Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Sig Sauer SOW52014 Whiskey5
Sig Sauer SOW52014 Whiskey5, riflescope, 2-10x42mm, 30mm, SFP, MOA milling Hunter illum reticle, 0.25 MOA Adj, LR turret, black.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Package Dimensions: 18.1″ (L) X 5.8″ (W) X 4.4″ (H)
Package Type: Sporting Goods
Package Quantity: 1
Country Of Origin: Japan
Model Number: SOW52014
About the Sig Sauer Company
Sig Sauer is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and make their scopes, mounts, and related products by making the most of materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Sig Sauer SOW52014 Whiskey5 by Sig Sauer. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of varied ecological elements like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are found internally and outside of the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
About Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the scopes zoom. It simply implies the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the optic. Choosing the most suitable type of rifle glass is based on what sort of hunting or shooting you anticipate undertaking.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are minor
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Glass
The amount of scope zoom you require is based on the kind of shooting you want to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic supplies some amount of zoom. The level of magnification a scope offers is established by the dimension, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification level of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This denotes what the shooter is observing through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change given that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Scope Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. It will list the zoom amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope could be set between 2x and 10x power. This additionally involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is accomplished by operating the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they can be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as beneficial as lower powered optics considering that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same concept applies to longer distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Rifle Scope Lens Coatings
All modern rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens coating is a significant aspect of a rifle system when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different techniques, polarizations, chemicals, and components to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Rifle Scope Lens Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have different coverings used to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. 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 layered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and the amount you spent on it. Both are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Finishes
Water on a lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Optics on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release variations which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Normal, 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 separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, sound mounting solution 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 rapidly detach a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts come in 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 in between several rifles or are situationally focused.
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can spoil a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and making residue within the scope’s tube. Most scopes protect against humidity from going into the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of moisture content avoidance for common use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are concerned about the scope still performing if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the gun.
About Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by climate alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which might potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
