Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics Paragon 3-15x50mm Second Focal Plane (SFP) Genii 1/10 MIL Tactical Riflescope with Red Illuminated Reticle, 30mm Mount Rings, Lens Cover, 3 Inch Sunshade
Specifications
Magnification: 3-15x
Objective Lens Dia: 50mm
Tube Dia: 30mm
Ocular Lens Dia: 39mm
Ocular Length: 53mm
Reticle: VPA-2 etched glass
Exit Pupil: 8.0mm @ 3x/ 3.3mm @ 15x
Field of View: 37.5 feet @ 100 yards (3x), 7.5 feet @ 100 yards (15x)
Eye Relief: 100mm(4 inch)
Click Value: 1/10 MIL
Elevation Range: 26 MIL
Windage Range: 26 MIL
Illumination: red
Battery: CR 2032(EXCLUDED)
Length: 335mm (13.2 inch)
Weight: 625g (22.0 oz)
Optics Coating: FMC
Side Focus: 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 500 yards to infinity
Length of middle turret part: 40mm(1.5 inch)
Distance between middle turret part to power ring: 50mm(2.0 inch)
Distance between objective lens part and middle turret: 45mm(1.8 inch)
Featured Description
5 years warranty
Long eye relife
30mm Tube with LaREE Lens and VePRO FMC Increase Light Commissionup to 90% for Low-Light Conditions.
Turret lock sytem. Pull to adjust, press to lock.
Adjust plate is NOT fixed, after zero the scope you can turn the plate to zero.
1/10 MIL windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy
The reticle is red illuminated along the second focal plane with 6 levels of brightness
Completely seeled and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance.Shock tested to 750g, IPX6 water proof 1 meter 30 minutes.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish
Fast focus eyepiece at olucar lens adjustment (Diopter compensation from -3 to +2)
Package List:
– 1 x 3-15x50Riflescope
– 2 x 30mm weaver mount ring (default) or dovetail mount ring (on request only)
– 2 x lens cap
– 1 x 3 inch sunshade (killflash)
– 1 x cleaning cloth
Rifle Scope Product Features
5 years warranty. 30mm Tube with LaREE Lens and VePRO FMC Increase Light Commissionup to 90% for Low-Light Conditions.
1/10 MIL windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy. Tactical Turrets with Lock Feature and Zero Re-set feature.
The reticle is red illuminated along the second focal plane with 6 levels of brightness.
Completely sealed and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance. Shock tested to 750g, IPX6 water proof 1 meter 30 minutes.
Free 30mm X-Accu precision picatinny high mount rings, free 3 inch sunshade and free lens covers.
About the Vector Optics Manufacturer
Vector Optics is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and make their scopes and related products choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Vector Optics Paragon 3-15x50mm Second Focal Plane (SFP) Genii 1/10 MIL Tactical Riflescope with Red Illuminated Reticle, 30mm Mount Rings, Lens Cover, 3 Inch Sunshade by Vector Optics. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Scope Details
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by making use of a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to account for many environmental elements like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern-day rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of optics.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Considering the best type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Optic Magnification
The quantity of scope zoom you need on your glass depends upon the style of shooting you intend to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic provides some degree of zoom. The amount of magnification a scope supplies is identified by the diameter, density, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This implies what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will note the zoom level in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope could be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This always includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is accomplished by employing the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Rifle Glass Power Level and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Keep in mind that high magnification optics will not be as effective as lower powered scope and optics because increased zoom can be a detractor. The exact same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Rifle Scope Lens Finishes
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens coating can be an important element of a rifle system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle glass suppliers even use “HD” or high-def lens coatings that make the most of various processes, polarizations, rare earth compounds, and components to draw out various color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def covering is typically used with higher density glass which lowers light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often noticeable around things with well defined shapes as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Different optic lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a coating put on it so that the lens will be efficiently usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Optic Lens Anti-water Finishing
Water on a scope lens doesn’t assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior surfaces of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Mounting Alternatives
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the scopes.
Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten securely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are adopted between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It typically costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less impacted by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which might possibly permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
