Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Riton Optics X1 Primal 4-16×44
Rifle Scope Product Features
Featuring Capped, Zero Resettable Turrets / Integrated Removable Throw Lever
1/4 MOA Windage and Elevation Adjustment / Fast-Focus Eyepiece
Assembled in EP-Level Clean Room / 100% Waterproof, Fog Proof and Shockproof (tested up to 1200 G’s)
Aircraft Grade Aluminum with Rugged Design Ready for the Toughest Environments
Reticle: RUT / Adjustment Range: 80 MOA
Born In The Heart Of The Wild West
Straight out of Tucson, Arizona, Riton Optics was founded in 2013 by a Law Enforcement and Military Veteran, Brady Speth, and his wife, Carrie Speth. In designing this Veteran and family owned business, the goal was to bring quality and affordability to the optics industry with the greatest focus being you: the customer and end user.
In the initial years of the business, the focus was on market research, design and testing to ensure the Riton optics line could meet all demands of the end user. With a staff of avid shooters and hunters, the product line originates through practical, real world applications providing you with the quality and functionality needed in a variety of applications. The optics are then put through a series of tests by internal experts, as well as Tier One military personnel, law enforcement officers, competitive shooters and hunters all around the world. Riton has continued to grow their product line and market share each year through the continual development of new product requested by you.
You Will See the Difference
At Riton we have an unwavering passion for offering high quality optics at the industry’s most competitive value and matched by incredible service. With each and every order we strive to surpass your expectations. From your first look through our Riton High Density glass to your interaction with our service team in Tucson, Arizona, we are confident that you will appreciate the quality of our service and products.
You will see the difference in everything we do because we are different, and we developed this company to be exactly that so that you, the consumer, get everything you deserve.
CRAFTING PRECISION OPTICS FOR ALL
We are marksman and hunters, and because we’ve been there, we’ve built an optics line to withstand it all and never let you down. Within the Riton Optics product line, you’ll see the difference in everything we do, including the high quality products at the industry’s best value and unrelenting unmatched service support.
THE RITON PROMISE
As a company founded by Law Enforcement and Military Veterans, we take our commitment to service seriously. Beyond being members of the Riton team, we are also hunters, marksmen, outdoorsmen and women, and ultimately consumers just like you. For that reason, we base our standards for service on the Golden Rule, as we will always provide you with the level of service that we expect to receive as consumers.
We take pride in providing service that exceeds your expectations and reminds you of times when good service was not a rarity.
UNLIMITED LIFETIME PROMISE
As a part of the Riton Promise we believe in providing you with the best possible service, including the industry’s best unlimited lifetime promise. The quality of our products makes this the best unlimited lifetime promise you’ll likely never have to use; however, as hunters and outdoorsmen and women, we know that bad things sometimes happen to even the most cautious.
Our unlimited lifetime promise is simple:
No proof of purchase or registration required for your Riton products.
Unlimited Lifetime Promise regardless of original purchaser.
All unlimited lifetime promise replacements will receive a brand-new product off the shelf. We will not ever replace the product with a repaired or refurbished product.
Replacement product will be shipped within 48 hours of receiving and approving your return.
Loss, theft and/or deliberately worn and damaged products are not covered. Unlimited Lifetime Promise is VOID if damage results from unauthorized repair or alteration.
About the Riton Scope Maker
Riton is a premium company for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and build their scopes, mounts, and related products working with building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Riton Optics X1 Primal 4-16×44 by Riton. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Facts About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for consideration of separate natural aspects like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of modern-day rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are found within and outside of the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in connection with the optic’s zoom. It actually indicates the reticle is located behind or ahead of the magnifying lens of the scope. Picking out the most effective style of rifle glass depends upon what variety of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Optic Details
First focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non magnified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and “lead” ratios for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less room taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
About Scope Magnification
The amount of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the style of shooting you desire to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass offers some degree of zoom. The amount of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the size, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This denotes what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not change considering that it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the zoom degree in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope could be changed between 2x and 10x power. This always involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they may be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level rifle scope glass because too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept relates to extended distances where the shooter needs increased power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Rifle Optics
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are covered. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Rifle Optics
Some scope producers even use “HD” or high-def lense coverings that apply different processes, chemical applications, polarizations, and components to enhance numerous colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This HD finish is often used with greater density lens glass which decreases light’s chance to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable over items with well defined shapes as light hits the item from specific angles.
Rifle Scope Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishings used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish used to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect 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 covered lens depends upon the scope developer and how much you spent paying for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can indicate that a maker is taking several actions to fight various environmental elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also does not necessarily mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends upon the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of components used in constructing the rifle optic.
About Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Rifle Optic Installing Choices
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a couple of options. There are the standard 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 variations which use toss levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the glass.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is good for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, unfailing mount which will not change regardless of just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you want for a faithful scope system on a far away hunting or competition rifle that will pretty much never need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount screws to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics brand. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Optic Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
What to Know About Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less altered by climate shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which could possibly permit 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.
