Riflescope FOV Questionsi

Tbone801

Tbone801

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Hey all,

I have been doing some research and started to compare scopes in the 4-12x40 power and noticed that some of the weavers and the vortex diamondbacks have huge FOV advantages. The weaver is the 44mm objective so that's where it would be better but the diamondback is just a 40. Tell me if there is an advantage to having more FOV at 100yrds than Less. Thanks
 
The more FOV you have the easier it is to get the target in the crosshairs. This is especially important in the woods, or in a closeup situation. If you have a small FOV you waste time "finding" the target in the 1st place, and can lose the target all together especially if you close the non-optic eye.
 
that's what i was thinking. I was just wondering because even the 50mm Objectives that Leupold have don't compare. ha ha but the glass is probably better. Thanks bud I am still open to any Optic Pro out there
 
I think you'll find that larger field of view goes with shorter eye relief and
visa versa. It seems to be a trade off with all the scopes I have really looked
at the specs on.
 
A lot of the scopes that claim a certain "zoom" on them aren't exactly accurate. Leupold's are pretty accurate in the description. I have a some Simmons scopes that in no way can have the power they suggest to have, but that didn't make them a bad scope per say. They are what they are, and I have some that still dont fog up after 15 years (although they are yellowing a bit). some of the cheaper brands it's really hit and miss when it comes to getting one that actually is worth a darn. (I blame that on China's lack of quality control)

If you have a cheap scope with a wide FOV but the glass sucks (and its on the outside where they are usually worse) The wide FOV doesn't really help you a lot.

The best way to compare scope is go in a shop and look through multiple types 1 after another.
 
Cabelas catolog is a great help in checking fov, there is no industry standard for power per say, a 2.5 to 10 might really be a 3x9. etc. ed
 
The objective size has absolutely nothing to do with FOV.
FOV is determined by only 3 things:
Power; more power=less FOV
Occular lens; bigger=more FOV
Eye relief; More eye relief=less FOV

Nothing else has any effect on FOV, absolutely nothing.

Jack
 
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