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Rifle Scope Product Details
MINOX ZX5i 1-5x24mm Riflescope Plex Reticle, Black
MINOX has yet again set new standards in precision, quality and reliability with its powerful riflescope models in the ZX5 product line. The 5x magnification and the 30 mm riflescope tube offer the user maximum flexibility and precision for short and long-range shooting distances.
Rifle Scope Product Features
5x magnification range with 30mm tube
Anodized Aluminum body
compact size
About the MINOX Company
MINOX is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their products choosing materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the MINOX ZX5i 1-5x24mm Riflescope Plex Reticle, Black by MINOX. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Information Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of separate environmental considerations like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing through the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are located internally and externally on the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The form of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the scopes magnification. It simply suggests the reticle is located behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Selecting the best type of rifle glass is based on what form of shooting or hunting you intend on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Optic Zoom
The amount of magnification a scope offers is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests 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 given that it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass Info
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is achieved by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Rifle Scopes
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they may be successfully used. Highly magnified optics will not be as useful as lower magnification level rifle scope glass considering too much magnification can be a bad thing. The very same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Coverings
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens coatings. Lens covering can be a crucial element of a rifle when contemplating luxury rifle optics and targeting units. The lenses are one of the most critical components of the scope as they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens exterior and helps with anti glare capabilities from refracted sunshine and color presence.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope companies even use “HD” or high-definition glass coatings which use different processes, elements, polarizations, and chemical applications to extract separate color ranges and viewable target visibility through the lens. This high-definition finishing is typically used with more costly high density glass which brings down light’s ability 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 chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often visible over objects with well defined shapes as light hits the object from specific angles.
Info on Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various finishes used to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope manufacturer and how much money you paid for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has had numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can prove that a manufacturer is taking several steps to fight various environmental factors like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally doesn’t always imply the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single layered lens. Being “better” depends upon the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of glass used in building the rifle scope.
Rifle Scope Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a scope lens does not improve keeping a clear sight picture through an optic in any way. Many top of the line and premium optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Installation Options
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly mount and remove the glass.
Rifle Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount 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 are designed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifles which need a resilient, rock solid mounting solution 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 quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten solidly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while retaining accuracy. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are chosen for use in between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day on the range and your pricey optic by causing fogging and making residue within the scope’s tube. Most optics protect against moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these scopes can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of moisture avoidance for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle boating and are concerned about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still rescue the firearm.
Details on Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less impacted by temp changes and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which may potentially allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
