Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
BARSKA AC13154 1×40 ION Red Dot Reflex Sight Multi Reticle with Mount, Black
Experience targeting versatility with the 1×40 Ion reflex sight from Barska. Four unique reticle patterns allow the user to modify the sight to their own preferences, and an integrated quick-release mount allows for fast attachment and detachment to any Pica tinny/weaver-style rail.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Package length: 6.1 cm
Package width: 10.0 cm
Package height: 11.6 cm
Product Type: SPORTING GOODS
AC13154
Specs
FOV: Unlimited
Exit Pupil: 35mm
Eye Relief: Unlimited
Coating: Multi-Coated
Length: 3.6″
Weight: 6.2 oz
1×40 ION Reflex Sight
by Barska
Experience targeting versatility with the 1×40 ION Reflex Sight from Barska. Four unique reticle patterns allow the user to modify the sight to their own preferences, and an integrated quick-release mount allows for fast attachment and detachment to any Picatinny/Weaver-style rail.
1x Magnification and 40mm Objective Lens
4 Different Reticle Patterns
Red Reticle Illumination
Picatinny/Weaver-Style Quick-Release Base
Unlimited Eye Relief
Windage and Elevation Adjustments
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.
4 Reticle Patterns
The gun sight features 4 different reticle patterns with brightness control, allowing the shooter to target in different lighting environments with high accuracy.
AC13154 AC13160 AC11586 AC13158 AC10328
Magnification 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x
Objective Lens 40mm 30mm 20mm 20mm 30mm
Lens Coating Fully Multi-Coated Fully Multi-Coated Multi-Coated Lens Fully Multi-Coated Multi-Coated Lens
Click Value 1 MOA 1 MOA 1.18 MOA 1 MOA 1/2 MOA
FOV Unlimited 57ft / 19m 36ft / 12m 36ft / 12m 57ft / 19m
Length (in) 6.2″ 4.13″ 2.5″ 2.95″ 3.7″
Product Weight 3.6 oz 10.8 oz 4.23 oz 7 oz 4.8 oz
About the BARSKA Company
BARSKA is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their scopes and related products by using elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the BARSKA AC13154 1×40 ION Red Dot Reflex Sight Multi Reticle with Mount, Black by BARSKA. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to account for separate environmental considerations like wind and elevation increases 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 viewing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and outside of the scope. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets or dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Finding the optimal type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the very same scale in relation to the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements alter based upon the magnification chosen to shoot over longer ranges considering the reticle measurements represent various increments which change with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular sorts of optics are convenient for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Scopes
The measure of scope magnification you need on your scope is based on the form of shooting you would like to do. Just about every kind of rifle optic supplies some level of magnification. The quantity of magnification a scope provides is established by the dimension, thickness, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This suggests what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change since it is fixed.
Info on Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified settings. The power modification is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Scope Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they can be efficiently used. Consider that higher power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics and scopes because too much zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same concept goes for longer distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Info on Lens Covering
All cutting-edge rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens finish is a crucial aspect of a rifle’s setup when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various methods, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have different finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It needs to have a coating put on it so that it will be optimally usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope designer and the amount you spent paying for it. Both are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
What to Know About Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic anti-water covering.
Rifle Glass Installing Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to quickly mount and remove the glass.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which need a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can spoil a day on the range and your costly optic by inducing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes protect against moisture from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these optics can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample wetness avoidance for basic use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on your motorboat and are concerned about the scope still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still rescue the gun.
Info on Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which might potentially allow water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
