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Rifle Scope Product Details
Meopta Optika6 3-18×56 30mm SFP Second Focal Plane Hunting Scope, 3-18×56 Z-Plex
OPTIKA6 3-18×56 SFP SCOPE
Optika6 3-18×56 scope is available with Second Focal Plane (SFP) reticles. SFP models have capped windage and elevation. Standard click values for non-MIL reticles are 0.25 MOA, while MIL based reticles feature 0.1 Milradian per click adjustments. Available in several reticle configurations including optional illumination and DichroTech, the 3-18×56 is designed with hunters and shooters in mind.
Available models and reticles for SFP – hunting:
3-18×50 SFP: Z-plex, BDC
3-18×50 Dichro SFP: BDC Dichro, Z-Plus Dichro
3-18×50 RD SFP: 4C RD, 4K, BDC-3
TECHNOLOGIES:
RD Illuminated Reticle System – RD equipped scopes feature a highly defined illuminated red dot reticle. A third turret controller allows the user to choose between a minimum of seven reticle intensity settings for extremely low-light to bright daylight conditions. Intermediate off positions between every setting allows the user find their preferred illumination setting quickly.
MeoBright – A proprietary ion-assisted lens multi-coating applied to all air-to-glass optical surfaces. Developed by Meopta, MeoBright ion- assisted multi-coatings eliminate glare and reflections and delivers an industry leading 99.7% light transmission per lens surface.
Meopta is an international company with a long rich tradition of developing, manufacturing and assembling world class optical, opto-mechanical and optoelectronic products. Meopta”s design, engineering, manufacturing and assembly capabilities enable it to provide the highest quality products and services to the industrial, military and consumer markets.
Rifle Scope Product Features
TRUE HUNTING SCOPE – The 3-18×56 Optika6 scopes feature capped windage and elevation turrets to avoid unwanted adjustments when moving fast through heavy cover
MEOBRIGHT- A proprietary ion-assisted lens multi-coating for the scopes developed by Meopta, eliminate glare and reflections and delivers an industry leading 99.7% light transmission per lens surface
MEOSHIELD – MeoShield ion-assisted coating protects external lens surfaces and delivers enhanced resistance to scratching or abrasion in extreme conditions, meets military specifications for durability and surface hardness
RD ILLUMINATED RETICLE SYSTEM – RD equipped scopes (4C RD, 4K, BDC-3) feature a highly defined illuminated red dot reticle for extremely low-light to bright daylight conditions
SFP RETICLES – Numerous standard, illuminated, and DichroTech reticle choices and standard with multi-position power ring throw lever – SFP: Z-plex, BDC; Dichro SFP: BDC Dichro, Z-plus Dichro; RD SFP: 4C RD, 4K, BDC-4
About the Meopta Company
Meopta is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and supply their mounts and related products by using elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Meopta Optika6 3-18×56 30mm SFP Second Focal Plane Hunting Scope, 3-18×56 Z-Plex by Meopta. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnification by employing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to account for various natural considerations like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern rifle optics have about 11 parts which are found within and externally on the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Going for the optimal type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
About Rifle Optic Magnification
The level of scope zoom you require depends upon the style of shooting you desire to do. Practically every kind of rifle optic delivers some level of zoom. The amount of magnification a scope offers is identified by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnification of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This signifies what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification 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 kind of optic can not change considering that it is a fixed power scope.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified settings. The power change is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Scopes
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they may be efficiently used. Highly magnified optics will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level scopes considering that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to longer distances where the shooter needs enough power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Coverings
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of glass coverings. When considering high end rifle optical systems, Lens finish can be a vital aspect of defining the capability of the rifle. The lenses are one of the most important pieces of the scope considering they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area and even helps with anti glare from excess sunrays and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope companies also use “HD” or high-definition glass coatings that apply various procedures, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to extract separate colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-definition finish is normally used with more costly, high density glass which decreases light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain 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 obvious around items with hard edges and outlines as light hits the object from specific angles.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can establish that a maker is taking several steps to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also does not always mean the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in developing the rifle optic.
Optic Lens Anti-water Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t support preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line or premium optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Mounting Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted 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 toss levers which enable rifle operators to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use a pair of independent rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for far away precision shooting. This form of scope mount is effective for rifles which are in need of a long lasting, hard use mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should get for a devoted optics setup on a reach out and touch someone hunting or interdiction rifle that will pretty much never need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
What to Know About Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by bringing about fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another element of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by condition alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which could possibly permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
