CenterPoint Adventure Class 3-9x40AO Rifle Reviews

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good scope you won't be sorry you bought it great scope for a .270 too

The CenterPoint 3-9x40 AO strikes me as a product made to meet a price point rather than meet certain performance standards. In researching this review, I found it for sale from $50 to $150. That's an oddly wide price range, and I think you can do better than the CenterPoint at the upper end of that range (more about that later).

Whether or not you like this scope may be based on how much you paid for it. If price was your main concern and you are just doing back-yard plinking, you may be satisfied with the CenterPoint. At under, say, $70 it gets the job done. If you are willing to spend more than $70 for this scope, I think you can do better. The scope seems serviceable enough for casual shooting. The optics are not as clear as I would like, but they do transmit a decent image as long as there is enough ambient light. In dim light the image disappears, and the lit reticle did not seem to help. I liked the mil-dot reticle and the caps on the windage and elevation adjustments. I did not try water or shock tests.

For about twice the CeterPoint's lowest price (but still within its price range), I much prefer the UTG/Leapers 3-12x44AO Accushot SWAT scope. (Check out my review.)

perfect for hunting and my marauder!

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Nice and bright in low artificial lighting. I like the fact that it will focus under 7yds.The old scopes I have couldn't go under 20 yards.

The lighted reticle is nice but too brigh at the lowest settings for night or very low lighting. Add the the sun shade like the Leapers scope. I think they might come from the factory.

More eye relief and a lower setting for the reticle.

Good quality, very clear. Mil dot

Very close to Leapers, infact sun shade of Leapers fits

It works great! Like it should. Seems to of good quality for the money.

Adjustable objective, Red/Green dual illuminated reticle

Flip open lens covers are useless with AO adjustment, normal lens covers would be an improvement. More eye relief ~ 4 in.

Not a bad value. Seems to hold adjustments well. Holding up very well on a high powered springer.

Picture is unbelievably clear which makes it very easy to find your range, illuminated reticle stays crisp even at the brightest levels, locking and zero reset turrets are a big plus. Mine came with lens caps but I'll talk about those later Came with a chart to find range with the mil-dots!!

The hinge on the front lens cap touched my receiver when it was turned so it couldn't be adjusted all the way. Not really the scope to blame, just get high mounts when you order this scope. The caps come right off so it's no problem

Slapped this badboy into the weavers on my Trail XL and had it dialed in after about 15 pellets, and it's stayed dialed in so it can handle the ultra magnum recoil. The chart provided is awesome, the X axis is target size in inches, and Y axis is how many mildots across/tall/etc the target is at 9x. Match em up and that's your distance. It's too bad I can't use the lens caps but on the other hand I prefer my scope as close to the gun as possible. This is a killer deal, a scope of this quality could easily go for as much as double what they're asking

Very clear when sighting in. Love the lock screws. Placed on a RWS D52 have been able to shoot sub 1/2 inch groups.

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This is a high quality scope, without the quality price. Wind-age and elevation adjustments are easy to calculate and adjust for accuracy.

Image clarity is so clear and crisp that now I don't have to use my binoculars to see the pellet impact on the target. In my opinion, it is quality product at a reasonable price. I haven't been able to use to green or the red illumination on the cross hairs but they also look very sharp and clear. Accuracy with my Gamo Whisper went from very good to excellent, with most of the shots one over the other.

The front of the scope is so close to my rifle front sight, that I had to elimininate the use of the front lens cover (protector), really, not a big issued at all.

I am very, but very satisfied with my Center Point illuminated 3x9x40. It can not compare to the scope that came with my rifle. What I have learned is that whenever possible, I will buy future rifles without a scope. I will then buy a telescope that will cover my shooting needs and expectations. Will I buy in the future another Center Point scope, the answer is yes.

This scope has excellent focus adjustmentsand clarity from 7.5 yds to infinity.The windage and elevation knobs are precise and can be locked in place after zeroing and I do not think they will shoot loose with hard use. I have this scope mounted on a RWS model 48 in .22 cal. I bought this scope 3 months ago and wanted to put at least 1000 pellets through the rifle before evaluating the scope. I would have rated this scope 5 stars , but the illuminated reticle is too bright for night shooting even at the lowest settings.

I shoot this rifle at very low light settings at night settings to kill rats. The glare back from the reticle makes it very difficult to see your target (rats ) even at the lowest setting. I would like to see a setting at least two notches lower than what is available.

For the money this is a great buy. I have purchased scopes costing twice this much with illuminated reticles that were not designed for springer air guns and they have ALL failed internally at about 2000 to 2500 shots . If you shoot at very low level light use the red reticle as it has less glare back than the green. I am currently using a high intensity tactical flash light attached to my rifle with the illuminated reticle turned off ,but it spooks the rats.I will be researching the possibility of using some sort of red varmint type filter on my flash light or maybe a battery ( this scope uses size 2032 three volt battery) the same size, but with a lower voltage rating to dim the reticle to where it is usable for my application.If you have never shot with an illuminated reticle scope you will find that if the reticle can NOT be dimmed low enough, you will be blinded by the glare back and cannot see where to place your reticle on your target. This scope at dusk with the illuminated reticle is OK, but pretty much useless in very low light use.

absolutely awesome scope. clear as a bell, precise and clear parallax adjustments. i really like the allen screw lock adjustments. loosen them, set the scope, then lock them. afterwards no worries about the knobs being turned accidentally.

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i mounted this scope with a set of lepers accushot medium rings on a new out of the box marauder in .22 cal. after making the last adjustments it has shot exactly the same place. no poi shift whatsoever. been carried thru the woods on hunts, rode in the bed of my trunk, many trips to the range just to check before a hunt. always dead on.

First off i wanna let everyone know that the AR-Series 3x9-40 is an excellent scope for the value! I recently purchased a gamo whisper deluxe that came with the same magnification scope and it wasn't that sturdy and i always had to zero the scope in everytime i shot it. I decided to break down and buy a decent $200 scope! Fortunatly i saw a video on youtube regarding this scope so i figured i would check it out. Being cheap in price i was skeptical about it's performance. After mounting the scope i knew it was a great purchase (from the size, the durability and the heavy duty mounts) and i would be totally satisfied. After mounting and zeroing in the scope using the accu-scope method i was hitting the thumb tacks i had holding in the target on an old dartboard at 25 yards. That's about the size of an aspirin!!!(you have to google it and check out this time saving method of zeroing in your gun with 4 shots) So once i got zero'd in i decided to face my pest problem! (Tree-Rats) Having one sitting about 25-30 yards away eating and facing me, i decided to put the scope to the test... I carefully aimed dead center of it face.. And POW.. wouldn't you know it the thing just tipped over. After waiting a few minutes i went out to check the damage... PERFECT hit directly between the eyes (around the forehead). I am definetly going to recommend this scope to all my other air-rifle buddies. The only thing that i would change on it is the turrets have to be loosened by a hex. Other than that I HIGHLY recommend this scope! After all once you get zero'd in you shouldn't have to adjust it anymore! (unless your thinking about shooting out to 100 yards!

nice clear scope and at a very good price.Might have made a mistake getting the illuminated reticle,too bright for me.For the money this is a very good addition to my Marauder

After adjusting the ocular lense for eye relief i would like to have a lock ring to hold that setting in place.All of my Leupold scopes work that way and i like it.

Seems to be all the scope you'll ever need for an air rifle!

Love this scope, the mil-dot feature is a little bit of over-kill on an air rifle but, still enjoy having it. The adjustable brightness of the illuminated reticule is a great feature. This scope is the PERFECT compliment to my Hammerli 850, right power and ease of functions, I used medium Leapers Accushot mounting rings and it looks and functions spectacular. You will not be disappointed with this scope.

The flip up caps are a nice addition (included) but a bit testy to close properly.

This is a good, quality scope for medium and high range air rifles. Make sure you get good quality rings, the high objective size of this scope will definitely require AT LEAST medium height rings, maybe high rings if your rifles rails aren't slightly elevated, our you don't want to remove your iron sights. I used mediums and the objective lens with the caps is about 1/8 in off the barrel.

Very good scope for the price - mounted on a CFX with high Airforce rings, looks sharp. Solidly built. As the prior posters have said 'crystal clear' sight , nice mil-dot reticle , easily adjustable and cool lock down feature but keep the allen key on hand.

The rubber flip up scope covers are clumsy and one just won't stay closed on it's own - pops back up after a few minutes. Don't know if I'm the only one experiencing this and got a bad cover or if it's a QC issue.

The scope covers are the only issue I have - I feel this scope is well worth the price- would definitely purchase this for other air rifles.

Crystal Clear. Excellent value ! Love the "Zero Locking/Resetting" feature. Clear picture at 5 yards or 50 - excellent quality - Buy It !!

Make the parallax adjustment ring a little easier to turn

If shooting in extremely low light or dark conditions the illuminated reticle over powers everything, even when set to their lowest variable. Save yourself $10.00 and get the same scope without the illumination feature. But still a great buy even if I'll never use the lighted reticle.

This fit my Benj Discovery perfectly with Air Force high rings. Very easy to adjust good click sound when adjusting the windage and elevation. VERY clear and bright. I like the lock down feature on adjustments knobs.

I don't like having to carry a wrench to make adjustments to windage. This is really a minor thing, but I would think about changing this. The eye relief seems a bit odd on this scope. It's great once setup correctly on the gun. This two things are very minor. I really love this scope.

This scope is great for the benj discovery. I have tried many brands at all different price points and I like the look, fit and function of this one the best on this rifle.

Great scope for the money, great quality. I have purchased 2 of these for both of the guns I have. I have pretty much mastered using the mil-dot on this to determine the distance of the object.

Nothing that I can think of, good product for the money and does what it claims to do (be a rifle scope).

For other airgun hunters out there like me, I would recommend getting a good scope like this and learning how to use the mil-dot to measuer the distance so you can compensate for pellet drop over the distance. With this scope and a Benjamin Discovery .22 I have been able to hit Doves during dove season up to 50-70yards, at those distances I have to aim 1 to 3 dots above the target so the pellet drops in on it.

Clear and easily adjusted. I think this would make a fine scope on some of my high power powder burners. The red and green illuminated crosshairs make putting the crosshair on tree rats very easy.

More eye relief....

Easy to sight in. Click adjustments are crisp and repeatable. Make sure you lock down the turrets after you sight it in. Otherwise you will change setting without knowing....