I handled a rifle with one of these on it and found it to be heavy. I know the privious poster likes his but the reviews for this scope are very mixed. They went after the ACOG look which people like but it's no ACOG. For $260.00 you can get the Bushnell "Holo-Sight" which is made by L3 Communications (Eotech). I just got my dedicated .22LR AR from Spikes and wanted to keep the weight to a minimum. I read every review I could find for light weight red dots and ended up with the Millet 1x28 $68.00 on sale at Midway. It weights 4oz has a 3 moa dot and with my CAA $25.00 one piece ring/mount co-witnesses perfectly with my irons. Just a cheap idea for you that works for me.