Rifle Scopes : Help me select a scope!

Skylar McMahon wrote: supertool73 wrote: Tube size has no affect on the amount of light that goes through a scope. Very true. Tube size has no effect on our with light transmission. It only effects the amount of travel or adjustment inside the scope.

Something to keep in mind, if range of elevation adjustment is a factor here, even though the Leica uses the larger tube, it does have less range of travel.  For these two models, the Swaro offers about 50 MOA of elevation adjustment, and the Leica only 33.