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Rifle Scope Product Details
Monstrum S330P 3X Prism Scope | RM5-AH Adjustable Height Riser Mount with Quick Release | Bundle
The Monstrum Tactical S330P is a compact, yet heavy duty prism scope with a fixed 3x magnification and a 30mm objective lens, ideal for rapid mid range target acquisition out to 500 yards. The 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. With crystal clear optics, an adjustable focus lens, and a comfortable eye relief of 3+ inches, it is comparable to sights several times the price.
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
Compact yet heavy duty prism sight with 3x magnification and 30mm objective lens, Ideal for rapid mid range target acquisition out to 500 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.
Only 15 ounces in weight and 5 inches in length.
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 producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes and related products by using materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Monstrum S330P 3X Prism Scope | RM5-AH Adjustable Height Riser Mount with Quick Release | Bundle by Monstrum. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for the consideration of varied natural factors like wind and elevation increases to make up 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 seeing through the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a scope.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The sort of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located in connection with the scopes magnifying adjustments. It literally suggests the reticle is located behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Looking for the most reliable sort of rifle optic is based upon what variety of shooting or hunting you intend on undertaking.
Info on First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their firearm
- 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 optics (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the magnification 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 measurement.
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture with less area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Glass Magnification
The level of scope magnification you need on your glass depends upon the kind of shooting you would like to do. Just about every type of rifle scope gives some degree of magnification. The level of magnification a scope provides is determined by the diameter, density, and curves of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Scope Details
A single power rifle scope uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not fluctuate because it is a fixed power scope.
Info on Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is handled by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Scopes
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they can be effectively used. Remember that high power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered optics and scopes since excessive zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Scope Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of lens finishings. When thinking about high end rifle targeting units, Lens coating can be an essential element of a rifle. The lenses are among the most essential components of the optic due to the fact that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface as well as helps with anti glare from refracted sunrays and color perception.
HD Versus ED Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different processes, components, polarizations, 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” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses generally 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 simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finishing applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and the amount you paid for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Rifle Glass Lens Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on an optical lens does not support maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Lots of top of the line or high-end scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It deals with the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Scope Installing Choices
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the glass.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use double independent rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is great for rifle systems which are in need of a resilient, rock solid mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a faithful optics system on a far away hunting or competition long gun which will rarely need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount’s screws to prevent the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics company. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Glass Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less affected by temperature alterations and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which may potentially allow water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
