Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
DB TAC Quick Release Micro Red Dot Sight with an Extra Low Profile Base
Reticle Type: 4 M.O.A
High Riser System and Base System All in One Set
Lightweight and shockproof
Unlimited eye relief
Red Dot Only
Obj. Aperture: 22 mm
Magnification: 1x
Field of View: 50 degrees
Finish: Black matte
Overview:
Quick release mount offers much easier installation. Handguns to shotguns to AR variants, our product is never out of its comfort zone. Take it with you on your next adventure!
Fits standard 20mm Picatinny or Weaver rails.
Dimensions:
Length: 2.55″/65mm
Width: 1.57″/40mm
Height: 1.77″/45mm with low profile mount 2.75″/70mm with high profile mount
Weight: 4.15oz/117g with low profile mount 6.25oz/177g with high profile mount
Rifle Scope Product Features
Double Layers of Glass Fused Together
4 MOA RED ONLY NO GREEN
High Riser System and Base System All in One Set
Reliable and Durable Quick Detach System won’t Hurt Your Upper
11 Brightness Setting
About the DB TAC INC Manufacturer
DB TAC INC is a premium maker for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and build their scopes and related products working with elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the DB TAC Quick Release Micro Red Dot Sight with an Extra Low Profile Base by DB TAC INC. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to account for separate natural elements like wind speed 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 hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most modern-day rifle optics have about eleven parts which are located inside and externally on the scope body. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle optical system.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the optic’s zoom. It literally suggests the reticle is situated behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Considering the most suitable sort of rifle optic is based upon what style of shooting or hunting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to remain at the very same size in connection with the volume of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions evolve based on the zoom applied to shoot over longer ranges because the markings present different increments which vary with the zoom. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular sorts of optics are beneficial for:
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less space used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Scope Zoom
The quantity of zoom a scope offers is figured out by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not adjust given that it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the zoom degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This always utilizes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is accomplished by applying the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they can be efficiently used. Consider that high magnification optics and scopes will not be as practical as lower magnification level scopes due to the fact that excessive zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept goes for longer distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finishing for Rifle Glass
All top teir rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens coating is an essential aspect of a shooting platform when looking into high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some optic producers additionally use “HD” or high-def lense coatings that employ various processes, chemicals, polarizations, and components to extract separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. This HD finishing is frequently used with more costly, high density lens glass which drops light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be visible over objects with hard shapes as light hits the object from certain angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Optics
Different scope lenses can also have various coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finish applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while lowering 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 upon the scope maker and how much you spent paying for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking several actions to combat different natural elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This also does not always suggest the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” hinges on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in creating the rifle glass.
Anti-water Lens Finish
Water on a scope’s lens does not improve retaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Lots of top of the line or premium scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It treats the surface of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads roll off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Optic Mounting Options
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is great for rifles which need a durable, hard use mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you want for a dedicated optics system on a long distance hunting or competitors rifle that will hardly ever need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a similar style mount, several scopes can also be swapped out on the range. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect solidly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while maintaining accuracy. These types of mounts are useful and handy for rifles which are moved around a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
What to Know About Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by inducing fogging and creating residue within the scope tube. Many optics prevent humidity from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Normally, 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 sufficient moisture prevention for standard use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle boating and are worried about the optic still working if it is submerged in water and you can still recover the gun.
Scope Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less influenced by condition alterations and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which could possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
