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Rifle Scope Product Details
Leupold VX-Freedom EFR 3-9×33 Fine, Model: 175075
The new VX-Freedom delivers the legendary Leopold performance and dependability hunters and shooters have demanded for decades, combined with a host of new and improved features. The VX-Freedom is to get the job done every time.
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Leupold Model #175075 – VX-Freedom 3-9x33mm with Duplex reticle and Matte finish
100% Waterproof, fog proof, & shockproof
Made with 6061-T6 aircraft quality aluminum and punisher tested to a lifetime of performance even under harshest recoil
Twilight Light Management System – Adds up to 10 extra minutes of shooting light and reduces glare for crisp image quality
Precision 1/4 MOA finger click adjustments for wind age and elevation offer absolute repeatability and dependability over a lifetime of extreme use
Scratch Resistant Lenses – Lens surfaces are scratch resistant to military standard extreme abrasion specification
3: 1 Zoom Ratio – Ideal for virtually any situation
Designed, machined, and assembled in the USA
VX-Freedom 3-9x33mm
Magnification Range: 3x-9x
Weight: 12.1 oz.
Length: 11.43 in.
Maintube Diameter: 1 inch
Eye Relief (in) – Low: 3.4
Eye Relief (in) – High: 3.1
Linear FOV (ft/100 yd) – Low: 35.7
Linear FOV (ft/100 yd) – High: 13.6
Leupold VX-Freedom
Relentless Performance
The new VX-Freedom delivers the legendary Leupold performance and dependability hunters and shooters have demanded for decades, combined with a host of new and improved features. The VX-Freedom is guaranteed to get the job done every time.
Lightweight, rugged performance
Unparalleled low light performance
Designed, machined, & assembled in the USA
Twilight Light Management System
Leupold’s Twilight Light Management systems delivers industry leading brightness and clarity by balancing light transmission, glare reduction, and image contrast and resolution ensuring a crisp image in any lighting condition.
Twilight Max HD Light Management System
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-Freedom VX-R VX-3i VX-5HD VX-6HD
Light Management System Twilight Twilight Twilight Max Twilight Max HD Twilight Max HD
Maintube Size 1 inch 30mm 1 inch, 30mm 30mm, 34mm 30mm, 34mm
Zoom Ratio 3:1 3:1 3:1 5:1 6:1
HD Glass No No No Yes Yes
About the Leupold Brand
Leupold is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts, scopes, and related products by choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Leupold VX-Freedom EFR 3-9×33 Fine, Model: 175075 by Leupold. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through magnification by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account varied environmental factors like wind speed and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of contemporary rifle optics have about eleven parts which are arranged inside and on the exterior of the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the scopes magnifying adjustments. It literally implies the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the scope. Considering the very best form of rifle scope depends on what sort of hunting or shooting you plan on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane glass (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the exact same scale relative to the volume of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements adapt based upon the zoom employed to shoot over greater distances given that the markings represent distinct increments which change with the magnification. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These types of optics are handy for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture with less space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
About Optic Magnification
The amount of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate given that it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the magnification level in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Optic Power and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope powers and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Keep in mind that high magnification glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level glass due to the fact that too much zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Scope Lens Covering
All top teir rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. Lens finish is a significant element of a rifle when looking into high end rifle optics and scope systems.
About Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle glass manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition glass finishes which employ different processes, polarizations, chemicals, and components to enhance separate color ranges and viewable definition through lenses. This high-definition coating is frequently used with higher density glass which decreases light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable around things with hard edges and shapes as light hits the object from particular angles.
Info on Single Covering 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 prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a finish applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends upon the scope maker and how much you spent paying for it. The scope’s maker and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Finishing
Water on a lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic anti-water covering.
Options for Installing Glass on Firearms
Installing options for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two detached rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long distance accuracy shooting. This form of scope mount is good for rifle systems which are in need of a long lasting, hard use mount which will not change regardless of how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a dedicated scope setup on a far away hunting or tournament long gun which will seldom need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a comparable design mount, multiple scopes can often be swapped out. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect tightly 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 back on the rifle while preserving the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in beneficial for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are used between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by 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 costly optic by bringing about 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 Optic Tubes
Another part of preventing the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temperature level changes and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which could potentially enable 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 look for.
