Bonanza,

Great choice! You have an excellent scope, top of the line, in a power range that is very versatile to suit a very versatile cartridge. There are a few occasions when I thought greater magnification would be helpful (but never necessary,) more when I was glad to have all the field of view I could get.

BTW, if you look at Andre's photos, the illuminated reticle version is shown in the lower photo. You can see how tall the detachable illumination control and battery container is, and how big it is. I find that a bit of a pita. Good news is that with the attrachment unscrewed and the cap in place, it looks just like Andre's scope in the top photo, which is how it should look for 99.5% of hunting, until you are sitting in a blind over bait as the sun descends, or whatever. I think S&B got it better when they put the battery and controls into a third turret.

You will enjoy you Swaro!

{By the way, in my previous post I must have been suffering from a brain cramp, because both the Swaro and S&B have 24mm objective lenses and 30mm tubes and I managed to type that they had 30mm objectives. The Zenith that Gen'lwar refers to is the S&B that I have, and he got the objective lens size right.}

JPK