Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44mm Riflescope
Rifle Scope Product Features
Leupold Model #115294 – Mark 6 3-18x44mm with Illume. Front Focal Tremor 2 reticle and Matte finish
100% Waterproof, fog proof, & shockproof
M5C2 Turrets – Automatically locks at the zero position and provides 20 Mils of elevation travel in two revolutions of the dial
Front Focal Plane (FFP) – The reticle magnifies along with the image, so you can estimate range at all magnification settings
Twilight Max HD Light Management system – Adds up to 30 minutes of shooting light, best in class glare reduction, and edge to edge HD lens clarity
Scratch Resistant Lenses – Extreme military-standard scratch resistance for added protection
Lightweight Design – Disperses recoil energy for unrivaled durability and performance with ultra-lightweight construction
Designed, machined, and assembled in the USA
Mark 6 3-18x44mm
Magnification Range: 3x-18x
Weight: 23.6 oz.
Length: 11.9 in.
Maintube Diameter: 34mm
Eye Relief (in) – Low: 3.8
Eye Relief (in) – High: 3.9
Linear FOV (ft/100 yd) – Low: 36.8
Linear FOV (ft/100 yd) – High: 6.3
Leupold Mark 6
Relentless Performance
The Leupold Mark 6 is extremely accurate, compact, lightweight, and easy to use; that’s what makes it a game-changer for military forces around the globe and elite law enforcement units here at home. It’s not just easy to manipulate, it’s tough, too. Drop it or run it over and a Mark 6 is still drop-dead accurate.
Lightweight, rugged performance
Unparalleled low light performance
Designed, machined, & assembled in the USA
Twilight Max Light Management System
See a more vivid, bright, and clear target image in a wider variation of low and bright lighting conditions. The combination premium edge-to-edge lens clarity, full visible-spectrum lens coatings and glare management provides an extra 20 minutes of shooting light.
Twilight Max HD Light Management System
M5C2 ZeroLock Adjustments
Designed, Machined, & Assembled in the USA
Rugged Reliability
Proprietary gas blend and seals are tested to a 33-foot depth and a multitude of pressure changes.
Every Leupold riflescope is designed to survive a minimum of 5,000 impacts on the Punisher, Leupold’s recoil simulation machine. The force of each impact is 3x the recoil of a .308 rifle.
All Leupold riflescopes are tested to perform from -40F to 160F.
VX-3i LRP Mark 5HD Mark 6 Mark 8
Light Management System Twilight Max Twilight Max HD Twilight Max Twilight Max
Maintube Size 30mm 35mm 34mm 34mm, 35mm
Zoom Ratio 3:1 5:1 6:1 8:1
HD Glass No Yes No No
About the Leupold Company
Leupold is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their products choosing elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44mm Riflescope by Leupold. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
Info About Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to account for separate environmental factors like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are found within and externally on the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the best type of rifle glass is based on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non magnified distance. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are minor
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same size in connection with the level of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements alter based on the zoom used to shoot over lengthier ranges because the reticle measurements represent different increments which differ with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular types of scopes are convenient for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Magnification for Optics
The quantity of zoom a scope supplies is figured out by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not adjust because it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is accomplished by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope powers and the ranges where they may be successfully used. Consider that high magnification scopes will not be as practical as lower powered optics due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a detractor. The exact same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Coating for Optics
All modern rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens finish is a crucial aspect of a shooting platform when considering high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different methods, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Glass Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently usable in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a manufacturer is taking several steps to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also does not always imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends upon the maker’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of glass used in building the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Coating for Glass
Water on a lens does not help with maintaining 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 anti-water covering.
Glass Mounting Choices
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scope.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are manufactured for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is great for rifles which require a long lasting, hard use mount which will not shift despite just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a devoted scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction long gun that will seldom need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount’s screws to keep the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted tightly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics brand. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used in between numerous rifles.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes prevent moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another component of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature level alterations and pressure differences from the outside environment which may possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
