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Rifle Scope Product Details
Monstrum P330 Marksman 3X Prism Scope | RM5-AH Adjustable Height Riser Mount with Quick Release | Bundle
The Marksman 3×30 Prism Scope is as sharp as it looks. Featuring a hard annodized aluminum finish with 3x magnification. Ideal for rapid mid-range target acquisition out to 200 yards. This scope uses a glass prism optical system rather than a refracting lens system like traditional scopes, allowing for better optical quality in a much smaller package. The crystal clear optics give a comfortable eye relief of 3.5 inches. The reticle can illuminate in red or green with multiple brightness levels or viewed in black when off to cover most lighting environments
Product bundle includes Monstrum Lockdown Series RM5-AH Picatinny riser mount with quick release and adjustable height design allowing for optimal placement of your optic based on rifle setup or preferred cheek weld.
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Next generation prism sight with 3x magnification and 30mm objective lens, for lightning fast target acquisition out to 300 yards
Features a glass prism optical system rather a refracting lens system like traditional scopes, allowing for better optical quality in a much smaller package.
Unlike red dots, the reticle is visible with or without illumination, for a clean sight picture regardless of lighting or environment.
Brand new single piece machined aluminum design, sturdier and more rigid than ever, guaranteed to hold zero against the strongest of recoil
Product bundle includes Monstrum Lockdown Series RM5-AH Picatinny riser mount with quick release and adjustable height design allowing for optimal placement of your optic based on rifle setup or preferred cheek weld
About the Monstrum Scope Maker
Monstrum is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and build their mounts, scopes, and related products by choosing materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Monstrum P330 Marksman 3X Prism Scope | RM5-AH Adjustable Height Riser Mount with Quick Release | Bundle by Monstrum. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Info Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They do this through magnification using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for the consideration of various environmental things like wind and elevation to account 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 seeing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Finding the optimal type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info About First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane optics (FFP) feature the reticle before the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non magnified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without any “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are practical for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are minor
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Facts
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the same overall size relative to the amount of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle dimensions change based upon the zoom applied to shoot over longer distances given that the markings represent distinct increments which differ with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular varieties of glass are useful for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Optics
The extent of scope magnification you need on your optic depends on the style of shooting you wish to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass delivers some level of magnification. The level of zoom a scope offers is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The magnification of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This suggests what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Glass Facts
A single power rifle scope and optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not fluctuate because it is fixed.
About Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the magnification degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers imply the magnification of the scope can be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is accomplished using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level optics given that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Rifle Scope Lens Covering
All modern rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of lens finishes. When researching luxury rifle scope setups, Lens coating can be a significant component of defining the capability of the rifle. The lenses are among the most critical parts of the scope given that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The covering on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and even assists with anti glare capabilities from excess natural light and color presence.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle scope companies additionally use “HD” or high-def lens coatings which apply different procedures, polarizations, aspects, and chemicals to extract separate colors and viewable target visibility through the lens. This high-def finish is typically used with more costly high density glass which drops light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers 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 over items with hard shapes as light hits the item from particular angles.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. This is because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a finishing applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope company and how much you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This means the lens has multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can establish that a maker is taking numerous steps to fight various natural factors like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This also doesn’t always mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of glass used in developing the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Lens Finishing
Water on an optical lens does not help with keeping a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Lots of top of the line or premium scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It treats the surface area of the Steiner optic lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Options for Mounting Rifle Scopes on Firearms
Installing solutions for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which require a durable, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off a scope from a rifle. If they all use a comparable design mount, several scopes can often be swapped out on the range. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten securely to a flat top style 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 preserving accuracy. These types of mounts are useful and practical for rifles which are moved around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted in between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It generally costs around $250 USD
Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Scope Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which could potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
