If you go after an Athlon Argos, Spend the extra money on the Gen2 to get the upgraded turrets rather than the discounted original version. I have a Hawke Airmax 32x50. I like the AMX reticle. The adjustable red illumination can dial in just enough added visibilty and light most of it. The glass is ok up to 20x or so. Beyond 25x it starts to dim. My Sidewinder 20x 42 is more clear even on full 20x and the turrets are much better on it. It's 20x mil reticle is basic and works fine with the illumination which also offers green and lights the whole thing unlike the Sidewinder SR Pro which is a center dot type and only illuminates the dot. If I had it to do over I would have spent the extra $30 and got the 32x 56 sidewinder rather than the Airmax. My Salesman didn't encourage me enough to stay with his first suggestion. The Hawkes have some of the nicest included accessories of large side wheel, nice sunshade, and some of the best lens covers which have a very high quality feel and fold flat out of the way. So easy to just swing the covers shut every time you aren't actuall looking through it to make sure nothing ever gets the glass dirty or otherwisw happens to it.
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I have a couple Leapers scopes which are actually quite good for the realy cheap price but have one glaring flaw: When using the side wheel, the image shifts up or down almost 1 mil depending on which way you turned it last. So you have to always turn it the same way last when focusing. And hope it is the way that doesn't shift from the recoil when you fire at that range again.
