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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Argos HMR 2-12×42 Riflescope – BDC600A SFP IR, Black
The Argos HMR is designed from the ground up with the average outdoorsman in mind. This compact and durable hunting scope is a feature-rich, yet affordable option. 5x and 6x magnification ratios are ideally suited for a wide variety of close and long range hunting. Advanced Fully Multi-Coated lenses paired with clean and concise reticles like an illuminated center-dot crosshair, Mil-Dot, or BDC reticle options for a fool-proof traditional setup.
Rifle Scope Product Features
0. 25 MOA Click Value, 60 MOA Total Adjustment, 10 yards to infinity Parallax adjustment
Designed for Hunting with HD Glass gives you better light transmission, brighter, and sharper image.
Advanced Fully Multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a brighter image than normal single coated lenses
Reticle etched on the glass that provides excellent backing support for complex reticle design and offers great durability and much higher shock resistance to recoil
Illuminated reticle with bullet drop holdovers offers great visibility and allows you to easily put the reticle over your target during low light condition.
Included components: Instruction Manual
About the Athlon Optics Company
Athlon Optics is a premium company for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products by choosing materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Athlon Optics Argos HMR 2-12×42 Riflescope – BDC600A SFP IR, Black by Athlon Optics. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
All About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnification by using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for the consideration of many ecological things like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are found inside and outside of the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets or dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Going for the perfect type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the exact same dimensions relative to the volume of zoom being used. The end result is that the reticle measurements change based on the zoom used to shoot over longer distances because the markings represent distinct increments which vary with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular sorts of glass are beneficial for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Scope Magnification
The amount of scope magnification you need on your glass is based on the style of shooting you desire to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass gives some degree of magnification. The level of magnification a scope delivers is identified by the size, density, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This means what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope or optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not change considering that it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as beneficial as lower magnification rifle scope glass considering that too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finishing for Rifle Optics
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of lens coverings. Lens covering is an essential aspect of a rifle’s setup when considering high-end rifle optics and scope systems. The lenses are among the most critical pieces of the scope given that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses offers protection to the lens exterior and improves anti glare capabilities from refracted sunrays and color recognition.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various techniques, chemicals, polarizations, and aspects to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have various coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less advantageous 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 also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives several treatments, it can indicate that a maker is taking numerous steps to combat various natural elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also does not necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Scope Lens Finish
Water on a scope lens does not support retaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Many top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior surfaces of the Steiner glass lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads slide off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Scope Mounting Options
Mounting solutions for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style 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 is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a similar design mount, multiple scopes can also be switched out on the range. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten nicely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while maintaining accuracy. These types of mounts come in practical for rifles which are transported a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It generally costs around $250 USD
About Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another component of preventing the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature level alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which could possibly permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
