I am going to disagree on the glass ... the LRTS 3-12 has GREAT glass and surpassed my NXS optics by a good pit and it was every bit of good up to 12x as my old PMII US 3-20 ... the LRTS 4.5-18 was NOT as good as the 3-12 LRTS line ... I wish I NEVER sold my LRTS 3-12 FDE scope ... to this day...