Why are scope tubes getting larger and larger?

[Bypass]

Remember when 1 inch was the standard? Now it is 34 mm plus. They say it is needed for long range for elevation adjustments. That may be true but since when does a hunter need a 34 mm tube?

I think I've seen this before.

 

[Bonecollector]

I like them long, big, thick, and black. The bigger the better.

 

[Kahrnut]

Girth matters.

 

[adrianrog]

Field of view matters for a game like 3 gun and at low magnification, that means a larger tube.

 

[Gunanddoglover]

Is that a rocket launcher mounted on a AR?

 

[GFB]

Is that a rocket launcher mounted on a AR?

Looks like an AN/PVS-4.

 

[RamRoddoc]

It's never been about "need".

 

[CBeck]

Gotta sell more scope rings somehow

 

[Fatal_Bert]

I like them long, big, thick, and black. The bigger the better.

Your name just took a new meaning to me.

 

[REDX]

More ring mounting surface for heavy recoil guns