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Rifle Scope Product Details
MK Machining Athlon Optics – Argos BTR GEN II w Printed Throw Lever & Scope Level
If you’re looking for a top rated rifle scope, check out the Argos BTR GEN2 family of rifle scopes. The Argos BTR GEN2 family is great for those looking to get started in PRS or other long range shooting disciplines. This family of rifle scopes featuring FFP and SFP models, True Precision Zero Stop, Fully Multi-coated Lenses, Direct Dial Elevation & Windage Turrets (Capped in 1-8×24), Illuminated Reticle, 30mm Tube.
Rifle Scope Product Features
MADE IN USA – Printed Throw Lever & Rail Mounted Level Included
FULLY MULTI-COADED GLASS – For increased target visibility.
FIRST FOCAL PLANE RETICLE
ZERO STOP ELEVATION TURRET
About the MK Machining Manufacturer
MK Machining is a premium producer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and build their products choosing elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the MK Machining Athlon Optics – Argos BTR GEN II w Printed Throw Lever & Scope Level by MK Machining. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They do this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of many environmental aspects like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are located internally and externally on the scope. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle optical system.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding on the best type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane optics (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are low
- 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 takes up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind 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 forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture without area used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Glass Zoom
The extent of scope magnification you need depends on the sort of shooting you intend to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic supplies some degree of zoom. The volume of magnification a scope gives is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This means what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests 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 since it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Optic Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope power settings and the distances where they can be successfully used. High power glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level glass considering too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Rifle Glass Lens Coating
All contemporary rifle optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens coverings. When thinking about high end rifle targeting units, Lens finish can be a crucial component of defining the rifle’s capability. The lenses are among the most critical pieces of the scope due to the fact that 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 even helps with anti glare capabilities from excess direct sunlight and color presence.
Details on Rifle Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope manufacturers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different techniques, polarizations, aspects, and chemicals to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Different optic lenses can even have various finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect 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 manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has several treatments applied to them. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking several steps to fight various natural factors like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” hinges on the maker’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of materials used in building the rifle glass.
Scope Lens Anti-water Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Choices for Installing Scopes on Long Guns
Mounting solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the optics.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and detach a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten firmly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining accuracy. These kinds of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transported a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can wreck a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and producing residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of optics prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of humidity avoidance for common use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the scope still working if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the firearm.
Glass Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less impacted by temp alterations and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
