Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Riton Optics X5 Tactix 1-6×24
Rifle Scope Product Features
Featuring Capped, Zero Resettable Turrets / Integrated Removable Throw Lever
1/2 MOA Windage and Elevation Adjustment / 6 levels of red illumination featuring on/off between each level / Battery: CR2032
Fast-Focus Eyepiece / Assembled in EP-Level Clean Room / 100% Waterproof, Fog proof and Shockproof (tested up to 1200 G’s)
Aircraft Grade Aluminum with Rugged Design Ready for the Toughest Environments
Reticle: TF-1, Illuminated / Adjustment Range: 165 MOA
Born In The Heart Of The Wild West
Straight out of Tucson, Arizona, Riton Optics was founded in 2013 by a Law Enforcement and Military Veteran, Brady Speth, and his wife, Carrie Speth. In designing this Veteran and family owned business, the goal was to bring quality and affordability to the optics industry with the greatest focus being you: the customer and end user.
In the initial years of the business, the focus was on market research, design and testing to ensure the Riton optics line could meet all demands of the end user. With a staff of avid shooters and hunters, the product line originates through practical, real world applications providing you with the quality and functionality needed in a variety of applications. The optics are then put through a series of tests by internal experts, as well as Tier One military personnel, law enforcement officers, competitive shooters and hunters all around the world. Riton has continued to grow their product line and market share each year through the continual development of new product requested by you.
You Will See the Difference
At Riton we have an unwavering passion for offering high quality optics at the industry’s most competitive value and matched by incredible service. With each and every order we strive to surpass your expectations. From your first look through our Riton High Density glass to your interaction with our service team in Tucson, Arizona, we are confident that you will appreciate the quality of our service and products.
You will see the difference in everything we do because we are different, and we developed this company to be exactly that so that you, the consumer, get everything you deserve.
CRAFTING PRECISION OPTICS FOR ALL
We are marksman and hunters, and because we’ve been there, we’ve built an optics line to withstand it all and never let you down. Within the Riton Optics product line, you’ll see the difference in everything we do, including the high quality products at the industry’s best value and unrelenting unmatched service support.
THE RITON PROMISE
As a company founded by Law Enforcement and Military Veterans, we take our commitment to service seriously. Beyond being members of the Riton team, we are also hunters, marksmen, outdoorsmen and women, and ultimately consumers just like you. For that reason, we base our standards for service on the Golden Rule, as we will always provide you with the level of service that we expect to receive as consumers.
We take pride in providing service that exceeds your expectations and reminds you of times when good service was not a rarity.
UNLIMITED LIFETIME PROMISE
As a part of the Riton Promise we believe in providing you with the best possible service, including the industry’s best unlimited lifetime promise. The quality of our products makes this the best unlimited lifetime promise you’ll likely never have to use; however, as hunters and outdoorsmen and women, we know that bad things sometimes happen to even the most cautious.
Our unlimited lifetime promise is simple:
No proof of purchase or registration required for your Riton products.
Unlimited Lifetime Promise regardless of original purchaser.
All unlimited lifetime promise replacements will receive a brand-new product off the shelf. We will not ever replace the product with a repaired or refurbished product.
Replacement product will be shipped within 48 hours of receiving and approving your return.
Loss, theft and/or deliberately worn and damaged products are not covered. Unlimited Lifetime Promise is VOID if damage results from unauthorized repair or alteration.
About the Riton Scope Maker
Riton is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their products working with building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Riton Optics X5 Tactix 1-6×24 by Riton. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of numerous ecological considerations like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern-day rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are located inside and externally on the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of optics.
About Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding on the perfect type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom 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 measurement.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture with less area taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Scopes
The extent of scope zoom you require is based on the kind of shooting you desire to do. Almost every style of rifle scope provides some degree of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope supplies is established by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass inside of the rifle scope. The magnification level of the optic is the “power” of the opic. This denotes what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not adjust because it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Glass Details
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Optic Power and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they could be efficiently used. Always remember that higher power scopes will not be as effective as lower magnification level scope and optics due to the fact that increased zoom can be a detractor. The very same idea applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Optic Lens Finish
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of glass lens finishings. Lens finishing is a crucial element of a rifle’s setup when contemplating high-end rifle optics and scope systems. The lenses are among the most significant components of the glass given that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses shields the lens surface area and assists with anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color exposure.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various techniques, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can even have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because 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 the lens will be optimally usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has had numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a company is taking numerous steps to fight various environmental elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also does not necessarily mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single layered lens. Being “better” hinges on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in creating the rifle optic.
Info on Anti-water Finishing
Water on a scope lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner optic lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Glass Mounting Choices
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the scope.
Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, 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 a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a similar design mount, multiple scopes can also be switched on the range. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping accuracy. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are employed in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It typically costs around $250 USD
About Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy 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 entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature alterations and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
