This scope looks awkward and stubby; it's short but with a huge lens, I use extra-high rings and the objective aperture as barely off of the barrel. The image is less than clear at 3x and gets worse as you raise the magnification, but it's usable. When you activate the illuminated reticle, depending on your eye relief, you might see the two red lights in the corners that light the reticle, which is distracting. If you're going to buy a cheap Chinese scope I would get this, because you can be confident it will hold zero given Barska's lifetime warranty, but for the love of God get the one in 50mm because this objective lens really does look silly.

A very nice scope with excelent low light visablity. IR is well formed and easy to use. Only downfall is that batteries are tough to change but they last awile so no worries there.