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I wouldn't shoot long range at night either, even with a luminous reticle, coz I'd never recover the quarry in time. Perhaps if I was doing open tops hunting and a deer walked out just on dark, 100m...

To be honest with you, it is high end optics for long range that I was thinking of, however, it's not just a matter of "paying for itself", you've then got the worry of it as being something else to...

Yeah, I can actually imagine a red glowing dot helping to focus your attention to a certain point. You are correct about needing to look through in the field to see if it's likeable or not. I don't...

Nah, when the sun goes down, I go down, it's time to stop hunting and leave it till the morning. I think I'll be going for a 'non illuminated' scope!

Yeah, yeah look, the only guy I know with one gives the same testimony, he never uses it... I'm suspecting it's probably a gimmick and just another thing to go wrong. Thanks.

Right you two, thanks for your comments. Now, it doesn't actually do anything for contrasting your target against it's dark background, does it? I'm just trying to work out whether it's worth the...

Yeah, you can see the difference alright, thanks for that.

What scope have you got?

What's the advantage of having an illuminated reticle in a rifle scope? I've shot deer right on dark with a cheap Bushnell Trophy scope and never had (or even seen through) an illuminated reticled...