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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Argos BTR GEN2 10-24×56 Riflescope – BLR SFP IR MOA, Black
For those of you that are just getting started in Bench-Rest competitions or are looking to start, take a close look at the Argos BTR GEN2 10-40×56 scopes. These scopes have features normally only found on high-end scopes. They have 15 yard to infinity side parallax adjustment. They also have our Advanced Fully Multi-Coated Optics that deliver a crystal clear bright image in in low-light environments. The Argos BTR GEN2 also features our exclusive XPL coating that protects the lenses from dirt, grease, and harsh weather conditions. The aircraft grade aluminum tube will protect these world class optics no matter what punishment you throw at it. These scopes have Precision True Zero Stop and Side Parallax Adjustment to give you the ability to adjust to any range and come back your zero at any time. This along with the newly designed Bench-rest reticle gives you easy elevation and windage hold over.
Rifle Scope Product Features
0. 125 MOA Click Value, 50 MOA Total Adjustment, 15 yards to infinity Parallax adjustment
Fully Multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a brighter image than normal single coated lenses
Precision Zero Stop system allows you to lock down your zero position and dial back to it with a sharp and precise stop right at your zero mark even you are turning it in pitch-dark or blinded folded.
Waterproof to protect the scope in the harshest weather conditions or if accidentally submerged underwater
Second focal plane design keeps the reticle at the constant size regardless what magnification your scope is at and offers the same visual reference at all time.
Sport type: Hunting
Included components: Instruction Manual
About the Athlon Optics Manufacturer
Athlon Optics is a premium maker for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts and related products using elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Athlon Optics Argos BTR GEN2 10-24×56 Riflescope – BLR SFP IR MOA, Black by Athlon Optics. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Info Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account different natural considerations like wind and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes zoom. It actually means the reticle is behind or before the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding on the most beneficial sort of rifle optic is based upon what sort of hunting or shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Facts
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Glass
The measure of scope zoom you need on your glass is based on the form of shooting you plan to do. Nearly every kind of rifle glass delivers some amount of zoom. The volume of zoom a scope delivers is established by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This suggests what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope or optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not change considering that it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power Level and Ranges
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they can be efficiently used. High power glass will not be as useful as lower magnification rifle scope glass considering too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Scope Lens Finishing
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of glass lens coatings. Lens finish is an important aspect of a rifle when looking at luxury rifle optics and scope units. The lenses are among the most vital pieces of the glass considering that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and even assists with anti glare from excess sunshine and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various processes, components, polarizations, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or coating used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends upon the scope company and how much money you spent for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can prove that a producer is taking numerous actions to fight various natural aspects like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” hinges on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in constructing the rifle scope.
About Anti-water Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating which is water repellent.
Rifle Optic Mounting Choices
Installing approaches for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the optics.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style 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 range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is wonderful for rifles which need a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten solidly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining the original sighting settings. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for rifles which are moved around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are employed between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It generally costs around $250 USD
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can wreck a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Most optics prevent humidity from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient wetness prevention for basic use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on your motorboat and are concerned about the scope still performing if it falls overboard and you can still rescue the gun.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another component of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by condition alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which may potentially 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.
