The 5Tactix is an LPVO that thinks it’s a 5 Conquer long range rifle scope. The 5Tactix is part of the trend trend of more magnification in LPVO’s. Not just 6x or 8x but an impressive 10x. This really blurs the lines given not-too-long-ago a 3-9x scope was the standard for “long range” rifle scopes.
Riton sent me a sample of the 5Tactix which I first saw earlier this year at SHOT Show 2023. This scope is part of Riton’s new product line redesign with their new signature Rifle Twist pattern on their control surfaces. It is a design inspired by the lands and grooves of a rifle barrel twist. This aggressive groove patten offers very good grip contact for wet or gloved hands as well as a very stylish look that I find aesthetically appealing.
This LPVO has a 34mm tube with capped turrets. The turrets are resettable and are tactile positive and very audible. The adjustments in my sample are 1/10 of a MRAD per click.
The magnification ring has Riton’s patented Throw Fin design which has two slots on the ring. You can reposition or remove the included throw-lever fin on either slot to best fit your handedness or ergonomics. The fin appears much more durable than a screw on lever and Riton offers options to purchase additional fins of different heigh profiles.
The reticle is First Focal Plane (FFP). At 1x this appears as a thin T-style reticle with arrowheads and a floating center dot. The cross hairs thin. They remind me of precession reticles on target rifle scopes. This is the problem, this isn’t a target rifle scope, it’s an LPVO.
Most people choose an LPVO because they own an AR. For most civilians that really means 10-100yrds at the range or 100-300yrds hunting. A hunting reticle needs to provide a visible aiming point in cluttered backgrounds and for action shooters that also means an aim point that can be visually re-acquired during quick follow up shots.
The 5Tactix’s thin 1x reticle is hard to find in cluttered backgrounds especially after recoil; unless you happen to be shooting on flat desert or snow terrain. Some LPVOs with thin reticles get around having thin cross hairs by offering thick aiming cues or compensating with bright center illumination. Unfortunately the 5Tactix does neither well.
The thin cross hairs have thicker arrow heads at the tip but they don’t become prominent until the scope is set at 5x or higher and the FFP reticle is scaled up. The 5Tactix offers 6 levels of illumination which light up the arrowheads and the center diamond and Christmas Tree. At max brightness the 5Tactix reticle is indoor bright but not daylight bright and far short of “red dot bright” found in Nightforce and other high end LPVOs.
At 5x and especially 10x the 5Tactix really starts to shine. The center dot enlarges to reveal a diamond aiming point with a Christmas Tree grid below providing hold overs out to 1100 yards. The 5Tactix has the glass clarity to back up 1000 yard use providing a clear bright image from 1x to 10x. Riton would have been better served making a 5Tactix SFP version with the 10x reticle as its fixed reticle available at 1x.
My sample optic appeared to be wider than 1x at its lowest end. Objects in the scope appeared slightly smaller. I had to dial up the magnification to ~1.1-1.2 to get a 1:1 match when sighting with both eyes open. But the view it did provide was as sharp and bright as higher end LPVOs on the market.
Perhaps Riton was focused a bit too much on being the best long range LPVO with the 5Tactix? Or perhaps the 5Tactix was designed for a very specific type of rifle user. Who that is, I’m not sure but its not me.
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RESOLUTION (50 yrds)
GROUP: -1
ELEMENT: 2
SPECS
RITON 5 Tactix
Magnification: 1-10
Parallax: Fixed 100 yrds
Tube Diameter: 30mm
Objective Lens: 24mm
Reticle: 30T First Focal Plane
Lens Coating: Fully Multi-Coated, Low Light
Field of View: 105.8ft – 10.5ft @ 100 yrds
Eye Relief: 4 in/101mm
Exit Pupil: Low 7.2mm – High 2.4mm
Click Value: 1/10th MRAD
Adjustment Range: 40 MRAD
Length: 11.25in/285mm
Weight: 1.6lbs/26oz
