Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics Taurus 3-18x50mm 30mm Tube, First Focal Plane (FFP) 1/10 MIL Red Illuminated Tactical Riflescope
First Focus Plane(FFP): FFP scopes place the reticle in front of the erector. They are more specifically designed for tactical shooters and hunters where the distance to target changes and is often unknown. With an FFP reticle, the size of the reticle will appear to change as the scope’s magnification is changed. And it helps with calculating bullet drop and wind calls.
Specifications
Magnification: 3-18x
Objective Lens Dia: 50mm
Ocular Lens Dia: 36mm
Ocular Length: 60mm
Reticle: FFP glass reticle
Click Value: 1/10 MIL
Windage Range: 17.5 MIL (60 MOA)
Illumination: 6 levels red
Elevation Range: 17.5 MIL (60 MOA)
Exit Pupil: 16.6mm @ 3x/ 2.7mm @ 18x
Field of View: 32.9 feet @ 100 yards (3x), 5.8 feet @ 100 yards (18x)
Eye Relief: 100mm (4.0 inch)
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
Side Focus Range: 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 100, 150, 200, 500 yards to infinity
Length: 335mm (12.2 inch)
Weight: 750g (26.5 oz)
Optics Coating: Fully-multi coated
Featured Description
Lifetime warranty
Long eye relief.
1/10 MIL windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
Completely seeled and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance.Shock tested to 1000g.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish.
Fast focus eyepiece at olucar lens adjustment (diopter compensation from -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 lens cap
– 1 x 0.1 MRAD silver colored elevation turret
– 1 x 0.1 MRAD gold colored elevation turret
– 1 x honeycomb sunshade
– 1 x cleaning cloth
Note: We offer 5 YEARS WARRANTY. Please feel free to contact us if you have any interests or product issues, we are available 24/7 online.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Lifetime warranty. Optics hold zero.
The reticle is red illuminated along the first focal plane. The illunimation has 6 levels brightness. Turret lock sytem. Pull to adjust, press to lock.
30mm Monotube. 1/10 MIL windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
Completely sealed and nitrogen filled for waterproof, fogproof and shockproof performance. Shock tested to 1000g.
Free 30mm mount rings, each one spare silver and gold colored 0.1 MRAD elevation turret, honeycomb sunshade and lens covers.
About the Vector Optics Manufacturer
Vector Optics is a premium manufacturer for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products using elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Vector Optics Taurus 3-18x50mm 30mm Tube, First Focal Plane (FFP) 1/10 MIL Red Illuminated Tactical Riflescope by Vector Optics. For more shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for numerous environmental considerations like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are arranged within and on the exterior of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
About Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the best type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non amplified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who like a clearer optic picture with less space used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Optics
The extent of scope zoom you need on your scope depends on the style of shooting you intend to do. Nearly every type of rifle scope offers some degree of zoom. The level of zoom a scope provides is identified by the dimension, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate since it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification increments. It will list the magnification amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This also utilizes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is achieved utilizing the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Rifle Scopes
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they could be successfully used. Highly magnified glass will not be as useful as lower powered glass considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Info on Rifle Scope Lens Coating
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of glass coverings. Lens finishing can be a crucial aspect of a rifle’s setup when contemplating high end rifle optics and scope equipment. The glass lenses are among the most essential parts of the glass as they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The covering on the lenses shields the lens surface as well as improves anti glare from excess sunrays and color presence.
HD Versus ED Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope makers will also use “HD” or high-definition glass coverings that employ different procedures, rare earth compounds, polarizations, and elements to enhance a wide range of colors and viewable definition through lenses. This high-definition finishing is typically used with more costly, high density glass which reduces light’s chance to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over items with hard shapes as light hits the object from various angles.
Info on Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard 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 coated lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking multiple actions to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally does not always suggest the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in creating the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Finishes
Water on a scope’s lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line and premium scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It treats the surface of the Steiner optic lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Options for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifles which require a long lasting, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and remove a scope from a rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect firmly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining precision. These types of mounts are useful and practical for shooting platforms which are carried a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are used between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
Details on Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day on the range and your costly optic by causing fogging and making residue within the scope tube. Many optics prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these water resistant optics can be submerged under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness prevention for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle aboard watercrafts and are concerned about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still salvage the firearm.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another element of preventing the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by condition shifts and pressure differences from the outdoor 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 good rifle scope to seek out.
