Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics Minotaur 12-60×60 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope with Red & Green Illuminated Reticle, 35mm Tube, 1/8 MOA Per Click Adjustment, Turret Lock System, Free Mount Rings, Sunshade
Specifications:
Magnification: 12-60x
Objective Lens Dia.:60mm
Tube Dia.:35mm
Adjustment Click Value: 1/8 MOA
Reticle: Etched glass Reticle, center dot 0.1MOA diameter
Illumination: Red & Green
Illumination:11 levels, center dot lighted
Ocular Dia: 42mm(1.7 inch)
Ocular Length: 65mm(2.6 inch)
Field of View: 8.38-1.68 Feet @ 100 yards
Eye Relief: 108-99mm (4.3-3.9 inch)
Exit Pupil: 5.0-1.0mm
Parallax Setting:100 yards
Side Focus:30 yds to infinite (30, 50, 100, 300, 500 and infinite)
Elevation Range: 30 MOA
Windage Range: 30 MOA
Lens Coating: Fully multicoated
Length: 498mm (19.6 inch)
Weight: 1170g (41.3 ounce)
Finish: Matte
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
Distance between objective lens part and middle turret: 110mm (4.3 inch)
Length of middle turret part: 60mm (2.4 inch)
Distance between middle turret part to power ring: 60mm (2.4 inch)
Diopter compensation from fast-focus eyepiece (+2 to -2.0)
Features:
5 Years Warranty
35mm Monotube.
1/8 MOA windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
The reticle is red and green illuminated along the second focal plane.
The illunimation has 11 levels of brightness.
Turret lock feature: Pull to adjust, press to lock.
Side Focus starts at 30 Yard.
Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing.
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Water Resistance and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish.
Package Includes:
– 1 x12-60×60 Riflescope
– 2 x 35mm Tactical high profile mount
– 1 x Lens Cover
– 1 x 3 inch Sunshade
– 1 x Cleaning cloth
Rifle Scope Product Features
5 years warranty. Super Thin Etched Reticle.
The reticle is red and green illuminated along the second focal plane. The illunimation has 11 levels of brightness.
Turret lock sytem. Pull to adjust, press to lock. Side Focus starts at 30 Yard.
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Water Resistance and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g.
Free 35mm mount rings, and lens covers, 3 inch sunshade.
About the Vector Optics Company
Vector Optics is a premium company for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their products by applying building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Vector Optics Minotaur 12-60×60 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope with Red & Green Illuminated Reticle, 35mm Tube, 1/8 MOA Per Click Adjustment, Turret Lock System, Free Mount Rings, Sunshade by Vector Optics. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Glass Facts
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted for the consideration of various environmental things like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The type of focal plane an optic has identifies where the reticle or crosshair is located in connection with the optic’s magnifying adjustments. It literally implies the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Considering the best style of rifle scope depends upon what style of shooting or hunting you intend on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the level of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their long guns
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the very same overall size in relation to the level of magnification being used. The end result is that the reticle measurements adapt based upon the zoom chosen to shoot over greater distances given that the reticle measurements represent different increments which differ with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular sorts of glass are convenient for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without area taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Zoom
The amount of scope magnification you need on your optic depends upon the style of shooting you want to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic provides some amount of magnification. The level of magnification a scope delivers is established by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This denotes what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Info on Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not adjust because it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass Info
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power adjustment is accomplished by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Glass
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the distances where they could be successfully used. Bear in mind that higher magnification scopes and optics will not be as practical as lower magnification level scopes due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The very same idea goes for extended distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Optics
All cutting-edge rifle scope and optic lenses are layered. Lens coating can be an important element of a shooting system when looking into high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use various techniques, chemicals, polarizations, and elements to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coatings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being 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 finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect 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 producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This means the lens has had multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking several steps to fight different environmental elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t necessarily mean the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” hinges on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of components used in developing the rifle optic.
Anti-water Lens Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish which is water repellent.
Options for Mounting Scopes on Firearms
Mounting solutions for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp design 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 abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect solidly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while retaining precision. These kinds of mounts come in convenient for rifles which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are employed in between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can wreck a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes protect against humidity from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water resistant 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 ample humidity avoidance for conventional use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle boating and are concerned about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still rescue the firearm.
Gas Purged Rifle Optic Tubes
Another part of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less influenced by temp shifts and pressure variations from the external environment which might possibly allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
