Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I read quite a few of the 370+ reviews of this scope here on Amazon and I took a chance. The concerns I had were about getting one with a tilted reticule (not a big issue due to how easy it is to return) and optical clarity. Reticule - no issues, straight as it should be Optical clarity - very good. No it is not Nikon or Leupold but it is very good. Some distortion at the edge of the view but you really have to concentrate to see them. I like how compact it is, less than 2/3 of my Nikon Prostaff 3x9 BDC. The cross-hair is rather on the thick side but not to the point where it becomes an issue. I don't care about the illumination feature; you cannot see it in full daylight even at max and I wish they had a model without this feature. It would be even more lightweight and compact. The turrets track perfectly. POI was 6" at 100 yards, 24 clicks down and it was right on. I have this scope on a SIG 556R (7.62x39). The rifle doesn't have much of recoil to speak about (heavy and a muzzle brake) but the scope looks like it can take serious recoil. The QD rings are OK but the QD levers became loose after about 600 rounds and I had to re-tighten them. Replacing them with the high profile UTG rings with butterfly wing-nuts. The rings that come with the scope are medium height and don't leave enough clearance for BUIS under the scope. Bottom line: this is a lot of value for the price. With this being offered I don't see any reason to spend hundreds on big name tactical scopes to shoot at the range. See the picture I uploaded: 20 rounds at 100 yards, 7.62x39 with SIG 556R, rapid fire (as quick as I was reacquiring the target), using a bipod, Wolf WPA ammo. For tactical scopes, I think it is as good as it gets. EDIT: I initially gave this 5 stars since I considered to be a lot of value for the price. After about 600 rounds the windage turret stopped working - clicks but the reticule doesn't track. Returning it and getting a Nikon P-223 3x32 Matte BDC Carbine. The UTG would be a very good scope if you get one that keeps working as designed but it appears that its quality is hit or miss. I thought I could prove wrong those saying that with optics you get what you pay for but I was the one proven wrong. I'll stay with tried and true which for me is Nikon.