Just got my 3-18x50 last night in the mail.
don't know about anyone else's....but mine had a few odd white smudges on it.
Other than that, pretty stoked about the value of this optic; plan to take it to the range on monday.
few things to point out...
-There is little chance the windage/elevation knob will be turned on accident.
You have to pull up on the elevation knob just to be able to manipulate the dial...and the windage dial is capped.
-Setting zero of the knobs is almost tool-less. Spin of the hat of the elevation knob, and use a quarter for the windage.
-Nice to see multiple positions for the throw lever...not sure about the actual lever being made of plastic though
-Those side bars and horse shoe may not be preferable at longer ranges, I am glad they are there @ 3X...cause that's all you can really see