Black Owl Gear Advanced 1-4x x 32 Illuminated Reticle Rifle Scope

"Got this item in the mail the other day...nice packaging, solid construction, the reticle and zoon are really nice and puts your view way out there... I gave it a 2 on the bases, once placed on the rail its very very sloppy fitting...it shifts to the left right forward and backwards with the movement of the AEG...and the reticle was severely canted...I know you get what you pay for but it should fit securely and not have a canted reticle for the price paid...

"Great concept, but extremely poor execution. There's a good reason why the real ELCAN Phantom costs 2000+ dollars. The variable magnification mechanism is simply very difficult to be reproduced cheaply and reliably.

I purchased this thing based on all the rave reviews I saw here. A scope that lets you toggle between 1x and 4x zoom? That's what I call best of both worlds. However, when my scope finally arrived, an obvious problem appeared. The reticle simply doesn't line up between 1x and 4x mode. Zeroing in one mode will mess up the other, rendering the whole selling point of variable magnification completely pointless.

I assumed mine was just defective, so I started the RMA process with Evike for a replacement, while also purchased a different brand (G&G) of Phantom clone elsewhere, as I was planning to have two of these scopes eventually anyway.

To my displeasure, both the replacement scope and the G&G scope I received also appeared to have the exact same issue as the first one I purchased here on Evike. Now I'm not sure which brand they're selling on Evike, but if even G&G, a company known for their high quality, couldn't get this clone right, I doubt anybody else could manage to make a problem free clone.

Finally, I returned the G&G for a refund while started another RMA with Evike, hoping to finally get a working as advertised scope. It was a complete wishful thinking on my part, perhaps. The 3rd scope I received from Evike still has a misaligned reticle between magnification.

Right now I've given up on ever getting a properly working variable magnification Phantom clone, and just gonna use this as a dedicated 4x zoom scope. At least it looks great aesthetic wise when mounted on my rifle.

In short, stay the heck away from this scope. My guess is that all the raving reviews were probably all based on the relatively decent early batches, and the manufacturing tolerances have since gone to the toilet. Or I could be the unluckiest guy in the world. You be the judge.

On the side note, I'll commend Evike.com's speedy handling on my multiple RMA requests. This scope might have been a bust, but I certainly will continue to shop here for a long time to come.

"If I could put this scope into words, I think terrible would cover it. Looks great, but doesn't adjust, mine came with left/right maxed to the right and my bb's were hitting about 3 1/2 feet to the right of the crosshair. It also came with the elevation maxed down, and a screw missing, the whole scope wobbled because of the missing screw. Nobody else was joking either, the POI is different between 1 and 4 power. All in all, Save your money and buy something else!

Pros
-looks great

Cons
-Won't adjust
-Screw missing, so the scope flops around, losing where it was zeroed even further
-There is no green illumination, only red
- Eye relief is terrible, and you cannot have any backup iron sights and you have to have your eye about 1/2 inch away to get a proper sight picture.

So please for the love of all that is holy, save yourself and don't buy this.

"Got this scope a month ago and tried to sight it in and it would not adjust down far enough. The sight indication ended up being so far off that it was 10-15 feet above where the bb was actually hitting. I would not recommend this sight to anyone in the future.