Is there better than average in low light scope in the 3-9 (or less) power range for $200 or less? I didn't appreciate how bad a really cheap scope could be at dusk until last Saturday. Was using a 6X Nikon binocular to watch deer right up to dark-thirty until deciding to take one, when the rifle went up the view went dark. Went back to the bino's momentarily then cranked the scope power down to three, but even at that I was only able to just barely make out one animal from the other. I aborted.
The scope in question was a pawn shop too-ugly-for-the-used-rack, back-room special rifle... a rusty Western Auto Marlin 336 rifle I bought for the action only. Pulled the scope out to put on another rifle just to be able to shoot it. It worked fine in the daylight.