sit that scope beside a 8-32x56 SIII and you can see just how much larger it really is.

Know what you mean about the sunshade, but they had to make it heavy. If you were shooting in a dead headwind, the amount of air the sunshade collects could lift the nose of the gun up off the rest, so they made it heavy to eliminate that issue... :D ::)

Let us know how well you like your Criterion barrel after you've shot it for a while. There hasnt been much feedback on them as of yet. So far it looks pretty good.