the target.