Riflescopes MEOPTA Artemis

:: Types of reticles ::

Meopta Riflescopes are available in various reticle types. With 11 different designs to choose from even the discerning sportsman is sure to find one to fit his needs. See the table for more detail.

To use the distance scale in your Artemis riflescope, simply line up the target or the portion of the target, whose real height you estimate to be 0.5m (this dimension is indicated by the number 0.5 to the left of the scale), on the bottom line in the reticle scale. Once you have done this then the number that coincides with the top of your target indicates the targets distance in hundreds of meters. For example if the body trunk height of an adult Roebuck is estimated to be 0.5m, then as seen in the illustration below this Roebuck is approximately 200 meters away from the shooter.

:: When it is said.. ::

The question has been asked many times and the answer still remains the same. Both have properties that make them advantageous to use. Steel tubes are the most resistant to external damage, while aluminum alloy offers a lighter product. But both provide strong durable outer protection for the internal mechanism and optics. Meopta is proud to be able to offer both, if getting the highest level of strength and durability is important then try our 2000 & 2100 series, if weight is your main concern then new 3000 and 3100 series are just what you are looking for. Construction of Meopta riflescopes with steel tubes, however, has another additional advantage: it uses the effect of "temperature compensation", where length variations of the main tube with various temperatures are fully compensated by length variations of the internal tube carrying the reticle and lenses of the erecting system. This unique feature of Artemis 1000 and Artemis 2000 riflescopes means in practical terms that null parallax adjusted at 100m in assembling workshops of Meopta at temperature of 20°C remains adjusted at 100m under midday sun of equatorial Africa as well as on frozen plains of Alaska.

Quadratic course of adjustment means that windage and elevation adjustment is mutually independent and as such guarantee that a full range of movement can be attained in any direction. The illustration below shows a comparison of a full range of adjustment for a Meopta riflescope and a "no-name" riflescope. You will note that in some directions the adjustment range of the "no-name" riflescope exceeds the Meopta range, however in important (especially diagonal) directions it attains insufficient adjustment range. Irregular circumference of the adjustment field of the "no-name" scope indicates that horizontal and vertical movements are not independent (it is shown especially in extreme positions), i.e., with turning the windage adjusting knob the reticle also moves in the vertical direction.

Placement of the reticle (crosshairs) in the front focal plane (behind the objective lens) means that with increased magnification both the target image and the reticle thickness increase (Artemis 2000 & 2100 offer front focal plain reticles). Placing the reticle in the rear focal plane (in front of the eyepiece) allows the reticle to maintain its virtual size throughout the entire magnification range. (The New 3000 & 3100 series offers the reticle in the rear focal plain). Both positions have there benefits, a reticle positioned in the front focal plane enable the user to use the reticle distance scale and pitches of thick lines for measuring distances, while a reticle in the rear focal plain maintains a constant size and thickness, making it easier to target smaller game at longer distances. All fixed magnification riflescopes are not affected by the reticle position.