Description
Rifle Scope Mount Product Details
Leupold STD 30mm High, Silver
STD 30mm High Silver
Rifle Scope Mount Product Features
Package length: 10.922 cm
Package width: 11.684 cm
Package height: 1.524 cm
Product Type: SPORTING GOODS
Sport type: Hunting
About the Leupold Company
Leupold is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and make their scopes and related products choosing building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Leupold STD 30mm High, Silver by Leupold. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to account for numerous environmental considerations like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most contemporary rifle optics have about eleven parts which are located internally and outside of the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies in relation to the optic’s magnification. It literally means the reticle is located behind or before the magnifying lens of the optic. Looking for the most suitable sort of rifle scope depends upon what sort of hunting or shooting you anticipate undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane glass (FFP) come with the reticle ahead of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the identical tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are minor
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Optics
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 reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture without room used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Details on Scope Zoom
The amount of magnification a scope supplies is figured out by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate since it is set from the factory.
Info on Adjustable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the zoom amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope can be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished by operating the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Rifle Optics
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they could be successfully used. High power scopes will not be as beneficial as lower magnification scopes since too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs to have increased power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finish for Glass
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are covered. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope setups.
ED Versus HD Rifle Glass
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different methods, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to draw out various 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.
Glass Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coatings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect 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 producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Lens Hydrophobic Covering
Water on an optic’s lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It treats the exterior surfaces of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads roll off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Installing Scopes on Long Guns
Installing options for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope 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 styles of scope mounts use two individual rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is very good for rifle systems which need to have a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a faithful scope setup on a far away hunting or hard target interdiction firearm which will almost never need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount’s screws to stop the hex screws from backing out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes avoid moisture from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by climate changes and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which might potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
