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Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Optics Talos 3-12×40, 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 Talos 3-12×40, Capped, Side Focus, 1 inch, SFP, Center X 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. Reticle etched on the glass that provides excellent backing support for complex reticle design and offers great durability and much higher shock resistance to recoil.
Fully Multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a brighter image than normal single coated lenses
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 accidently submerged underwater
Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen and Lens Cleaning Cloth – perfect set for removing fingerprints, dust, and other debris that may compromise your image.
Athlon Optics Talos 3-12×40 BDC 600 IR Riflescope
If you ask any hunter they’ll probably tell you they have filled more tags in the low-light hours than any other time. With that said, it would be wise to design a scope to excel in early-morning and late-evening light. With the Talos scope with Athlon Advanced multi-coated lenses for clarity and brightness in low light, you’ll be able to add precious minutes to every hunting day. These scopes, with their 4X magnification range, will give you great versatility whether you are hunting whitetails in the dense southern pine forest of Georgia, or prairie dogs on the wide open ranges of Wyoming. With one-piece tube design, the Talos line includes an assortment of specialty scopes for big-game, varmint, MSR’s, 22 rimfire, slug, black powder, and turkey hunting.
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 Talos 3-12×40 BDC 600 IR Riflescope Specifications
Magnification 3-12
Objective Lens Diameter 40 mm
Reticle BDC 600 IR
Surface Finish Matte
Lens Coating Wide Band Fully Multicoated
Tube Material Aircraft grade aluminum
Tube Diameter 25.4 mm
Exit Pupil 13.6-3.4 mm
Eye Relief 3.82-3.35 inches
Click Value 0.25 MOA
Adjustment range per rotation 15MOA
Total Elevation Adjustment 60MOA
Total Windage Adjustment 60MOA
Purging Material Nitrogen
Length 12 inches
Weight 16.2 oz
IN THE BOX Athlon Optics Talos 3-12×40 BDC 600 IR Riflescope and Wearable4U Bundle:
Lens Cleaning Cloth
Lens Cleaning Pen
Extra Battery CR2032
About the Wearable4U Manufacturer
Wearable4U is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and make their mounts, scopes, and related products working with building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Athlon Optics Talos 3-12×40, Capped, Side Focus, 1 inch, SFP Riflescope with Included Wearable4U Lens Cleaning Pen and Lens Cleaning Cloth Bundle by Wearable4U. For more shooting products, visit their website.
Rifle Glass Facts
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by employing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for separate natural elements like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are found within and externally on the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets or dials, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of an optic.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The form of focal plane a scope has identifies where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the scopes zoom. It simply implies the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Picking the very best style of rifle glass is dependent on what form of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
Info About First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle before the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
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 would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The amount of scope zoom you need on your optic depends upon the form of shooting you want to do. Just about every kind of rifle glass delivers some amount of magnification. The amount of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This suggests what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not change because it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification power levels. These types of scopes will list the magnification degree in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope can be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This additionally involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is achieved utilizing the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Scope Power Level and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Highly magnified optics will not be as effective as lower powered optics given that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Finish
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens coatings. When shopping for high end rifle targeting setups, Lens covering can be a significant aspect of a rifle. The lenses are one of the most vital parts of the glass since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses safeguards the lens surface area and helps with anti glare from refracted natural light and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different processes, elements, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different finishings used 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.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Coating for Optics
Water on an optic’s lens doesn’t support maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Lots of top of the line and premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It treats the exterior 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 roll off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Mounting Glass on Long Guns
Installing options for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Optic Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is exceptional for rifle systems which need a resilient, hard use mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a faithful scope system on a long distance scouting or tournament long gun which will pretty much never need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted tightly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly 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 while keeping accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and practical for shooting platforms which are moved a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are employed in between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another component of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by climate changes and pressure variations from the outside environment which may potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
