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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Riflescope Sunshade – 44mm – Compatible with Midas TAC 4-16×44
Athlon Optics Riflescope Sunshade – 44mm – Compatible with Midas TAC
Rifle Scope Product Features
Item Package Dimensions: 5.0 Inches L X 2.5 Inches W X 2.0 Inches H (Cm)
Product Type: Sporting Goods
Item Package Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Country Of Origin: China
About the Athlon Optics Company
Athlon Optics is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products using building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Athlon Optics Riflescope Sunshade – 44mm – Compatible with Midas TAC 4-16×44 by Athlon Optics. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Information About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account many environmental considerations like wind speed and elevation increases 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 seeing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are found within and outside of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Going for the best type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” correlations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture with less room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Glass Zoom
The amount of zoom a scope offers 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.
Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not change considering that it is set from the factory.
About Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification levels. It will note the magnification amount in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope could be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved using the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the distances where they may be efficiently used. Remember that higher power optics and scopes will not be as efficient as lower magnification level glass since increased magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
About Lens Coatings
All state-of-the-art rifle scope lenses are covered. Lens finishing can be an essential aspect of a shooting system when buying high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Glass
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different procedures, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Various optic lenses can likewise have different finishes used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied 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 boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing 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 on the scope designer and just how much you spent paying for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Finishes
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic anti-water finish.
Rifle Glass Mounting Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also usually are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used in between numerous rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Scope Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle glass can ruin a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of optics protect against humidity from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture avoidance for common use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are worried about the scope still performing if it falls overboard and you can still recover the firearm.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another component of avoiding the buildup of wetness within 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 scope is less altered by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
