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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics , Ares BTR , Riflescope , 4.5-27 x 50 First Focal Plane (FFP) 30mm Tube, Illuminated APLR3 MIL Reticle ,
When you want the best features from the top-tier riflescopes but not break the bank, look no further than the new ares btr first Focal Plane riflescope family. This feature rich riflescope is set to take the market by storm. Hd glass and advanced fully multicoated optics deliver crisp bright Images for taking long range shots. The one piece tube, precision-machined from aircraft-grade 6061-T6 aluminum will deliver precise, accurate results all day long. With a precise true zero stop feature, you won’t find this product in the market at this price point, it just didn’t exist until now
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
First focal plane reticle stays valid at all power settings allowing you to fully utilize the specially designed reticle that shrinks or grows along with your target as you zoom in or out
HD glass gives you the utmost contrast, light transmission, and the sharpest image
Precision zero Stop System the 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
Advanced fully multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a Brighter image than Normal single coated lenses
The high precision erector System processed by high precision CNC machine with +/- 0.0001mm tolerance level to provide you the most accurate power settings and smoothest magnification change
Included components: Rifle Scope, Battery, allen wrench, Instruction Manual
About the Athlon Optics Manufacturer
Athlon Optics is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and make their mounts, scopes, and related products by applying building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Athlon Optics , Ares BTR , Riflescope , 4.5-27 x 50 First Focal Plane (FFP) 30mm Tube, Illuminated APLR3 MIL Reticle , by Athlon Optics. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of various natural factors like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are arranged within and externally on the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a scope.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding upon the perfect type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the level of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture with less room used up by the larger size FFP reticle
About Rifle Scope Magnification
The quantity of magnification a scope provides is determined by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope or optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not adjust since it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the zoom degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope can be changed between 2x and 10x power. This also incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they could be effectively used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level glass because too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Glass Lens Finishes
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of lens finishings. When researching high end rifle optics and scope units, Lens coating can be a critical aspect of a rifle. The lenses are among the most vital components of the glass considering they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area and also improves anti glare capabilities from refracted sunlight and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Rifle Scope Lens Coatings
Some rifle glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which make the most of various procedures, chemicals, components, and polarizations to extract a wide range of colors and viewable definition through lenses. This high-definition covering is frequently used with more costly, high density lens glass which drops light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable over things with hard outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
About Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various coverings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in developing the rifle scope.
Glass Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing which is water repellent.
Glass Installing Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two individual rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is effective for rifles which require a durable, unfailing mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a specialized scope system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction firearm which will pretty much never need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount’s screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted tightly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type from the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle glass can ruin a day of shooting and your expensive optic by resulting in fogging and developing residue within the scope’s tube. Most optics protect against moisture from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. 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 more than enough wetness prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still rescue the gun.
Info Around Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by condition shifts and pressure distinctions from the external environment which might potentially enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
