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Decent for the sale price
Written on Mar 04, 2015
I got this Barska on sale. It came came in a thin cardboard box (as noted by others) with the manual, warranty card, lens cleaner, and Allen wrench for mounting it on your rail.
Pros: I love the illuminated reticle with the dual colors and adjustable intensities (I used green in sunlight and red in darker environs). I didn't need any risers or anything for proper eye alignment. It has built-in rails on the top and sides for mounting accessories like a laser, etc. in my case I threw a mini red dot on top and the scope held it with no issues. The battery also seemed to last longer than I expected for a scope of this price.
Cons: It's a fixed 4 power scope. This isn't really a con since it's not a surprise (it says it right in the title), and it's exactly what I wanted at the time. The biggest problem is there's no real room for error in the eye relief. Half an inch too far and I couldn't utilize the sight as I needed to. If you have longer arms (or run an adjustable stock at extension) this won't work for you. It was useless on my Mini-14 at home AND my flat top AR in the field when I ran my stock at any length other than the closed position.
Overall, I think this is a great scope for the price I paid for it. If I had paid even OpticsPlanet's price, I probably would've been pretty upset and tried to return it over the eye relief issue alone. But it stayed mounted without variance or movement, was easy to adjust for wind age and distance with my multitool, and
Pros: I love the illuminated reticle with the dual colors and adjustable intensities (I used green in sunlight and red in darker environs). I didn't need any risers or anything for proper eye alignment. It has built-in rails on the top and sides for mounting accessories like a laser, etc. in my case I threw a mini red dot on top and the scope held it with no issues. The battery also seemed to last longer than I expected for a scope of this price.
Cons: It's a fixed 4 power scope. This isn't really a con since it's not a surprise (it says it right in the title), and it's exactly what I wanted at the time. The biggest problem is there's no real room for error in the eye relief. Half an inch too far and I couldn't utilize the sight as I needed to. If you have longer arms (or run an adjustable stock at extension) this won't work for you. It was useless on my Mini-14 at home AND my flat top AR in the field when I ran my stock at any length other than the closed position.
Overall, I think this is a great scope for the price I paid for it. If I had paid even OpticsPlanet's price, I probably would've been pretty upset and tried to return it over the eye relief issue alone. But it stayed mounted without variance or movement, was easy to adjust for wind age and distance with my multitool, and
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