You might have caught the couple reviews of this scope on YouTube and thought to yourself... maybe this is a diamond in the rough! It isn't. First of all, it weighs a metric ton. Second of all, the illumination bafflingly attempts to (key words) light up the entire tree in the reticle and does a terrible job of it. Nobody is going to effectively use a reticle tree in the dark, when you can barely actually see the tree illumination, and it's basically not noticeable during the day. The button-activated illumination has 5 settings... this is... fine... you'll actually probably like that over having to spin a dial, especially the dials that make you spin all the way around to turn it off. You'll hate holding the button down for 5 seconds to turn it off... because you'll forget to do so. The center illumination isn't bad, really, even in daylight (you can see it... not well... but you can)... but the tree also being lit up in any condition you can see it creates a ridiculous distraction. Also, the illumination causes the reticle to visually change from sharp to oddly blurred, probably a consequence of the bleed off of the light that spreads to the tree. Illumination is a fail on this. The turrets are tactile, but inconsistently so... there's a defined click on each but some clicks take less effort than another so you find yourself turning past your intended adjustment point every time. For a discounted cost, that's acceptable. Does it track well? Well... shooting out...
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