Hi Phil thanks for the welcome mate.No worries about my scope lol I really appreciate good honest opinions. like I said not been shooting very long and probably should of checked these forums out before I jump in with two feet as usual. I'm not to bothered about the weight mate as I shoot from a bench into a field of targets up to 100 yards. I started off with the 3-12×50 but just cant see out that far accurately A mate said try his with the same scope I've just got, and was amazed at what a difference it made, especially clarity and the magnification range for my sight which is quite bad.. h