Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Trijicon Ascent Riflescopes
Rifle Scope Product Features
RANGE-READY CONSTRUCTION: Tested to Military Standards, the ultra-lightweight, ruggedized design and anti-scratch glass stands up to the elements
EDGE-TO-EDGE CLARITY: Fully multi-coated, broadband, anti-reflective glass provides excellent light transmission, true detail and color with zero distortion
ACCURATE SHOT PLACEMENT AT ANY DISTANCE: Versatile magnifications designed for the range and competition
RAPID TARGET ACQUISITION: Uncluttered, easy-to-use, proven reticles for fast and accurate shots
ULTIMATE USER CONTROL: Matte finish and easy-grip tactical knurling for responsive adjustments
Included components: Lens Cap, Scopecoat, Quick Reference Guide, Warranty Card, Vinyl Logo Sticker
About the Trijicon Scope Maker
Trijicon is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and build their scopes and related products working with building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Trijicon Ascent Riflescopes by Trijicon. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
All About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to take into account varied environmental aspects like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle optics have around 11 parts which are located inside and outside of the scope body. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding on the finest type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle ahead of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the identical tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and “lead” equations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The amount of scope zoom you require depends on the kind of shooting you want to do. Practically every style of rifle scope offers some degree of zoom. The level of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the diameter, density, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle optic. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This indicates what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scope Details
A single power rifle scope or optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not adjust since it is set from the factory.
Info About Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will note the zoom degree in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope can be set between 2x and 10x power. This also utilizes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Consider that higher power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics since too much zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Finishes
All present day rifle optic lenses are layered. Lens finishing is an important aspect of a rifle when buying high end rifle optics and scope setups.
ED Versus HD Scopes
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various procedures, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Glass Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have different coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a finishing applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while reducing 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 upon the scope manufacturer and just how much you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can prove that a producer is taking multiple actions to fight different environmental factors like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This additionally doesn’t necessarily mean the multi-coated lens is better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in building the rifle glass.
Details on Hydrophobic Covering
Water on a scope’s lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Numerous top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this kind of treatment. It treats the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Scope Installing Choices
Mounting solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually come in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the glass.
Hex Key Optic Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp style 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 two 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 install is fine for rifles which need a resilient, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle glass can ruin a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by inducing fogging and generating residue within the scope’s tube. Many optics prevent humidity from going into the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Typically, these scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content avoidance for standard use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle boating and are worried about the scope still functioning if it is submerged in water and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Glass Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less altered by temperature changes and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which may 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 good rifle scope to seek out.
