Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44, Capped, Side Focus, 1 inch, SFP Riflescope with Included Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen and Lens Cleaning Cloth Bundle
Rifle Scope Product Features
IN THE BOX: 1 x Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44, Capped, Side Focus, 1 inch, SFP, BDC 500 IR Riflescope; 1 x Allen Wrench; 1 x Extra Battery CR2032; 1 x Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen; 1 x Lens Cleaning Cloth
The illuminated reticle provides greater visibility during dusk and dawn and other low ambient light environment.
Aircraft Grade Aluminum provide extra strength and durability to handle the toughest terrain and offers lifetime of use. Waterproof to protect the scope in the harshest weather conditions or if accidentally submerged underwater.
Heat treated one piece tube gives the scope extra strength over multi-piece tubes. A one piece tube also is better at keeping moisture out thus keeping your scope fog proof for the life of the product
Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen and Lens Cleaning Cloth – perfect set for removing fingerprints, dust, and other debris that may compromise your image.
Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44 BDC 500 IR Riflescope
Increasing your success while hunting doesn’t necessarily have to decrease your savings account. The perfect example of that is the Neos series. This is the perfect scope for those who want quality features all while staying on budget. The Neos has an impressive list of features, and is designed and built to endure. It has a one piece aluminum tube and fully multi-coated lenses.
Features
Illuminated Reticle
Etched Glass Reticle
Fully Multicoated
Aircraft Grade Aluminum
Heat Treated One Piece Tube Construction
Waterproof. Fog proof. Shockproof
Nitrogen Purged
Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44 BDC 500 IR Riflescope Specifications
Magnification 6-18
Objective Lens Diameter 44 mm
Reticle BDC 500 IR
Surface Finish Matte
Lens Coating Wide Band Fully Multicoated
Tube Material Aircraft Grade Aluminum
Tube Diameter 25.4 mm
Exit Pupil 7.2-2.5 mm
Eye Relief 3.39-3.19 inches
Click Value 0.25MOA
Adjustment range per rotation 15MOA
Total Elevation Adjustment 50MOA
Total Windage Adjustment 50MOA
Purging Material Nitrogen
Length 13.5 inches
Weight 21.7 oz
IN THE BOX Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44 BDC 500 IR Riflescope and Wearable4U Bundle:
Lens Cleaning Cloth
Lens Cleaning Pen
Extra Battery CR2032
About the Wearable4U Brand
Wearable4U is a premium company for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts and related products making the most of elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Athlon Optics Neos 6-18×44, Capped, Side Focus, 1 inch, SFP Riflescope with Included Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen and Lens Cleaning Cloth Bundle by Wearable4U. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Glass Details
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by employing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for numerous natural considerations like wind speed and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are found inside and on the exterior of the scope. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of scopes.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the optic’s magnification. It simply implies the reticle is behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Looking for the most beneficial form of rifle glass depends on what variety of shooting or hunting you anticipate undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without any “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are practical for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to stay at the exact same size in connection with the level of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle dimensions alter based upon the zoom applied to shoot over lengthier ranges considering that the reticle measurements represent distinct increments which fluctuate with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These types of glass are useful for:
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The level of scope zoom you need on your glass depends upon the type of shooting you plan to do. Almost every type of rifle glass gives some degree of magnification. The quantity of magnification a scope delivers is identified by the diameter, density, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This signifies what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope uses 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 change since it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Optic Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they could be effectively used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as efficient as lower magnification scopes considering too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Rifle Scope Lens Coating
All modern rifle scope lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of glass lens coverings. Lens finish can be an important element of a rifle when looking into high-end rifle optics and targeting systems. The glass lenses are one of the most significant components of the glass since they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The covering on the lenses shields the lens exterior and also improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunrays and color perception.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some glass suppliers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings that take advantage of various procedures, aspects, compounds, and polarizations to extract various colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-def coating is normally used with greater density glass which lowers light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable over items with hard shapes as light hits the object from specific angles.
Info on Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finishing put on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in many kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a scope’s lens doesn’t improve keeping a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this sort of treatment. It treats the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads roll off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installation Options
Installing options for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also normally are made in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Scope Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between several rifles or are situationally focused.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by bringing about fogging and developing 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.
Rifle Glass Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature changes and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may potentially permit 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.
