Aquilifer’s HT line of scopes are hunting focused optics with paired down, traditional features such as capped turrets for protection against the environment, SFP duplex reticles, and illumination. The HT 3-12 offers a large 56mm objective lens for brighter images in low light.
The website product specs list the click adjustments in MOA but the turret markings are in MIL? But since hunting rifles are set it and forget it type of optics, this is embarrassing for Aquilifer, but it isn’t really a problem. As long as the reticle can be zero’d and the scope holds zero, the discrepancy is moot.
The view through the scope was bright and color-accurate but it wasn’t as sharp as I expected. On the plus side, It has a generous eye relief. Its reticle is a bold European-style T duplex that is easy to see in dark or complex backgrounds, but I would have preferred they end in spear points instead of squared off. The illumination was not quite daylight but brighter than many hunting scopes.
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RESOLUTION
Group -2 / Element 5
SPECS
HT
Magnification: 3-12x
Objective: 56mm
Eye Relief: 3.78″-3.93″
Exit Pupil: 18.66-4.66mm
FOV@100y: 31.4-7.9ft
Total Elev: ±30 MRAD
Total Wind: ±32 MRAD
Click Value: 1/10 MRAD
Tube Size: 30mm
Length: 340mm (13.4 in)
Weight: 640g (22.6 oz)
Illumination: 11 levels red
Battery: CR2032