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Rifle Scope Product Details
MK Machining Athlon Optics – Athlon Ares BTR Gen II w Carbon Fiber Throw Lever & Billet Scope Level
Save money and increase speed and accuracy with this custom bundle from MK Machining! For the same price as you’d buy just this optic elsewhere, you get a premium throw lever and scope level preinstalled. Level is machined from billet 6061 aluminum and hardcoated with a Type III anodization, throw lever is manufactured from a carbon fiber/nylon copolymer with internal metal threads. When you want the best features from the top-tier riflescopes but not break the bank, look no further than the new Ares BTR Gen II first focal plane riflescope family. This feature rich riflescope is set to take the market by storm. HD Glass and advanced fully multicoated optics deliver crisp bright images for taking long range shots. The one piece tube, precision-machined from aircraft-grade 6061-T6 aluminum will deliver precise, accurate results all day long. With a precise true zero stop feature, you won’t find this product in the market at this price point, it just didn’t exist until NOW! SPECIFICATIONS Magnification 4.5-27 Objective Lens Diameter 50 mm Reticle APLR3 FFP IR MIL, Glass Etched illuminated Surface Finish Matte Lens Coating Wide Band Fully Multicoated Extra Coating Xtra Protective Coating Tube Material 6061 Aluminium Tube Diameter 30 mm Exit Pupil 11.1-1.8 mm Eye Relief 3.9″ Field of View @100 yards 22.7-3.8 ft Click Value 0.1 mil Adjustment range per rotation 10 mil Total Elevation Adjustment 24 mil Total Windage Adjustment 24 mil Turret Style Exposed Direct Dial Parallax Adjustment Side Focus ” 25 yards to infinity Purging Material Argon Length 13.8 ” Weight 27.3 oz
Rifle Scope Product Features
MADE IN USA – Carbon Fiber Throw Lever & Billet Scope Level Included
HD GLASS w/ ETCHED RETICLE – For increased target visibility.
FIRST FOCAL PLANE RETICLE
ZERO STOP ELEVATION TURRET
About the MK Machining Scope Maker
MK Machining is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products working with materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the MK Machining Athlon Optics – Athlon Ares BTR Gen II w Carbon Fiber Throw Lever & Billet Scope Level by MK Machining. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account numerous ecological things like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are located internally and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding upon the perfect type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Facts
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without area taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Details on Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope supplies is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic or scope will have 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 kind of scope can not fluctuate since it is a fixed power optic.
Info About Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the magnification degree in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be set in between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by applying the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range Correlation of Rifle Glass
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the distances where they could be efficiently used. Keep in mind that high power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level scope and optics because excessive magnification can be a detractor. The same goes for longer distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Details on Scope Lens Coverings
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass finishings. When thinking about luxury rifle scope systems, Lens coating can be a very important element of defining the rifle’s capability. The glass lenses are one of the most important pieces of the scope because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses offers protection to the lens exterior and even assists with anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color discernibility.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle glass companies will also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which take advantage of different processes, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to extract various colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This HD coating is often used with greater density lens glass which decreases light’s opportunity to refract through the lens glass. Some scope brands use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable around items with hard edges and shapes as light hits the item from various angles.
Single Glass Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have various coverings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect 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 layered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Coatings
Water on an optical lens does not improve retaining a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the surface area of the Steiner glass 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.
Scope Mounting Choices
Installing solutions for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use a pair of separate rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is great for rifles which need a resilient, unfailing mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you want for a specialized optics system on a long distance scouting or interdiction rifle that will seldom need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed tightly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type from Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Rifle Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect securely to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while maintaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in practical for rifles which are hauled around a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are employed in between multiple rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It typically costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture 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. Most scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Rifle Optic Tubes
Another component of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature level shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which could possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
