How do you replace the IR battery on the BARSKA 3-12x50 IR HUNTMASTER PRO SCOPE

• This scope does not use batteries. It uses an IR or Illuminated Reciprocation. The light available is guided through a light track and illuminates the dot. The setting adjustment is used to allow less or more light through to illuminate.

Regards, Tony

in a word you cant,,,,,its a 4x28mm so its a fixed scope at 4x's mag with a 28mm lens

You sight it in by firing at a target. Place the target at 100 yds distance if that is where you want it set for. Then you use the knobs to adjust the aiming point so the bullets strike where you place the crosshairs. This can involve a lot of shooting, and it is best to use a bench so you don't get confused by inaccurate handheld shots. Once sighted in, there may be other knobs to adjust for different distances or windage. These should be set to a central or neutral position while doing the initial siting, or maybe set to the distance you are siting in. My sights don't have such luxuries, so I am not sure how they work.

Go to Barskas service/help desk, their Email; [email protected] , they are in California and are quite helpful.

Good luck. :)

Most models, the battery is located within the knob switch that illuminates the reticle, and can be accessed by removing the screw cap/insert of that knob.
Good luck

This scope will use a 1.5 volt button battery that is 4.2 mm thick and from 11 to 16 mm wide. A thin rubber washer can be used with a V386 battery or a LR43. Both are 11.6 mm by 4.2. My scope came with a thin 16x12 mm ring made of plastic so that the battery would be held firmly into the center position.
After a close inspection, it is possible that a similar sized battery that is 3.6mm thick/thin might work also, but would have a shorter life due to less capacity.

I hope this is helpful. If not, I would be happy for you to sell me your scope for another gun of mine! :-)

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They are for sighting in the rifle only.I know on TV the shooter reaches up and turns a knob.BOGUS! after sighting in the rifle, always replace the little caps because the scope is not sealed unless the caps are on.without the caps, moisture can penetrate the scope and fog the lenses.Good Luck

Well, it Barska says it's .50 cal proofed, whatever that means. One would presume it could take 30 magnum recoil then.

On the other hand, Barska is a low end quality manufacturer. You cannot expect durability in a low end scope. Of course, you could get lucky.

Unless you're target shooting at an immovable object, 10x - 40x is much more power than you'll ever be able to use. You're much, much better off considering a 4x - 16, for instance, in a higher end scope line than this scope.

Consider that at 40x the exit pupil would only be 1.25 which would make even the highest quality scopes quite dim. Barska won't have be best glass in the world and so would probably be unusable beyond some level like 18x unless in very favorable conditions anyway.

The problem with heavy recoilers and scopes is that the heavier the scope the more likely it is to take damage due to recoil. It's because it hangs out there on those high scope rings, and is heavy.

It's not a high end scope. Most times you're better off buying a lower power scope of better quality and you'll still be able to see more clearly than with a higher power yet lower quality scope.

Consider that 6x, and lower power, scopes were pretty much standard for WWII snipers, and that fixed 10x is still an accepted power level for snipers these days.