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FOCUS Traditions Firearms Tactical Scopes ring is a raised, enhanced lug. The designers at Traditions have obviously listened to feedback from riflemen using a scope under feld conditions while wearing gloves. Illuminated Mil-Dot The Traditions scope mounts are available in three different heights and two different fastener patterns for the exact mounting height. The AR Marksman uses an Illuminated Mil-Dot reticle. The frst thought about any illuminated optic in police use should be battery life and Plan B for a dead battery. In this case, Plan B is built right into the scope. The default black Mil-Dot reticle is hard-etched into the glass, so a black Mil-Dot crosshair will always be available. In addition to being a backup in case of battery failure, the non-illuminated black MilDot is the better choice in bright light. The battery life on full illumination is 30 hours of continuous operation. In tactical use during overcast or dim light conditions, one of the fve lower In addition to the AR Marksman, Traditions also makes the AR Patrolman. This is a 1-4x scope with an Illuminated Dot reticle, red or green. is about as large as you can go without having the scope mounted so high to clear the barrel that it affects a proper cheekweld. Larger objective lenses transmit more light than smaller objective lenses, especially at higher powers and under dimmer light. The police sniper certainly wants the most light gathering (light transmission) under all conditions. The 44mm lens does just that. Of course, the 30mm tube allows both greater image resolution and a greater range of elevation adjustments. Big lenses and big tubes are the keys to a dim lighttolerant police scope. Elevation-Windage The elevation and windage is adjustable for zeroing, distance and range conditions with two large, knurled turrets. The knobs lift to make frm click adjustments and they lower to lock the turret. The adjustments are the industry-standard ¼-inch at 100 yards. However, the AR Marksman is more clearly marked than most scopes on which way, and by how much, to rotate the turrets. Once the scope is zeroed, Allen screws can be loosened and the numerically etched knobs can be zeroed to the scope tube zero reference point. These turrets are marked into 14 different ¼-inch click adjustment brackets. The power adjustment ring is knurled, of course. However, on this scope, every other knurl on the magnifcation 36 LAW and ORDER I January 2014 Repeatability test is the mark of a quality scope. Make major elevation and windage adjustments and shoot. The AR Marksman did indeed return to zero.