Primary Arms SLX3.5 4-14x44 FFP Details
- Silver Series from Primary Arms optics offers a great price to performance ratio.
- There is a wide array of reticles available for this model.
- Having 6 illumination intensity levels on a riflescope in this price class is exceptional.
Introduction
Primary Arms is an American company that is constantly gaining in popularity for two major reasons – offering products of high quality at an affordable price and implementing their own, custom reticles in their optical devices.
In 2019, Primary Arms decided to divide their optics in four tiers, Classic (CLx), Silver (SLx), Gold (GLx), and Platinum (PLx). They chose to do this because their customers had difficulties determining which riflescope belongs to which price class. Primary Arms’ products are now much more organized, which makes work easier for both customers and retailers.
About the model (SLX3.5 4-14x44 FFP)
Primary Arms SLX3.5 4-14x44 FFP is one of the FFP scopes from the Silver series. It has been designed for long range tactical shooting, allowing shooters to shoot at a 100-yard mark, 300 yards or as far as 1,000 yards. It offers 3.5x zoom with a 4x minimum magnification.
It has an aluminum black matte one-piece housing with a very interesting shape. The main tube is 30 mm, there is no mounting rail underneath it. This means that for the mounting on the rifle the user needs the right scope rings/scope mount to fit the tube's diameter.
This is a first focal plane riflescope (FFP scope), meaning that the scope reticle is located in front of the magnification lenses. Because of that the reticle size changes with magnification. The mil-dot reticle is partially illuminated and has 6 intensity levels. There is an off switch between each illumination level. The illumination turret is in front of the magnification ring. Because of that a small mounting space is left in between the illumination turret and other turrets. The battery used is CR2032.
There are 4 different reticles to choose from:
- ACSS HUD DMR .308/223
- ACSS HUD DMR 5.56 NATO
- ARC-2 MOA
- R-Grid 2B
Reticles that include horseshoe and chevron have illumination limited to these two parts.
This PA scope features exposed tactical turrets, there is no Zero-lock mechanism. The multi-turn turrets have a turn indicator. The turrets track correctly through their MIL adjustment range. The parallax adjustment knob is mounted on the left side of the scope. The parallax can be set anywhere between 10 yards and infinity. The clicks on the riflescope are in milliradians (1 click = 0.1 MIL) or MOA (1 click = ¼ MOA. The reticle has a true MIL/MIL (or MOA/MOA) configuration.
The riflescope comes with a rubber bikini cover. The price point is set at around 300 €.
- 4 reticles to choose from
- Parallax can be set between 10 yards and infinity
- 30 mm tube
- Partially illuminated reticle
- Audible 0.1 MIL / ¼ MOA clicks; MIL/MIL (MOA/MOA) configuration
- No Zero-lock mechanism
- Small mounting space
- Black matte one-piece housing
- FFP configuration
- Made in China
Primary Arms SLX3.5 4-14x44 FFP Specifications
Manufacturer Primary Arms Riflescopes series Primary Arms Silver Series SLX Made in China In production since 2017 Warranty 3 years SKU 818500010920c Variable magnification Yes Minimal magnification. 4x Maximal magnification. 14x Diopter range - Lens diameter. 44mm Min. exit pupil. 3.3mm Max. exit pupil. 11.2mm Min. field of view. 2.6m/100m Max. field of view. 9.1m/100m Min. eye relief. 80mm Max. eye relief. 81.8mm Twilight Factor - Light transmission 10.9 - 125 Fast focus eyepiece Yes Turret Type Tactical Turret locking No Zero Stop No Nr. Turret Turns MT - Multi Turn Turret rotation direction CCW Elevation (mrad). 17.44mrad Windage (mrad). 17.44mrad Elevation Per Turn 0.1 Mil Reticle position 1. focal plane - FFP Reticle illumination Yes Illumination color Red Daytime-usable illumination No Auto Turn-Off No Dot size. 0MOA Parallax setting Adjustable Parallax adjustment Yes - side focus Parallax adj. range 10 m - Infinity Length. 330mm Weight. 600g Color Black Working temperature range - Power Supply No Filled with - Lens coating Fully Multicoated Tube diameter 30 mm Mounting rail. No Scope Rail Standard No Mount rail type 30 mm Mount length. 150mm Objective diameter 45 mm Eyepiece diameter 51 mm Waterproof Yes Fogproof Yes Shockproof Yes Built-in rangefinder No