gotthefever
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I am finally going to bite the bullet and purchase a swarovski scope, or rather having my wife buy it for me for Christmans!
I do a ton of long, steap high country backpacking on my hunts, bow, muzzle, and riffle.
I have looked through both the 80mm and 65mm at Sportsmans, late in the evening with low light to try to see the difference. No doubt, the 80 lets in a little more light with those last few minutes of daylight and at highe power appears have a slightly larger feild of view over the 65mm.
However, it would be nice to get some advice from those fo you who do a lot of high country back packing and own one of these bad boy scopes to speak to the issue of weight and bulk. The 80mm is 7oz. heivire than the 65mm, not extreem. However, the 80mm. is much more bulky than than the 65mm. Is the added light significantly greater with the 80mm. to justify the added weight and bulk? The 65mm. seems to be more compatable for backpackers but then again, how much light would I be sacrificing?
With looking to drop close to $2,000 I just dont want to look back and regret my decision. It is a big investment and I just want to make sure to get it right. Any advice would be much appreaciated.
Regards,
gotthefever
I do a ton of long, steap high country backpacking on my hunts, bow, muzzle, and riffle.
I have looked through both the 80mm and 65mm at Sportsmans, late in the evening with low light to try to see the difference. No doubt, the 80 lets in a little more light with those last few minutes of daylight and at highe power appears have a slightly larger feild of view over the 65mm.
However, it would be nice to get some advice from those fo you who do a lot of high country back packing and own one of these bad boy scopes to speak to the issue of weight and bulk. The 80mm is 7oz. heivire than the 65mm, not extreem. However, the 80mm. is much more bulky than than the 65mm. Is the added light significantly greater with the 80mm. to justify the added weight and bulk? The 65mm. seems to be more compatable for backpackers but then again, how much light would I be sacrificing?
With looking to drop close to $2,000 I just dont want to look back and regret my decision. It is a big investment and I just want to make sure to get it right. Any advice would be much appreaciated.
Regards,
gotthefever