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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Midas TSR2 Red Dot, Black
The speed and versatility of a red dot goes unmatched in close range engagements. Whether you are running an AR or PCC in competition, hunting, or running a red dot on an optics ready pistol, the TSR series of red dots has you covered. With 50, 000 hours of battery life and motion sensor activation, the TSR series is always ready. The default high riser amount allows end user to achieve 1/3 co-witness with iron sights on AR rifles. You can use the lower mount by taking off the high riser mount and mount it on some low platforms, such as a shot gun. The TSR2 features a 2MOA red dot, quickly allowing the user to acquire the red dot while focusing on the targets
Rifle Scope Product Features
Extended Battery Life offers 50, 000 hours battery life at medium illumination setting.
Built in motion detector automatically wakes the unit up from the sleep mode when a motion is detected.
Fully Multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a brighter image than normal single coated lenses
Smart Power Management System puts the unit into sleeping mode when no motion is detected in 5 minutes.
Multiple Adjustable Illumination settings provide best visibility under different ambient light environment. 10 Settings for daylight and 3 settings for night vision.
Included components: Instruction Manual
About the Athlon Optics Scope Maker
Athlon Optics is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and make their scopes and related products using building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Athlon Optics Midas TSR2 Red Dot, Black by Athlon Optics. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Scope Details
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account varied ecological factors like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern rifle optics have around 11 parts which are arranged internally and externally on the scope body. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
About Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes zoom. It simply implies the reticle is located behind or before the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding upon the most suitable form of rifle glass depends upon what kind of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the level of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with 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.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture without area taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Details on Scope Magnification
The measure of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the kind of shooting you desire to do. Almost every kind of rifle glass supplies some amount of magnification. The amount of magnification a scope supplies is identified by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This signifies what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies 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 a fixed power optic.
Info on Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification increments. These types of scopes will list the zoom amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope can be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Glass
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they may be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level rifle scope glass since too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same idea goes for longer distances where the shooter needs enough power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Scope Lens Covering
All contemporary rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens finishes. When looking at high end rifle targeting systems, Lens finish can be an essential element of defining the capability of the rifle. The lenses are one of the most important components of the optic due to the fact that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses protects the lens surface and also helps with anti glare capabilities from excess direct sunlight and color visibility.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different procedures, chemicals, components, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Scope Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coatings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope company and just how much you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
What to Know About Anti-water Covering
Water on a lens does not assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Choices for Mounting Scopes on Long Guns
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Optic Ring Mounts
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 two separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which require a durable, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach tightly to a flat top type 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 types of mounts are useful and convenient for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are employed 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
What to Know About Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less influenced by temp shifts and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
