Got my scope yesterday and mounted it today. The turrets are awesome. The glass is so clear. I am waiting for 24 hours for my lock tite to dry. My weapon is a Howa 1500 .308 on a Abrams Arms MOD X Gen 3 chassis. I have not shot this weapon with the scope yet. Legacy International, who owns Howa, promises a Sub MOA of less then 1 inch at 100 yards with premium factory ammunition. I plan on holding them to that guarantee. Happy Shooting. Thank you Arken Optics.
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I am real interested in the June 25th post "The glass is so clear." I received my Arken SH-4 Gen II yesterday so I set it up on a bench with two other 50mm scopes for comparison as the evening turned to dark. My Arken image is cloudy, a sort of smoky-white haze that worsens as you look toward the edges. Dirty glass or focusing is not the problem. I was able to read the separate black lines of a UPC label at 60 yards on 12x but its like looking through white smoke. The other scopes (Bushnell Match Pro 6-24x50mm and a Tract Toric 4-20x50mm) could also read the UPC label on 12x but had no haze. When the illumination was turned on it created a red halo 2/3rds larger than the lit-up center crosshairs; like shining through a morning fog. Surprisingly, the Arken SH-4 didn't worsen when the sun went down. The white smoke tint remained lighter as darkness came on and the black reticle and MILRAD numbers were more visible than the Match Pro reticle. Only the Japanese glass in the Tract Toric was better in low light. The Arken SH-4 has great turrets and smooth adjustment knobs. I so much want to keep it but the smoky-white interior must be a defect. I hope Arken offers to replace it with one so I can say: "the glass is so clear!"
Solid! Keep us updated.