Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Athlon Talos 20-60×80 Spotter Scope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Sport type: Hunting
Talos Spotting Scope
We designed the Talos family of spotting scopes with good optical quality and ease of use in mind. The Talos spotting scope features our fully multi-coated lenses and K9 prisms with silver coating. They bring great clarity and brightness within the reach of all enthusiasts. The light-weight composite chassis is fog proof, waterproof, and filled with nitrogen gas to prevent internal fogging and promote better thermal stability. The product comes with a table-top tripod and soft case allowing you to carry the spotting scope and tripod in one package.
Key Features
Fully Multi-Coated
Fully Multi-Coated lenses provide great light transmission and bright image brought to your eyes at any magnification.
Nitrogen Purged
You can rest assured that your image will remain clean and clear as nitrogen purging provides a necessary fogproof protection.
Waterproof
Don’t let the weather stop you. Talos spotting scopes are waterproof protecting it in harshest weather conditions or if accidentally submerged underwater.
Tripod Mountable
Compatible with regular camera tripod to have a steady mount that is ideal for long range observation.
Rotating Ring
Rotating tripod mounting ring allows a user to rotate the spotting scope to any angle for better spotting angle.
Extendable Sunshade
Built-in extendable sunshade that minimizes any unwanted flare and reflection and gives you better clarity of the image.
About the Athlon Optics Manufacturer
Athlon Optics is a premium supplier for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and supply their mounts, scopes, and related products by making the most of building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Athlon Talos 20-60×80 Spotter Scope by Athlon Optics. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
Scope Details
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They do this through magnifying the target by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account numerous environmental elements like wind speed and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Scope 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.
First Focal Plane Glass Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified distance. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without having “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are minor
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification 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.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture with less space used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
About Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of zoom a scope provides is figured out by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not fluctuate because it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Details
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power adjustment is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Rifle Scopes
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be effectively used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification optics given that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Rifle Glass Lens Coating
All state-of-the-art rifle scope and optic lenses are layered. Lens coating is an important aspect of a rifle when looking into high end rifle optics and scope systems.
About Optic Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use various procedures, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out various 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.
Optic Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have different finishes applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t just 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 efficiently usable in many kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered 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 lowering 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 company and the amount you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Alternatives for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Mounting solutions for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style 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 developed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifles which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles.
What to Know About Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Optic Tubes
Another part of preventing the buildup of wetness within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which could potentially permit 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 seek out.
