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Rifle Scope Product Details
Meopta Optika6 4.5-27×50 Z-Plex 30mm SFP Riflescope 653660
Meopta Optika6 4.5-27×50 SFP Rifle Scope, Illuminated Z-Plus, 30mm Tube Magnification: 4.5X-27X Second focal plane Illuminated Z-Plus glass etched reticle 50mm objective lens 30mm tube Tactical turrets Quick-Locking Elevation Turret Click adjustment value: 0.26 at 100 yards ( MOA) Illuminated Z-Plus reticle Side parallax adjustment: 25 yards to infinity Windage and Elevation Adjustment Range (MOA): 84 MOA Field of view at 100 yards: 21.9-3.6 Eye relief: 3.9 Length: 14.21 Weight: 31.1 oz MeoBright lens coating to eliminate glare and reflections to deliver 91% daylight light transmission MeoShield lens coating to eliminate scratching or abrasion Lifetime warranty
Rifle Scope Product Features
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About the Meopta Company
Meopta is a premium producer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes and related products choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Meopta Optika6 4.5-27×50 Z-Plex 30mm SFP Riflescope 653660 by Meopta. For more shooting products, visit their website.
All About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account many environmental elements like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope body. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has identifies where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the optic’s zoom. It simply implies the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnifying lens of the scope. Deciding on the most suitable style of rifle glass depends upon what sort of hunting or shooting you intend on doing.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without area used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The measure of scope magnification you need on your scope is based on the style of shooting you wish to do. Almost every style of rifle scope delivers some amount of magnification. The amount of zoom a scope provides is established by the size, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This indicates what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not fluctuate given that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification power levels. These types of scopes will note the zoom amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope can be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This always incorporates the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is accomplished by working with the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range Correlation of Rifle Glass
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they can be effectively used. Always remember that higher power scopes and optics will not be as practical as lower powered glass due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Covering for Optics
All modern rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of lens coatings. Lens covering is a crucial element of a rifle when thinking about luxury rifle optics and scope equipment. The glass lenses are among the most essential components of the glass because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens exterior and also improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color exposure.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various methods, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Glass
Various optic lenses can likewise have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated 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 covered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can indicate that a company is taking several steps to fight various natural aspects like an anti-glare coating, 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 layered lens. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle glass.
Rifle Glass Lens Hydrophobic Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t 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 hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Glass Installation Options
Installing solutions for scopes are available in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the optics.
Optic Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use double detached rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which require a durable, unfailing mount which will not shift despite how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a specialized scope system on a far away hunting or tournament firearm which will pretty much never need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on screws to stop the hex screws from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of optics protect against moisture from going into the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these water resistant optics can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough humidity prevention for conventional use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the scope still working if it goes over the side and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Optic Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by climate alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could potentially allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
