Stay away from this - NcSTAR Illuminated Compact Rifle Scope - 3-9x42E Ill. Scope / Ruby SEC3942R Rifle Scope

I bought this compact rifle scope 3-9X for an inexpensive rifle. Out of the box, it appears solid, well built. Provision is made for focusing the recticle and that works very well. However, with it set at 3X the image (target) itself is blurry. As one increases magnification to 9X the blurriness worsens while the recticle remains sharp. I tried the recticle illumination at dusk and found that at low settings it was barely visible. I increased the brightness of the illumination and found that it lit up the inside perimeter of the recticle and spilled onto the inside of the scope, starting to wash out any image of what I was aiming at. Because of this and the unacceptable blurriness I mentioned at the onset I can only recommend that you NOT purchase this product.