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Rifle Scope Product Details
Kalinka Optics PK-A Red Dot, AK
The PK-A Military Fast Acquisition Red Dot Rifle Scope, AK Version is an outstanding red dot scope. It is a current issue tactical military scope. It is great for high density urban suppression and for picking up fast moving targets. Designed to stand up to the toughest battlefield conditions, you can take it anywhere. It has a super-wide 40 degree field of view that lets you survey and track the complete field of activity. This red dot will significantly improve your aim in dusk conditions. It boasts a bright 1 MOA Red Dot to give you very precise and accurate aiming. It has a special 5 setting, discreet built-in variable brightness control allowing you to regulate the brightness of the dot manually. It is overbuilt to handle the strongest of recoils and can be attached to any weapon regardless of caliber. It is compact, lightweight, waterproof and dry nitrogen purged to prevent fogging. Perfectly suited to use with night vision optics such as goggles, it is a scope for all events. The open windage and elevation knobs are easily accessible for adjustment and have clear, pronounced clicks. Russian sights are particularly popular for having open uncovered knobs that are finger adjustable. It comes with a full set of accessories including a lens cap and a soft carrying case. The AK V clamp can easily be mounted to any of these rifles with the standard side rail: AK, AKM, Vepr, Saiga, K-var, KBI, Hesse, Century and Arsenal USA copies, Romak1/2, SLR-93, SLR-95, SLR-101, MK-11, SAR, WUM, SA85M, WASR (check for installed rail), Maddi, Norinco and Poly-Tech copies and many more models.
Rifle Scope Product Features
It is great for picking up fast moving targets.
Designed to stand up to the toughest battlefield conditions, you can take it anywhere.
It has a super-wide 40 degree field of view that lets you survey and track the complete field of activity.
It has a special 5 setting, discreet built-in variable brightness control allowing you to regulate the brightness of the dot manually.
It is compact, lightweight, waterproof and dry nitrogen purged to prevent fogging. Perfectly suited to use with night vision optics such as goggles, it is a scope for all events
About the Kalinka Optics Company
Kalinka Optics is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their scopes and related products choosing materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Kalinka Optics PK-A Red Dot, AK by Kalinka Optics. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Facts About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account separate ecological elements like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most contemporary rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are located internally and outside of the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the finest type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are practical for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of 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 measurement.
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture without space used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Optic Magnification
The quantity of magnification a scope offers is figured out 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.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
A single power rifle optic will have 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 type of scope can not adjust given that it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is accomplished by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Optics
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. High power glass will not be as beneficial as lower powered optics since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same goes for longer distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Finish for Rifle Optics
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of glass lens coverings. Lens finishing is a crucial element of a rifle when looking into luxury rifle optics and scope systems. The lenses are one of the most important pieces of the scope because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses shields the lens surface area and improves anti glare from excess daylight and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Rifle Scope Lens Coatings
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various processes, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a covering put on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
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 coated lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens does not help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Choices for Installing Glass on Long Guns
Installing solutions for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp-on style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These forms of scope mounts use two detached rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is good for rifle systems which need a durable, hard use mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction firearm which will seldom need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the screws to protect against the hex screws from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Scope Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by climate alterations and pressure distinctions from the external environment which could possibly allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
