Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
VECTOR OPTICS 3-18x50mm 1/4 MOA Tactical Riflescope with Etched MPX Glass Reticle, Long Eye Rilief, 30mm Mount Rings, Honeycomb Sunshade and Flip-up Lens Cover
Specifications
Magnification: 3-18x
Objective Lens Dia: 50mm
Ocular Lens Dia: 39mm
Ocular Length: 55mm
Reticle: Etched MPTR-2 glass reticle
Exit Pupil: 10mm @ 3x/ 2.8mm @ 18x
Field of View: 38.2 feet @ 100 yards (3x), 6.2 feet @ 100 yards (18x)
Eye Relief: 92-95mm (3.6-3.7 inch)
Side Focus Range: 10, 15, 25, 35, 50, 100, 200, 500 yards to infinity
Click Value: 1/4 MOA
Elevation Range: 60 MOA
Windage Range: 60 MOA
Length: 355mm (14 inch)
Weight: 740g (26.1 oz)
Optics Coating: Fully-multi coated
Featured Description
5 years warranty
Long eye relief.
1/4 MOA High Finger windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
Completely seeled and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance.Shock tested to 1200g.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish.
Fast focus eyepiece at olucar lens adjustment (diopter compensation -2 to 1.5).
Package List:
– 1 x Riflescope
– 2 x 30mm weaver mount ring (default) or dovetail mount ring (on request only)
– 2 x flip-up lens cap
– 1 x honeycomb sunshade
– 1 x cleaning cloth
Rifle Scope Product Features
5 years warranty.
30mm Monotube. 3.6-4.0 inch long eye relief and minimum side focus distance is 10 yards.
1/4 MOA High Finger windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy. Etched glass reticle.
Completely sealed and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance. Shock tested to 1200g.
Free 30mm mount rings, honeycomb sunshade and flip-up lens cover.
About the Vector Optics Company
Vector Optics is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts, scopes, and related products by making the most of elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the VECTOR OPTICS 3-18x50mm 1/4 MOA Tactical Riflescope with Etched MPX Glass Reticle, Long Eye Rilief, 30mm Mount Rings, Honeycomb Sunshade and Flip-up Lens Cover by Vector Optics. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Rifle Glass Facts
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to account for many natural elements like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely 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 target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are located within and on the exterior of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of an optic.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has identifies where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes magnification. It simply implies the reticle is behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding on the best kind of rifle optic depends on what style of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
Info About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture with less room taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Scope Zoom
The extent of scope zoom you need on your glass is based on the type of shooting you want to do. Almost every style of rifle scope supplies some degree of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope supplies is established by the dimension, thickness, and curves of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This denotes what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not adjust because it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power adjustment is accomplished 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 Optics
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification glass given that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Rifle Optic Lens Coverings
All top teir rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens coating is a vital aspect of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope manufacturers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various processes, polarizations, chemicals, and components to draw out separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Info on Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coatings used to them. All lenses normally 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 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 producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This means the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives several treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking multiple actions to combat different environmental aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t necessarily suggest the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Covering
Water on a lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering.
Scope Installation Alternatives
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the glass.
Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is perfect for rifles which require a resilient, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
About Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle glass can mess up a day on the range and your expensive optic by inducing fogging and producing residue within the scope’s tube. A lot of optics prevent wetness from getting in the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these scopes can be immersed under 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 plan on taking your rifle on a boat and are worried about the optic still performing if it is submerged in water and you can still find the gun.
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less affected by climate shifts and pressure differences from the outside environment which could potentially allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
