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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hi-Lux Optics LER Series ATR Long Eye Relief Riflescope
LER27X32 Features: -LER Series ATR Long Eye Relief Riflescope. -Long eye relief scope ideal for handguns. -Lever action rifles with top ejection and muzzleloaders with side hammerlocks. -Full view of target when placed 12” to 16” ahead of the shooters eye. Magnification: -Low (approx. 1X – 7X). Usage: -General Target/Plinking/Handgun/Muzzleloader/ Shotgun. Objective Lens Diameter: -31-40Mm. Tube Diameter: -1 Inch. Gun Type: -Rimfire Rifle/Handgun/Shotgun/Muzzleloader. Finish: -Black. Generic Dimensions: -2.5” H x 1.5” W x 10.9” D. -Weight: 0.56 lb. Dimensions: Overall Product Weight: -0.56 Pounds.
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Hi-Lux Optics Manufacturer
Hi-Lux Optics is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their products by making the most of materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Hi-Lux Optics LER Series ATR Long Eye Relief Riflescope by Hi-Lux Optics. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
Scope Information
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted for consideration of separate ecological aspects like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing through the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Selecting the best type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Scope Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Scope Magnification
The level of scope magnification you need on your optic is based on the style of shooting you wish to do. Just about every type of rifle glass supplies some degree of magnification. The level of magnification a scope delivers is identified by the size, thickness, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This means what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not adjust considering that it is a set power scope.
Variable Power Lens Optic Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they could be effectively used. Consider that higher magnification scopes and optics will not be as effective as lower powered optics due to the fact that increased magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same concept relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Finishes
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are coated. Lens covering can be a vital aspect of a rifle when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Details on Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different methods, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Scopes
Various optic lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing 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 developer and the amount you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can establish that a producer is taking multiple actions to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “better” depends upon the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of products used in building the rifle glass.
Details on Anti-water Coating
Water on an optical lens doesn’t improve preserving a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Many top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this kind of treatment. It treats the exterior surfaces of the Steiner scope lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads roll off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Glass Mounting Options
Installing options for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Optic Ring Mounts
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 separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which need a durable, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Scope Mounting Solutions 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. Several scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info Around Rifle Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature changes and pressure differences from the outside environment which might possibly allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
