Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics Continental 4-24×50 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Rifle Scope, 30mm Tube, 1/10 MIL Per Click Adjustment, Return-to-Zero Turret, Free Picatinny/Weaver Mount Rings, Matte Black
Specifications:
Magnification: 4-24x
Objective Lens Dia.:50mm
Tube Dia.:30mm
Adjustment Click Value: 1/10 MIL
Reticle: Etched glass VCT-20
Illumination: 6 gear
Field of View: 31.1-5.2 Feet @ 100 yards
Field of View: 10.4-1.7 Meter @ 100 meters
Eye Relief: 100mm (4.0 inch)
Exit Pupil: 9.5-2.1mm
Parallax Setting: 100 yards
Side Focus:10 Yds to infinite
Elevation Range: >20 MIL
Windage Range: >20 MIL
Lens Coating: Fully multicoated
Length: 370mm (14.6 inch)
Weight: 670g (23.6 ounce)
Finish: Matte
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
Features:
Lifetime Warranty; The Continental 2-24×50 is One of Vector Optics Top Line Scopes Which Can Compete Worldwide Famous Brand Optics
30mm Tube with Fully Multi-coated Lens Increase Light Commission up to 90% for Low-Light Conditions;
Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Waterproof at 1m and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g
Turret Lock Feature: Press Down to Lock Without Click Movement
Focus mark: 10,15, 20, 30, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 500 and infinite
Two 30mm Scope Mount Rings Can Be Easily Mounted Onto Any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver Mount Rails
Package Includes:
– 1 x 4-24×50 Riflescope
– 2 x 30mm Mount Rings
– 1 x Allen Wrench
– 1 x Lens Cover
– 1 x Instruction
– 1 x Cleaning cloth
Rifle Scope Product Features
Lifetime Warranty; The Continental 4-24×50 is One of Vector Optics Top Line Scopes Which Can Compete Worldwide Famous Brand Optics
30mm Tube with Fully Multi-coated Lens Increase Light Commissionup to 90% for Low-Light Conditions; Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Waterproof at 1m and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g
Turret Lock Feature: Press Down to Lock Without Click Movement
Two 30mm Scope Mount Rings Can Be Easily Mounted Onto Any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver Mount Rails
About the Vector Optics Manufacturer
Vector Optics is a premium company for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and build their scopes and related products using building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Vector Optics Continental 4-24×50 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Rifle Scope, 30mm Tube, 1/10 MIL Per Click Adjustment, Return-to-Zero Turret, Free Picatinny/Weaver Mount Rings, Matte Black by Vector Optics. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Rifle Optic Information
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of numerous ecological factors like wind and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most modern-day rifle optics have about eleven parts which are located within and externally on the scope. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of optics.
About Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in connection with the optic’s magnification. It literally indicates the reticle is located behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Deciding upon the very best kind of rifle glass depends on what kind of shooting or hunting you plan on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the same size in relation to the quantity of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements evolve based on the zoom used to shoot over lengthier ranges due to the fact that the markings represent different increments which change with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These kinds of glass are convenient for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who like a clearer optic picture with less space used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Zoom
The amount of scope zoom you need on your glass depends on the sort of shooting you choose to do. Practically every style of rifle glass provides some degree of magnification. The level of magnification a scope offers is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This indicates what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power adjustment is accomplished by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Scope Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they may be efficiently used. Always remember that higher magnification glass will not be as practical as lower magnification level optics because excessive zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Rifle Optic Lens Finish
All top teir rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. Lens covering can be a significant aspect of a rifle’s setup when considering high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some rifle scope companies additionally use “HD” or high-definition glass finishings that make the most of various processes, components, chemical substances, and polarizations to extract different color ranges and viewable target definition through the lens. This HD covering is commonly used with increased density glass which decreases light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over things with defined shapes as light hits the item from certain angles.
Optic Lens Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can even have different coverings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a finishing placed on it so that it will be optimally usable in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Rifle Optic Lens Coating
Water on an optic’s lens does not assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Installing Options
Installing solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are created for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is exceptional for rifles which need a durable, rock solid mount which will not change despite just how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you really want to have for a devoted optics system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction firearm which will almost never need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted safely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics company. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by bringing about fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is currently taken up by the gas, the scope is less influenced by temp changes and pressure distinctions from the external environment which might potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
