Reviews & Ratings for Barska 3-9x42mm Illuminated Mil-Dot Sniper Rifle Scope — 15 reviews — Page 1

Looks awsome and feels sturdy mounted and shot at 100 yards on 300 blk no problem. After about 150 rounds it still is right where I set the cross hairs. Hope it holds up because it really looks cool. I plan on using the gun to do a little deer hunting in thick areas where the shot range is limited.

I bought the same scope at walmart for $80. Your price is ridiculous! I'm highly advising everyone to look at walmart before buying here. You will get ripped off. The scope is great, but this websites price is ridiculous!

this is the third Braska scope I own. I bought it to put on a 300 Black Out Mini 14. I wanted an illuminated scope for hog hunting . this scope has an illuminated reticle. I would have preferred just illuminated cross hairs because he whole reticle lighting up screws up the night vision requiring an outside light to better see the target. the lit up cross hairs do show up good on a black hog in the semi darkness and a light overcomes the whole inside of the scope being lit up.
the scope is clear and holds its zero. you do have to keep checking the lock rings on the windage & elevation adjustments cause they seem to loosen by themselves.

none yete is not perfect, however, for the price ($85 out the door) it has a number of features much more expensive scopes don't have. The glass is clear at all magnifications except the two extremes 3x and 9x. At the extremes it has noticeable distortion but is still usable. When I bought it I was able to compare it directly to a Nikon 3-9x40 that was more than twice the price. It compared well enough that I bought it.

I mounted it n a .22 rifle and don't expect to have any problems with zeroing or holding zero since there is virtually no recoil. While the rings are not really top of the line, a little locktite will keep it from moving around.

Lower quality optics and light reflects in tube. Looks great on gun but I wish I would have spent a little more on better one. The reflection in the tube from the illuminated recticle is annoying in low light situations. They should have painted the inside of the tube with flat black to cut down on the glare. If you are going for looks, it is great.

First of all, I AM NOT A REP FOR BARSKA. I was actually a little pissed off I bought this scope, but now I love it.
Second, all of these reviews are 100% on point.
Third, I will examine how you can fix what some of these posts hate, although you may still hate it.
fourth, I immediately bought 3rd party accessories to accommodate (what in my mind) is where its cheap price point kicks in.

I had to buy larger (higher rise) scope mount rings to be able to fit this on. I also wanted other rings because the rings that the scope comes with are technically "weaver" style, and "technically" don't have the potential to hold as tight as "mil spec picatinny" do. So I bought hard core high-rise 1" $60 scope rings.
Now I am about to purchase another riser ($25) for the scope BECAUSE i am currently looking right into my front sight(gas block too) so i don't have the clearest image possible. This riser is picatinny on picatinny riser that you can see through to your front sight (so hollow in the middle for the whole length of the riser).
Sighting this thing in is a REAL pain. There's a locking ring around each adjustment knob (elevation & windage). There are also allen-wrench screws in the top of each adjustment knob. I tightened the locking ring & the allen-wrench screws because I saw "DAPSTER"'s review. This made it so the reticle had no chance of moving HOWEVER i think i over tightened it SO now on the elevation knob, you cannot use the allen-wrnech screw to adjust the knob any...
Read More...

Reticles move out of adjustment while using.
Pros: None
Cons: will not maintain adjustments

Thought I couldn't go wrong for what I paid but I did. At 100 yards target was very blurry. As I moved my eye left to right and up to down the cross hairs moved more than 3 inches at 100 yards.
Pros: compact
Cons: very blurry at 100 yards

An Excellent Mil-Dot sniper scope
Pros: The best features for this price scope
Cons: None that I can think of !

I bought this for my AR and I couldn't be happier. I sighted it in at 50 yards and after shooting 50 rounds my target had about 6 bullet holes around the bullseye and one more hole a quarter could cover...and that was with cheap millitary ammo.
Pros: Flat AWESOME
Cons: zero