Light Transmission Chart

[Bayou Stalker]

I've searched here and on Google and can't seem to find a chart showing scopes and their % light transmission.  Anyone know of any such chart?

[diggler1833]

I don't know of one either for comparring scopes to each other.  Might have to do it the old fasioned way and look up the manufaturer's product.

In the mean time, there are plenty of people here who probably have a bunch of experience with the scopes you are looking at, and can help with advice.  What are you looking at/for?

[charles p]

Maybe a magazine article somewhere might have a limited number of brands.

[Zachary]

There is no such "chart" per say, but some manufacturers, within their advertising, have, in the past, identified strong points of their products in a column-type format.

I can tell you this.  Bushnell Elite 3200s Nikon Buckmasters (the older models), and the Leupold Vari-X III series, have 88% light transmission.  The New Nikon Buckmasters have 92% light transmission.  The Elite 4200s and Nikon Monarchs have 95%.  The new Leupold VX-III series have more than 95% (I think somewhere between 96% and 98%).  The Leupold LPS series (if they still make them) are 99%.

Hope this helps.

Zachary

[eye shot]

Vintage Redfield TX-27 99.5% light transmission per lens surface!

[Bugflipper]

This one has a few on it.

http://swfa.com/Burris-Fullfield-II-Rifle-Scopes-C56.aspx

[sweetwyominghome]

eye shot wrote: "Vintage Redfield TX-27 99.5% light transmission per lens surface!"

Yes, but that is not the cumulative figure. You have to add up and factor the lens surfaces to get the total transmission figure. Otherwise, you have an apples-to-oranges comparison.

 

[Huffmanite]

Just got a Swift Premier series scope last week.  When reading internet posts, reviews and etc. on my scope, think I read its light transmission falls between the Nikon Monarch and Buckmaster %'s shown on the SWFA chart posted earlier.