Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
BARSKA Red Dot 30mm Riflescope Black, 1x30mm
Ultra-fast target acquisition, pinpoint accuracy and wide field of view make this Red Dot ideal for handguns, rimfire rifles, shotguns, pistols, blackpowders and crossbows. Finger adjustable rheostat for variable reticle brightness control, anti-reflective coating, and integrated mount for optimum performance. Wide field of view, unlimited eye relief and multi-coated optics
Specifications:
Magnification: 1x
Objective Lens: 30mm
Reticle: 5 MOA
Exit Pupil: 30mm
Optical Coating: Multi Coated
Field of View (ft@100yds/m@100m): 57/19@1x
Eye Relief: Unlimited
Click Value: 1/2″
Adjustment Knob: Adj. rheostat, adj. windage and elevation
Tube Diameter: 38mm
Finish: Black Matte
Weight: 4.8 oz.
Length: 3.75 inch
Included Accessories: Battery and Lens Cloth
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Precision Aiming: The 1x30mm red dot compact scope features 1/2 MOA click adjustments for precision accuracy.
Fast Targeting: The sight provides fast target acquisition, pinpoint accuracy and a wide field of view, ideal for close range aiming.
Red Dot Reticle: The 5 MOA illuminated red dot sight with finger adjustable rheostat is suitable for rifles, handguns, shotguns, and crossbows.
Accessories: The sight comes with set of picatinny / weaver style mount and lens covers.
AC10328
Specs
FOV: 57ft / 19m
Exit Pupil: 30mm
Eye Relief: Unlimited
Coating: Multi-Coated
Length: 3.75in
Weight: 4.8 oz
1x 30mm Red Dot Scope
by Barska
The 30mm Red Dot Sight from Barska provides fast target acquisition, pinpoint accuracy and a wide field of view. This illuminated dot sight is perfect for use with rifles, handguns, shotguns, and even crossbows. The red dot sight has a red 5 MOA reticle and a finger adjustable rheostat allowing variable reticle brightness control. Complete with anti-reflective coating, unlimited eye relief, and multicoated optics, the 30mm Red Dot Sight provides optimum performance at an unbeatable price.
1x Magnification and 30mm Objective Lens
Click-Adjustable Rheostat for Variable Brightness Control
Windage/Elevation Turrets
Weaver Style Base
Unlimited Eye Relief & Wide Field of View
Ideal for Handguns, Shotguns, Rimfire Rifles and Bows
Features
Light Weight & Durable
This compact light weight durable red dot is the perfect accessory to any rifle, handgun, or shotgun for quick target acquisition.
Quality Glass
The anti-reflective multi-coating optics allows for crisp, clear images through these quality lenses, with unlimited eye relief and wide field of view.
5 MOA Red Dot
The red dot sight features a 5 MOA dot with 1/2 MOA click adjustments and a rheostat that allows brightness control.
AC10328 AC11586 AC13158 AC10332 AC13160
Magnification 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x
Objective Lens 30mm 20mm 20mm 50mm 30mm
Lens Coating Multi-Coated Lens Multi-Coated Lens Fully Multi-Coated Multi-Coated Lens Fully Multi-Coated
Click Value 1/2 MOA 2 MOA 1.18 MOA 1/2 MOA 1 MOA
FOV 57ft / 19m 36ft / 12m 36ft / 12m 81ft / 27m 57ft / 19m
Length (in) 3.7″ 2.5″ 2.95″ 4″ 4.13″
Product Weight 4.8 oz 4.23 oz 7 oz 7 oz 10.8 oz
About the BARSKA Brand
BARSKA is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products working with elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the BARSKA Red Dot 30mm Riflescope Black, 1x30mm by BARSKA. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for the consideration of various natural elements like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are located inside and externally on the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in regard to the optic’s magnifying adjustments. It actually suggests the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnification lens of the optic. Selecting the most effective kind of rifle optic is based upon what kind of shooting or hunting you anticipate undertaking.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the level of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the identical tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification 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.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Scopes
The level of scope magnification you need depends upon the kind of shooting you like to do. Almost every type of rifle scope supplies some amount of zoom. The level of zoom a scope provides is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This suggests what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope and optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is set from the factory.
About Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power adjustment is accomplished by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they can be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Finishes
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of glass lens finishings. Lens finish can be an essential aspect of a rifle’s setup when looking into luxury rifle optics and targeting equipment. The lenses are one of the most crucial pieces of the optic because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses shields the lens exterior and even improves anti glare capabilities from excess daylight and color perception.
ED Versus HD Optics
Some scope manufacturers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different methods, chemicals, aspects, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different coatings used to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less useful 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 you spent for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can show that a producer is taking multiple steps to fight different natural factors like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of components used in developing the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Rifle Scope Lens Finish
Water on a scope’s lens doesn’t support preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this kind of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads roll off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installing Choices
Installing options for scopes come in a few choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, rock solid mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you want for a specialized optics system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or competitors firearm which will pretty much never need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Rifle Scope Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a comparable style mount, multiple scopes can also be switched in the field. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect tightly to a flat top design 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 maintaining accuracy. These types of mounts come in practical for shooting platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are adopted in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
What to Know About Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
What to Know About Rifle Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which could potentially allow 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 seek out.
