NcStar 2.5X30 Pistol Scope/Blue Lens/Ring (SPB2530B)

Surprised at the clarity of such an inexpensive pistol scope. Works great on my Buckmark 22

This scope is amazing. I own the following pistol scopes... 2 @ Leupold M8-2x20, 1@ Simmons 2x20, 1@ BSA Edge2x20 and 1@ Ncstar 2.5x30. The Ncstar is as clear or clearer than any I own. I can see my target better and have better performance. The Ncstar is on a Ruger MKII, bull barrel 22lr. I don't know how it would deal with heavy recoil, but on my 22 it is better than the rest ! I plan to buy at least 2 more and try one on my 357 where the Leupold presently lives. This is an awesome scope, I'm glad I tried it...a real bargain at it's price point and great quality !

Mounted this on a Diana Chaser .177 CO2 pistol and sighted in @ 10 yards very easily. Seems to be holding zero through the first 100 rounds and the optics are better than I expected. Clear view and fairly fine crosshairs make it easy to hit the bullseye. I am usually not a fan of NCStar products, but admit to being very satisfied with this low priced scope. I would recommend this item.

In case some of you are wondering whether the eye relief and rings it comes with, work well with a browning buckmark hunter (even though it says "rifle" on the box) IT DOES, and it does it quite well. You can put it pretty close to your eye or really far away and still get a good site picture. It only took 9 shots for me to zero this, and my wife, who has only shot 2 times IN HER LIFE, was putting nickel to quarter sized groups in at 25yds (I was blown away and she now loves shooting so yay for both of us on that front) We got to where we could literally tear out a single quarter sized hole on the target at 25yrds. I haven't gotten to shoot it at longer distances yet, but I zeroed it at 1 inch below dead center at 25yds, in hopes of it shooting somewhat dead center at 50yds, will have to try that soon and decide exactly where to zero it because I'm not super familiar with trajectory of a .22 round, I assume it's somewhat flattish out to X yds though? (chime in if you are and have a suggestion please) The rings that come out of the box work just fine and were of reasonable quality with a grippy strip inside them to help the scope stay put. Very impressed with this scope, it is not too large or too small, I'm glad I didn't go with the smaller size 2x (by a more famous brand) like I was considering. Completely surprised at the accuracy of a shorty barrel gun sitting on top of a single weight bag, barrel was supported, but grip was only supported by our left hand just sitting underneath it for added stability. This scope kind of makes me think this pistol could be good for much longer ranges it was so accurate, and if so, I may have to upgrade to a smallish 3-9 variable because I imagine hitting a small target at 50+ yards may be hard to see with a 2.5x scope, but not quite sure yet, as I have yet to try it at longer ranges. Good luck and happy shooting, my wife has been converted to a "shooter" now because of this scope! She said "Wow, this is FUN, I never thought I could get into this, but this is really really fun!" I think I may have shed a single tear... ;) A note to Adorama on shipping: When shipping a scope, please put it in an additional box instead of a plastic/foam blend 'paper wrap' material all alone. I was shocked this did not arrive damaged or with internals broken. The scope had it's little factory box only and then wrapped in this paper thin shipping pouch material, pretty surprised it wasn't DOA. Other than that, fast shipping etc. Thanks.

Uniquely designed to work as an IER setup such as on a military rifle where you have to get forward of the safety lever but not so for forward that you can't mount to the receiver. Not really a great pistol scope due to the eye relief.

I received and mounted the 2.5x30 scope today. I mounted it on a Rossi model R92 .357 lever action that has a rail milled into the receiver. I needed a long eye relief scope because it is a top eject action. It looks good to me on the carbine (see photos). The length of the scope is 8 5/8 inches. The eye relief as mounted is 9”, and it has a clear sight picture. Just playing with it, it looks like you can extend eye relief to about 14 inches before the sides start to darken. I’ve not shot it yet so I can’t comment on how it holds accuracy. But I like it so far. I’ll update after I’ve shot it. For $39 it looks like a great value. Better than that, I had trouble finding a scope with a 9-10 inch eye relief. I’m 6’5” so the eye relief is much too short for me to mount on a pistol or revolver. I first mounted a vortex crossfire 2x20 EER V-PLEX on this rifle, but it had too long of an eye relief. I also mounted a Burris Fastfire 3 and a red dot on it, but didn’t like how the point of aim shifted depending on your cheek weld. This scope shoulders well on this specific mount using leupold medium base 1” rings. I did not try the rings that came with the scope after reading other reviews that said they were poor quality. The scope has a nice matte finish. I own scopes on the low end of price like like this one up to Zeiss and Swarovski, with Leupold Var x3s being on most of my rifles. So I am an experienced scope user. If it shoots and holds up, I’ll be very pleased with the purchase. It comes with elastic string see-thru lens covers. If it shoots ok, I’ll invest in some Butler creek scope covers.

I mounted mine on a Mosin Nagant with a shortened barrel expecting to last one target shooting session. It's been around 300 rounds later (that's a bit on a Mosin) and it's still holding well. Not the clearest or most accurate scope, but at this price point, it's not expected to be. Good for plinking, for serious shooting Save your pennies and by a serious optic.