Volfy from United States, TX Public Profile

Installs easily and fit&finish is good. This reduces felt recoil substantially. Probably not as much for an AR-15, but on my 308AR it makes the rifle comfortable to bench-shoot all day. I believe I shoot more accurately with it as well, and I'm able to regain sight picture faster.

I've always been a Leapers UTG fan and have them on many of my air and powder guns. Bought this for my Savage B-Mag heavy barrel. Shooting at small targets at the range and accuracy that .17 WSM is capable of requires higher magnification range than the typical 3x9. The UTG 4-16x50 I have on another rifle would work well also, but wanted to give this one a try.

The very limited exit pupil at the extreme magnification range makes it a bit difficult to center my view through the scope, but the larger objective lens does help. Also, image becomes less contrasty at higher than 20x, but it's only a problem at low light (after dusk) and otherwise perfectly serviceable. Are there better glass? Absolutely. Find one that cost barely over $100... I doubt it.

I would have preferred side focus/parallax adjustment, like on my other UTG scopes. This scope is rather long and the reach out to the front bell is a stretch for me.

It's long scope, which is actually a plus, as it allows for more fore-n-aft positioning on the rifle. I've had problems with shorter scope on long action rifle, where I couldn't set the scope far back enough to set the correct eye relief. Rarely do I have a problem with "too long" a scope. It is, however, on the heavy-ish side. Since it is going on a heavy barrel varminter, which I do not intend to shoot off-hand, it is a non-issue.

I have grown very fond of UTG's standard MIL dot reticle and lockable target turrets. For rimfire and especially air rif

My DX1000 ARC has been dependable and accurate, especially for airgun and rimfire hunting, where a few yard off at distance could mean a miss on a squirrel or mouse size target. However, it has trouble ranging game consistently beyond 275 yds, so I bought this DX1300 for longer range centerfire rifle shooting. It did not disappoint. Ranges well out past 500 yds and covers what I need for most hunting situations. The illuminated display is nice, particularly for low-light and/or busy backgrounds (e.g., thickets and tree branches), where black LCD display gets difficult to see against dark or high contrast background.

I use the range and incline data directly. ARC is too limiting. Plenty of mobile apps that can do the conversion to MOA or MILS for custom handloads. I wish Bushnell would implement their CONX on this rangefinder, so I can set up a custom profile on my phone and transfer data wirelessly. I understand they may want to reserve that feature for high$$$ ELite line, wireless connectivity is becoming so widespread in consumer electronics, it should almost be considered a "standard" feature.

Optics is on par with DX1000, which is excellent. Good contrast and focuses well with little edge distortion or purple fringing. Hopefully battery life is as good as my DX1000, which is still on the original battery.

I bought this table top tripod for 2 reasons:

1. It has an offset mount, which works great for my Konus spotting scope. For whatever reason Konus did not design the mounting footprint of the 20-60x100 scope to be in line with its Center of Gravity, so it tends to be front heavy. This offset mount compensates for that nicely.

2. It has micro adjustment knobs that are great for making minute adjustments to the scope's aim. Conventional tripod heads require loosening the mount, which can be tricky especially at 60x magnification.

Now the downside... while some parts of the tripod are aluminum, the rest are plastic. My 20-60x100 Konus is a bit too heavy for this tripod and cause the scope to flex and wobble - not to the point of being unstable, but the view through the scope tends to bobble continuously. I am sure a smaller lighter-weight scope would probably match up better with this tripod.

All in all, still very usable for times I do not want to haul my heavy duty Manfrotto tripod out to the range. Folded up and stored in the included carrying bag, it is very compact and lightweight.