You mentioned good and bad stuff you'd heard. What's the bad?
DF
That the eye relief isn't even as long as the 2.5-8. But that had to be a misprint on the Leupold website. I don't know what the specs are for the 3i. I haven't looked.
By the way, if I don't put it on the FWT it can always go on the MRC. It's a short action.