Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
LIVABIT Tactical Red Green Mil-Dot Illuminated Holographic Rifle Scope Optics Sight Picatinny Cantilever Mount
LIVABIT put it through rigorous testing to make sure it could stand up to even the harshest conditions. This no frills red or green dot scope sits perfectly atop your battle rifle to provide easy, quick targeting with the large 35mm objective. It offers absolute co-witness with standard AR pattern sights and a 4 MOA dot perfect for target acquisition.
LIVABIT Optics Holographic Mil-dot Sight, electronic Red/Green dot point sight projects a laser aiming dot onto the lens in the target level, sights such as rear or front sights are not required, thus allowing you to aim with both eyes open. Flip up lens covers help protect lens from debris and storage. Cantilever mount allows the reflex sight to be mounted to you Shooting Equipments.
Specifications:
– Tube Diameter: 40mm
– Optical Coating: Multi Coated
– Field of View(@100yds) : 60 degree
– Magnification: 1x zooming
– Objective diameter: 35mm
– Exit Pupil: 80mm
– Length: 135mm
– Rail: 20mm
– Dot color: green and red
– Brightness Control: each 5 levels
– Uses CR2032 battery [ NOT INCLUDED ]
Rifle Scope Product Features
Full windage and elevation adjustments, fog-poof, weatherproof, and shockproof, removable spring loaded flip lens covers
Tailor the Brightness to Your Environment with 5 Brightness Levels for both Red and Green Illumination.
Black anodized aluminum construction, multi-protection: shock proof, fog proof, water resistant of nitrogen filled.
Magnification: 1x, Dot Size: 4 MOA, Objective Diameter: 35mm, Tube Diameter: 40mm, Exit Pupil: 80mm
Anodized aluminum cantilever scope ring mount, weaver style scope rail mount [ BATTERIES INCLUDED ]
About the LIVABIT Company
LIVABIT is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their scopes and related products making the most of building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the LIVABIT Tactical Red Green Mil-Dot Illuminated Holographic Rifle Scope Optics Sight Picatinny Cantilever Mount by LIVABIT. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by employing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for consideration of different ecological factors like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are located inside and outside of the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the optic’s zoom. It actually means the reticle is behind or in front of the magnification lens of the optic. Picking the most reliable kind of rifle optic is based on what sort of hunting or shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of magnification being used. The outcome 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 same tick at 100 yards using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the very same size relative to the volume of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements adjust based upon the magnification employed to shoot over longer distances since the reticle markings present various increments which vary with the zoom level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular types of optics work for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without area taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Glass Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope offers is determined 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.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic will have a zoom 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 kind of scope can not adjust considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is accomplished by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range of Glass
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Remember that high magnification optics will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that increased zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have increased power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Coatings
All modern rifle scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of glass coatings. Lens covering is an important aspect of a rifle when considering luxury rifle optics and targeting equipment. The glass lenses are among the most important pieces of the scope given that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses shields the lens surface area as well as improves anti glare from refracted sunrays and color discernibility.
About Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different procedures, chemicals, aspects, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Glass Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have various finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while decreasing 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 on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This means the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can show that a maker is taking several actions to fight various natural factors like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t always imply the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle optic.
Anti-water Covering for Rifle Glass
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic anti-water coating.
Glass Installation Options
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the glass.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp-on type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which require a resilient, unfailing mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated scope setup on a long distance hunting or interdiction rifle which will almost never need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount’s screws to stop the hex screws from backing out after they are mounted tightly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect firmly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining precision. These kinds of mounts are useful and beneficial for rifles which are carried a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are chosen for use in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Details on Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature level alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may potentially permit water vapor to seep 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.
