ORIGINAL: MichaelT.
Monarch - great glass and fully multicoated , no side focus for higher power A.O. scopes. 95 % light transmission.
Buckmasters - really good glass , multicoated but not fully multicoated and higher power scopes are offered with side focus A.O. 92 % light transmission.
Burris fullfield II - really good glass , fully multicoated , 42mm Obj. , no side focus for higher power A.O scopes. about 93 % light transmission.
Bushnell 3200 - really good glass , multicoated but not fully , rainguard , no side focus for higher power A.O. scopes. about 92 % light transmission.
Bushnell 4200 - great glass , fully multicoated , rainguard , no side focus for higher power A.O. scopes. 95 % light transmission.
Where did you get the Light transmission numbers? I ask because I have seen them from other sorces and they vary.