gr8fuldoug Report post Posted December 19, 2009 MINOX ZA 3 & ZA 5 Riflescopes It is with great pleasure that we announce the introduction of the New MINOX ZA Series Riflescopes. The MINOX ZA Series Riflescopes are well featured & deliver high performance. High Quality at Affordable Prices with Features Hunters Want Most! Advanced German engineering and design Assembled in the USA Up to 5x magnification zoom ranges Rugged aero-space grade aluminum 1” mono-tube construction Hard anodized black matte non-glare finish Legendary German SCHOTT optical glass Fully, multi-coated lens elements, up to 21 layers Argon gas purged for water and fog-proof performance in any environment Large, finger adjustable windage & elevation controls Precise predictable/repeatable reticle movements ¼ MOA adjustment ZA 3 and ZA 5 2-10x50 & 3-15x42 1/8 MOZ adjustment ZA 5 4-20x50 only Safe and versatile long four inch + eye relief Rubber cushioned fast-focus eyepiece Positive soft-touch enhanced variable power ring All models available with PLEX or MINOX BDC reticles All models packed with the added protection of a Scopecoat cover Models & Prices: 66000 ZA 3 3-9x40 PLEX $399 66001 ZA 3 3-9x40 BDC $419 66010 ZA 5 2-10x40 PLEX $479 66011 ZA 5 2-10x40 BDC $509 66020 ZA 5 3-15x42 PLEX $499 66021 ZA5 3-15x42 BDC $529 66030 ZA 5 4-20x50 PLEX $699 66031 ZA 5 4-20x50 BDC $729 Technical Data ZA 3 3-9x40 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66000 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66001 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 60 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 60 MOA Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 9 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 3 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 40 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 4.4 Exit pupil low 13.3 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 31.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 10.5 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 3/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 1 7/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 13.6 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 2-10x40 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66010 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66011 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 72 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 72 MOA Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 10 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 2 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 40 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 4.0 Exit pupil low 20.0 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 47.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 9.4 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 3/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 1 7/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 12 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 3-15x42 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66020 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66021 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 60 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 60 MOA Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 15 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 3 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 42 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 2.8 Exit pupil low 14.0 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 31.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 6.3 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 1/6" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3 1/8" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 2 1/16" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 17 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 4-20x50-SF Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66030 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66031 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/8" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 80 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 80 MOA Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 20 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 4 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 50 Parallax setting or adjustment range 25 yds-∞ Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 2.5 Exit pupil low 12.5 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 23.6 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 4.7 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 13 1/8" Main tube length ( 5 13/16" Front mounting distance © 2 7/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3 13/16" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 2 3/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 25 oz Finish Matte Just got some images These will start becoming available in the next month or so. 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gr8fuldoug Report post Posted December 22, 2009 OK, I just received the following from my contact at Minox: Attached are what I have for reticle images. For the BDC reticle basic drop approximations can be made for a 30 caliber center fire rifle; sighted “dead on” at 100 yards the first stadia line would be 200 yards, and the 2nd stadia line would approximate 300 yards. The up-right hash marks on the center line approximates the bullet drift for a 10 mph crosswind and the ends of the lower stadia lines approximate the effect of the same 10 mph crosswind at 200 and 300 yards. These approximates apply with the power settings of the 3-9 and 2-10 at maximum magnification, with the 3-15 it is at 10x and with the 4-20 it is at 16x. All ballistic reticles can only provide accurate drop points from test shooting the specific weapon upon which it is mounted. Even then it only is accurate for the same ammo and will vary with temperature, altitude, and barometric pressure. Most shooters understand that such reticles are a tool which needs to calibrated and not a magic wand out of the box. Personally I would probably sight a big game rifle to be dead on at 200 yards and then test shoot to determine point of impact at the additional stadia lines. BDC: Plex: I hope this helps. Let me know if you've got additional questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeybari Report post Posted December 22, 2009 Are the tubes coming in only at 1" Will they make a 30mm tube or more That seems to be what most height end scope makers are doing I am in the market of a new scope I have narrowed it down to three types Night force 3.5 - 15 x 50 NXS leup mark 4 4.5-14 50 IOR 4-14 x 50 ULTRA Any thoughts thank you joe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gr8fuldoug Report post Posted December 29, 2009 I just received the following from Minox: Attached you will find a revised Specifications Sheet for the ZA Riflescopes. Please note the changes made in the weights listed for each model. The initial information was developed from engineering design documents. The new information provided was determined by actually weighing production samples. The greatest change is with the ZA 5 4-20x50 SF which was listed at 25 ounces but actually weighs only 18.9 ounces! Also you will note an added line in the Windage/Elevation section which states the image plane placement of the reticles. All ZA models place the reticle in the second image plane which provides for a consistent (non-magnifying) visual reticle size at all power settings. This is the “classic” placement of reticles in American style riflescopes. Please let me know if you have questions or require additional information Technical Data ZA 3 3-9x40 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66000 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66001 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 60 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 60 MOA Reticle/Image Plane 2nd Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 9 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 3 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 40 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 4.4 Exit pupil low 13.3 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 31.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 10.5 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 3/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 1 7/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 12.8 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 2-10x40 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66010 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66011 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 72 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 72 MOA Reticle/Image Plane 2nd Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 10 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 2 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 40 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 4.0 Exit pupil low 20.0 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 47.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 9.4 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 3/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 1 7/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 13.1 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 3-15x42 Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66020 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66021 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/4" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 60 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 60 MOA Reticle/Image Plane 2nd Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 15 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 3 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 42 Parallax setting or adjustment range 100 yds Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 2.8 Exit pupil low 14.0 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 31.5 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 6.3 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 12 3/16" Main tube length ( 5 9/16" Front mounting distance © 2 1/6" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3 1/8" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 2 1/16" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 13.7 oz Finish Matte Technical Data ZA 5 4-20x50-SF Order Number With MinoPlex Reticle #66030 With MINOX BDC Reticle #66031 Windage/Elevation Reticle Adjustment/per Click 1/8" at 100 yards Windage reticle travel - total 80 MOA Elevation reticle travel - total 80 MOA Reticle/Image Plane 2nd Power Selector Magnification high power (+/- 5%) 20 Magnification low power (+/- 5%) 4 Objective Lens Clear aperture (mm) 50 Parallax setting or adjustment range 25 yds-∞ Eyepiece Eye relief >4.0 Exit pupil high 2.5 Exit pupil low 12.5 Eyepiece - diopter (min) -2 Eyepiece + diopter (min) 1.5 Image Field of View Low Power - ft@100 yds 23.6 Field of View High Power - ft@100 yds 4.7 Lens Coating Fully multicoated w/M* Coating yes Mechanical Main tube diameter 1 inch Overall length (a) 13 1/8" Main tube length ( 5 13/16" Front mounting distance © 2 7/16" Rear mounting distance (d) 2 3/16" Objective bell length (e) 3 13/16" Eyepiece assembly length (f) 3 9/16" Objective diameter (g) 2 3/8" Eyepiece diameter (h) 1 9/16" Weight 18.9 oz Finish Matte Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
