How do illuminated reticles work and what are their pros and cons?
Thanks guys
Oh and also, on some scopes there is a turning knob on the front of the scope that has numbers like 50, 100, 200 etc what does that do?
It depends. Most are battery powered with intensity level setting dials / turrets. Trijicon (for example) uses Fiber Optics and Tritium with no batteries. Some actually produce too much illumination rendering them less than useful.
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If you have good glass, I don't see the benefit of the illuminated reticle. On my scope if you can see the deer then you can see the reticle (German #4) and make the shot with no problem, even if it is dark thirty. Two brothers I know bought identical Zeiss scopes a few years ago, except one had the illuminated retical. He said if he had of known he would have never bought the illuminated.
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