I quite like my Center Point mini scope 6X32. But I can't understand the need for illuminating the mil dot in green and red, besides showing off with it. Doesn't do anything in the dark, if you can't see the target, how does the illuminated reticle help.
Is it just the one mildot in the centre or a regular mildot reticle? If it's the former, it's one of my favourites. The latter, I grew to dislike after two or three scopes in that flavour.
In India, mildot reticles are of almost no earthly good because you cannot hunt and neither do we have FT or HFT. However, in a country like the U.K. such a reticle is used by the FT and HFT shooters for bracketing the target and getting a pretty good estimate of the range. Airgun hunters also benefit a bit from such a reticle because of the loopier trajectory of a pellet leaving the muzzle at sub-12 ft.lbs.. The mildots or the space between them can then be used as an aiming point for different ranges.
At night the scope can still draw in a reasonable amount of light but a black reticle on a rat hiding in the shadows can be very difficult to see. At times like this an illuminated dot in the centre is very helpful.
Just make sure you turn the rheostat down to the minimum required or else you will get too much flare.
