Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Sig Sauer SOW53013 Whiskey5
Sig Sauer SOW53013 Whiskey5, Riflescope, 3-15X52Mm, 30Mm, SFP, Hellfire Quadplex Reticle, Levelplex, 0.25 Moa Adj, Lr Turret, Black.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Sig Sauer Sow53013 Whiskey5
Riflescope, 3-15x52mm, 30mm, sfp
Hellfire Quadplex Reticle, Levelplex, 0.25 Moa Adj, Lr Turret, Black
About the Sig Sauer Manufacturer
Sig Sauer is a premium supplier for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by applying building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Sig Sauer SOW53013 Whiskey5 by Sig Sauer. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Rifle Optic Info
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through zoom by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for the consideration of numerous natural things like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern rifle optics have about eleven parts which are located inside and externally on the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Optic Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding upon the optimal type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Details
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with 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.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without area used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope offers is figured out by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate since it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification increments. These types of scopes will list the zoom level in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope can be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished by operating the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Optic Power and Ranges
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be successfully used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as useful as lower powered glass because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finish for Rifle Glass
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of glass lens coatings. Lens coating can be an essential aspect of a rifle’s setup when thinking about high end rifle optics and targeting equipment. The lenses are one of the most significant components of the glass as they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens exterior as well as assists with anti glare from excess natural light and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different methods, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have various coatings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while decreasing 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 producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a maker is taking several steps to combat various natural aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens is much better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” hinges on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of components used in creating the rifle scope.
Anti-water Finishing for Scopes
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping 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 finishing which is water repellent.
Rifle Optic Installing Alternatives
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Scope Ring Mounts
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation 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 is created for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid 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. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten solidly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while maintaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts are useful and convenient for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are chosen for use between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Scope Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day on the range and your pricey optic by causing fogging and making residue within the scope tube. Most optics protect against wetness from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Usually, these optics can be submerged under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient wetness prevention for common use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle boating and are worried about the optic still performing if it is submerged in water and you can still recover the rifle.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less influenced by temperature level changes and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
