Review for Barska 4-16x50 IR Sniper Rifle Scope AC11002

Author: firedawg314 , Just want to have fun, from Florissant MO on Jan 23, 2012
Pros:  The looks and the Green IR
Cons:  Not a real lens cap...its a filter for a "cap"
Would recommend:  yes

firedawg314 wrote:

I have used a few scopes in my career. This isnt the best but its far from the worse. If you are like me like to shoot for fun. Go to ranges, have time out in the back woods and pop off a few cans, etc. Then, this is a decent scope. I can go as far to say, if you hunt, this is fine for up to 200 yards. What I find out maybe my eyes are not that great and you probably could use it up to 500 yards.maybe. With any good scope, you need to zero it in, take a few shots to ensure your rounds hit where you want. I have read several reviews from others maybe they listen and this scope is seems to be pretty solid. I have to admit the look of it on my AR 15 it looks like Im a sniper.looks anyway I have hear/read others who have their ARs and have that top handel/hand rail and they attached the scope on it and wonder why they are about 5-7 inches off track? Duh You have to remember 4-16X50 isnt the most powerful scope you can buy and people need to remember, this isnt the movies/tv. If you do not know for example if your eyesight is 20/20 take that into the scope to multiply it by 4 and on up to 16. The 50 or last number is in mm of the lens. So imagine your normal eyesight is increased by 16 times. When you think of it that way its pretty good eyesight. When you are trying to hit targets say, mile or more away you need higher powered scopes. But in short, this is just to have and shoot for fun this is what you want. Maybe even for anti-zombies controlLOL. But if you are into distance shooting and distance is more than mile away to put a hole on a shirt button this isnt the scope for you. For everyone else, this is fine.