BSA Optics Edge Pistol Scope 2-7x32mm 30/30 Duplex Reticle, Black Matte

I’ve got the BSA 2-7×32 Edge pistol scope mounted (via a Leapers/UTG adapter rail and medium-profile Leapers/UTG Weaver rings) on the long steel breech of a .22 caliber Crosman 1322 air pistol that I’m customizing. The Crosman 1322 is a very inexpensive, reliable, easy-to-pump pellet pistol that can be fed inexpensive ammunition (such as 14.3 grain Crosman Premier Hollow Point pellets that cost one penny or less when you buy a tin of 500). It’s great for plinking, informal target practice, and – at 10-20 yard ranges – eliminating small pest birds, squirrels, etc. I’ve usually used a red-dot sight on this kind of pistol, but this time I decided to give a pistol scope a try. I’m glad that I did!The BSA 2-7×32 Edge pistol scope allows me to achieve about a 50% increase in accuracy with the Crosman 1322. With a red dot sight, the stock 1322 will consistently produce (in my relatively unskilled hands, shooting from whatever kind of rest is available) five-shot groups that measure .75″ at 15 yards. With the BSA 2-7×32, however, I’m able to regularly achieve groups that average .5″ – and I can consistently keep them centered on the bullseye (or whatever point-of-aim I’m trying to strike). For me, the BSA 2-7×32 works best in the 3x-4x range, since there’s enough magnification to allow me to “aim small/miss small” and there is still a generous range of eye relief available. The scope is clear and sharp at 7x, but there’s a very small eye-relief zone within which you can find and stabilize the target’s image. And, at 2x-4x, I can still easily use the scope with both eyes open. At anything higher, my brain wastes too much time trying to resolve the discrepancies in the sizes of the images it’s getting from my right eye and left eye.Although the BSA 2-7×32 is NOT a scope that has a short-range parallax setting, I haven’t had any difficulties (especially at 2x-4x) with keeping the reticle stable and fixed on a target as close as 8-10 yards. The scope – and the Crosman 1322 (and similar air pistols) – is not intended to be a highly precise target scope. However, it is very nicely designed for accurate hunting and plinking and “zombie target” shooting. The glass/image is free from distortion (all the way to the edges); the scope transmits a surprising amount of light; and the reticle is easy to see (and center) – and it doesn’t obscure your point-of-aim, as does a red dot sight. The scope’s fit-and-finish is excellent. The windage, elevation, and diopter adjustments are easy to make – and they stay where you put them. Since the Crosman 1322 produces almost no recoil, I can’t testify about how the scope would function on a spring-powered pistol (or a firearm with stronger recoil). Based on the general high quality of the scope’s materials and operation, however, my guess is that it would be durable.The scope comes with a useful set of see-through plastic covers for the objective lens and eyepiece. I wasn’t bothered by the fact that the scope is not packaged with any rings, since there are so many different options for mounting this kind of scope on a pistol or scout rifle.Overall, I think the BSA is a very good value. It’s a BIG step above the pistol scopes in the $50-$60 range and, unless you’ve got a high-dollar hand cannon on which you’re going to mount a scope, it will look great and perform well.