Finally got my hands on one of these after months of waiting for it. They came back in stock late last week and have since sold out again until God knows when.

Specs, as provided by PA are as follows:

  • Tube Diameter: 30mm
  • Magnification: 1-6X
  • Exit Pupil: 10mm at 1X, 4mm at 6x
  • Eye Relief: 4.5 in. at 1X, 4 in. at 6x
  • Field of View:
  • 115 feet @ 100 yards at 1X
  • 19.2 feet @ 100 yards at 6X
  • Click Value: .5 MOA
  • Length: 10.75 inches
  • Net Weight: 17.4 oz.
  • Red Partial Illumination
  • Fast Focus Eyepiece
  • Second Focal Plane
  • Front and rear flip caps included
  • Waterproof
  • Nitrogen purged
  • Fog resistant
  • Fully Multi-Coated


First thing first, this is a $269 scope, I don't expect NightForce quality out of it.That being said, this unit seems to be really well put together for the pricepoint.

What comes in the box is the scope, reticle instructions, cleaning cloth, and one battery. The packaging for this thing was much better than I expected. The box was nice and sturdy, and Inside the scope was packed with about 4" of foam on either end, and more foam on the sides. When in the box, this thing isnt going to be jarring around.

This is a true 1x optic. When you hold it up to a door jam, for example, you can follow the lines of the door jam the whole way from above the scope, down through the glass, and out the bottom, and notice no magnification. At 1x all the way through 6x, the glass is exceptionally clear for being a lower priced optic. Ive only been able to test it indoors as it was dark when I received it, but there does not appear to be much, if any haziness around the edges. Tomorrow I will take it outside and see if this holds true.

The scope seems really well put together. Nothing loose on the scope.The finish is a very even, nice, flat black with a sort of texture to it. I like it more than some of the other optics Ive seen with smoother, more reflective finishes. This particular scope includes a set of PA's (not sure who makes them) flip caps. The flip caps seem really nice for being included. They are very snug on the optic and do not rotate easily. The rear flip up has grooves inside of it that slide into the grooves on the focus ring, keeping it nice and snug. Both caps close very positively and take a good amount of effort to open up; they wont just open on their own. The turret caps tighten down very nicely. On the left side of the scope there is an illumination turret with 11 settings. This thing is bright when set up on the higher settings. The illumination turret has a good resistance and very positive clicks, as to avoid any movement in the field. The adjustment turrets again have a good level of resistance and positive clicks that are audible. Ive heard the first generation of these scopes had spongy feeling turrets; Ive never felt them, but it seems like it was fixed with this model.

On to the reticle. ACSS in the name stands for Advanced Combined Sighting System. Basically what you're getting is a red dot with a horseshoe for CQB, with a vertical crosshair and horizontal ticks beneath it. The reticle is supposed to be calibrated for 5.56/.223 rounds for BDC out to 600+ yards, with each tick mark on the vertical crosshair representing 400, 600, and 800yds. The width of each horizontal tick is supposed to represent a target 18" wide at that yardage, the average torso size of a person. Centered of to either side of the horseshoe are 2 dots, which are said to be leads for a target moving at 8.5mph. To the sides of each tick mark on the vertical crosshair are more dots, this time representing holdovers for a 5mph breeze at a given yardage. To the right side of the main reticle is another scale that is used for sizing a target. It is labeled with yardages and is able to size a target with a height of 5'10" and tell you how far away they are. This ranging portion of the reticle is non-illuminated. Originally I thought the reticle may be a bit cluttered, but upon looking down the tube, you really only focus on what you need to focus on.

My Aero Precision Ultralight extended scope mount comes on Thursday, so hopefully this weekend I'll get to slap it on my gun and finally go shoot it, or at the very least, take images of the gun with optics on it finally!

Now for some pictures. Sorry for the crude images.

The packaging





The scope









The illuminated part of the reticle, as best I could given the circumstances. Ill get some outside later this week.