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Rifle Scope Product Details
Nikon P-Tactical .223 3-9×40 Matte BDC600
Nikon new p-tactical riflescopes provide the features you need to maximize your shooting experience-regardless of the platform you mount it on. Fully multicoated optical systems housed in rugged, one-inch, aircraft-grade aluminum main tubes brighten even the most dismal environments and unforgiving conditions.
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
The BDC 600 reticle offers Shooters unique open circle aiming points and hash marks from 100 to 600 yards
One inch body tube
Spring loaded instant zero resets turrets
Elevated windage and elevation turrets
Generous consistant Eye relief
NIKON P-TACTICAL SCOPES
Nikon’s P-TACTICAL scopes provide the features you need to maximize your hunting experience ” regardless of the platform you mount it on. Fully multicoated optical systems housed in rugged, one-inch, aircraft-grade aluminum main tubes brighten even the most dismal environments and unforgiving conditions. The versatile 3x zoom ratio (on variable models) provides the field of view at the low end and the detail at the high end to satisfy most shooting demands. P-TACTICAL’s hash-marked MK1-MOA or MK1-MRAD reticles are matched to ergonomic turrets with directional indicators to make every come-up-or down ” both simple and intuitive. Dedicated caliber models ” including rimfire ” match the reticle to your preferred caliber. When used in conjunction with Nikon’s free Spot On Ballistic Technology, all reticles offer exact holdover points or elevation adjustment for any long-range engagement.
Bright, Fully Multicoated Optics
Fuly multicoated optical systemshoused in rugged, one-inch, aircraft-grade aluminum main tube brighten even the most dismal environments.
Spring-loaded Instant Zero-reset Turrets
Windage and elevation turrets are clearly marked for quick adjustments. Rugged, aircraft-grade aluminum main tube.
Quick Focus Eyepiece
Smooth-turn aluminum ring with rubberized eye guard allows crisp reticle focus and quick target acquisition. Spring-loaded windage and elevation knobs can be reset to “zero” after sighting-in for easy reference when making field adjustments.
Waterproof/Fogproof/Shockproof
O-ring sealed to prevent moisture from entering body and nitrogen purged for total reliability against thermal shock. Shockproof construction shrugs off hard recoil and rugged use.
BDC 600
The P-TACTICAL line offers models with the newly designed MK1-MOA and MK1-MRAD reticles, as well as the platform-based, caliber-designated BDC 150, BDC 600, BDC 800, BDC SuperSub and BDC Carbine.
MK1-MOA
The MK1 reticle’s asymmetrical design allows for additional holdover and can be used to estimate range, target size, elevation holdover and wind-drift at the designated magnification.
BDC Carbine
The BDC reticles can be optimized with Spot On Ballistic Technology at NikonSportOptics.com/SpotOn
Nikon P-Tactical 223 3-9x40mm BDC 600 Reticle Scope Nikon P-TACTICAL 3-9×40 MK1-MOA Scope Nikon P-TACTICAL .223 3×32 BDC Carbine Scope
Magnification 3- 9x 3- 9x 3x
Objective Diameter 40mm 40mm 32mm
Tube Diameter – Other 1 in 1 in 1 in
Weight 16.9 oz 16.9 oz 12.7 oz
Overall Length 12.4 in 12.4 in 8.2 in
aterproof/Fogproof
About the Nikon Scope Maker
Nikon is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts and related products by applying materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Nikon P-Tactical .223 3-9×40 Matte BDC600 by Nikon. For more shooting products, visit their website.
Rifle Scope Details
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through zoom using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for the consideration of many natural aspects like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most modern rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are located within and outside of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Opting for the perfect type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to stay at the same overall size in connection with the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements evolve based on the magnification chosen to shoot over longer ranges given that the reticle measurements represent various increments which can vary with the zoom. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular varieties of glass work for:
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The measure of scope zoom you need on your scope depends upon the style of shooting you choose to do. Practically every kind of rifle scope provides some amount of magnification. The volume of zoom a scope delivers is identified by the dimension, density, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This implies 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 Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a magnification 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 type of optic can not change because it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will note the zoom amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers imply the magnification of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they may be successfully used. High power scopes will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level glass considering that too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Coating
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens finish is a significant aspect of a rifle system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lense coatings which apply various processes, polarizations, components, and chemicals to extract various colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-def covering is frequently used with increased density glass which reduces light’s chance to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious over items with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from certain angles.
Rifle Scope Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finish placed on it so that it will be optimally functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope designer and how much money you paid for it. The scope’s maker and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This means the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens receives several treatments, it can show that a maker is taking numerous steps to combat different natural elements like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of components used in constructing the rifle scope.
What to Know About Anti-water Finish
Water on an optical lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Lots of top of the line or high-end scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior of the Steiner scope lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Glass Installing Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also normally can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and remove the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different 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 install is fine for rifles which need a durable, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifle platforms which are carried 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.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Scope Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another part of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temperature level alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which could potentially permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
