Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Hi-Lux Optics MM-2 Dot Sight Absolute Cowitness Mount, Red
The MM-2 collimator reflex red dot sight provides quick target acquisition, unlimited versatility, and an outstanding six year battery life in a compact package. Machined from solid 6061-T6 aluminum billet, the Hi-Lux MM-2 is the perfect complement for your rifle, pistol or shotgun. The MM-2 offers improved electronics and glass coatings for reduced glare. Additionally, a lower 1/3 coziness or absolute coziness AR riser mount is included with the MM-2. The MM-2 comes with a limited lifetime , electronic components are covered for two years.
Rifle Scope Product Features
55, 000 Hour Battery Life
12 Adjustable Brightness Settings
2 MOA Red Dot
Programmable Auto-Shutoff Timer
Absolute Co-Witness AR Riser Mount
About the Hi-Lux Optics Company
Hi-Lux Optics is a premium supplier for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their mounts, scopes, and related products using elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Hi-Lux Optics MM-2 Dot Sight Absolute Cowitness Mount, Red by Hi-Lux Optics. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Optic Facts
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to account for many ecological elements like wind speed and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are arranged within and on the exterior of the scope. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the best type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane optics (FFP) include the reticle before the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are minor
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Facts
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same dimensions in connection with the volume of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle dimensions evolve based upon the zoom chosen to shoot over greater distances considering that the markings present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These sorts of glass are convenient for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Glass 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 magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle scope or optic uses 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 fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Info on Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power adjustment is accomplished using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Scope Power and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Consider that higher power optics will not be as effective as lower powered optics since excessive zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept relates to extended distances where the shooter needs increased power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Coverings
All contemporary rifle optic and scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of lens finishes. When looking at luxury rifle targeting devices, Lens finishing can be a significant element of defining the rifle’s capability. The glass lenses are one of the most important components of the optic since they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses protects the lens exterior and improves anti glare from excess natural light and color perception.
HD Versus ED Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
Some scope companies additionally use “HD” or high-def glass coverings which make the most of different procedures, chemical applications, polarizations, and aspects to enhance a wide range of colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-definition coating is frequently used with higher density glass which decreases light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often noticeable around items with defined outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Scope Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coverings used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends upon the scope manufacturer and how much money you spent for it. Both are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finish
Water on a lens does not assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Scope Installation Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which permit rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Standard, clamp-on type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use two detached rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This form of scope mount is great for rifle systems which need 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 should have for a faithful scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or hard target interdiction rifle which will hardly ever need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on screws to keep the hex screws from backing out after they are installed tightly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm type from Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach tightly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining precision. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are utilized between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It usually costs around $250 USD
Info on Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes prevent moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Scope Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less affected by temperature shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which may possibly enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
