I looked around a bit on google before I asked here and was a bit unsatisfied with the explanations. Since I am finding myself just as interested, if not more interested, in optics than rifles at the time being I would like to ask.
What is a prism scope (aside from what a prism is, and how it effect the transmission of light…I understand that)? In what situations would one find a prism scope to be superior to any other type of scope (like a red dot or 1-4x scope, etc.)?
I’m really liking researching different optics and learning more about them. I guess this makes sense to me. I’m a pharmaceutical chemist and have a thing about glassware. I’ve even taken a scientific glass blowing class in school. I’m also an astronomy enthusiast with some very large telescopes. Glass blowing and glass grinding, etc. is an Extremely difficult art.
It impresses me how much some of these optics are compared to a high end telescope. They are just as pricey in many cases!
In any case, I digress. So about the prism scopes…?