Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Hatsan Optima 8-32X50E-SFT Scope
Airgun and firearm rated. 8x – 32x zoom. 50mm objective w/ integrated angled sun shade. Side focus parallax adjustment. Dovetail rings included.
Rifle Scope Product Features
8-32x Zoom Side Focus Parallax
Side Focus Parallax
30mm tube diameter
Dovetail mounts included
1/8 MOA click adjustments
About the Hatsan Brand
Hatsan is a premium producer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their products making the most of elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Hatsan Optima 8-32X50E-SFT Scope by Hatsan. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by making use of a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for numerous natural aspects like wind speed and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing via the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are located internally and on the exterior of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Considering the finest type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non magnified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without having “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their long guns
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Scope Magnification
The quantity of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the type of shooting you would like to do. Nearly every style of rifle scope gives some level of zoom. The level of magnification a scope delivers is established by the size, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This means what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Optic Details
A single power rifle scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate since it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Details
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will list the zoom degree in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the zoom of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Glass Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Bear in mind that high power glass will not be as efficient as lower powered scopes because too much magnification can be a bad thing. The very same idea goes for extended distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Rifle Scopes
All contemporary rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens finish is a significant aspect of a rifle system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
Details on Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various techniques, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Glass Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens receives several treatments, it can prove that a company is taking numerous actions to combat various natural elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends upon the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering which is water repellent.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Glass on Firearms
Installing options for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also usually come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is perfect for rifles which require a durable, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach tightly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while preserving precision. These types of mounts come in convenient for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are adopted in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope’s tube. Most optics prevent humidity from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these water resistant optics can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture avoidance for common use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are worried about the optic still functioning if it goes overboard and you can still recover the gun.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature level shifts and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
