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Rifle Scope Product Details
Vortex Optics Razor HD LH Second Focal Plane Riflescopes
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
The Razor HD LH 1.5-8×32 is an ultra-sleek, lightweight hunting scope. High density, extra-low dispersion lenses and premium XR coatings combine to produce razor sharp resolution from edge to edge.
A highly forgiving eyebox gives generous eye relief. The locking ocular focus ensures your reticle always stays sharp and crisp.
A single piece, hard anodized tube enhances strength and durability. Armortek coatings protect exterior lenses from scratches, oil, and dirt.
Strong o-ring seals and argon purging guarantee water and fogproof performance even in the worst weather conditions.
The Razor HD LH gives hunters and shooters premium optics and performance in a streamlined, light-weight package.
About the Vortex Company
Vortex is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by using materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Vortex Optics Razor HD LH Second Focal Plane Riflescopes by Vortex. For more shooting items, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account many environmental elements like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern rifle optics have around 11 parts which are located inside and externally on the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The sort of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the optic’s zoom. It actually means the reticle is located behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding on the most suitable style of rifle glass is based upon what sort of hunting or shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture with less room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Glass Zoom
The amount of scope magnification you need on your scope depends on the kind of shooting you want to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass gives some level of zoom. The quantity of magnification a scope provides is identified by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the opic. This indicates what the shooter is observing through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Info About Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not adjust given that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Optic Power Level and Ranges
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power optics will not be as useful as lower magnification glass considering too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Optic Lens Coating
All cutting-edge rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens finishing is an essential aspect of a shooting platform when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
ED Versus HD Rifle Optics
Some glass suppliers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lense coverings which make the most of various processes, rare earth compounds, polarizations, and aspects to extract various colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This HD finishing is often used with more costly high density glass which brings down light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious around objects with hard outlines as light hits the item from specific angles.
Single Optic Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have different finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in numerous 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 typically a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope designer and the amount you spent paying for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens does not help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Scope Mounting Options
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also usually can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the optics.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use a pair of independent rings to support the optic, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance accuracy shooting. This form of scope mount is great for rifles which need to have a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move despite how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you want for a dedicated optics system on a far away scouting or interdiction firearm that will rarely need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever 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. Numerous scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between several rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can spoil a day on the range and your pricey optic by inducing fogging and generating residue within the scope tube. Most scopes protect against humidity from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Normally, these water resistant scopes can be submerged beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of humidity prevention for basic use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle aboard watercrafts and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Glass Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temperature level shifts and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which might possibly allow water vapor to leak 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.
