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Rifle Scope Product Details
Ade Advanced Optics 6-25×56 35mm Long Range Rifle Scope Mil-dot Bar Side Focus
Weight (with covers): 2.3Lbs Length: (without shade 15-1/2″) (with shade 19-1/2″) Power Range: 6x to 25x Objective Diameter: 56mm Outside Diameter of Objective: 2.56″ Outside Diameter of Eye Piece: 1.65″ Exit Pupil: (9.3mm at 6x) (2mm at 25x) Eye Relief: 3.5+ inches Focus Range: 15 yards to inf. Diopter Adjustment: 2 to 3.5+ Mil Dot Reference Power: 12.5 and 25 Power Reticle: Glass Etched Mildot Lenses: Fully Multi-Coated Waterproof: 3 meters for 30 min. Temperature Range: -40F to 150F+ Shock: 2000g 1/4 MOA Click Multi Coated Matte Rifle Scope: 6x25x 56 mm objective 35 mm tube diameter Fully multi-coated lenses Supplied with tactical rings 140 MOA elevation adjustment Locking windage and elevation target turrets Large settable windage and elevation knobs Positive 1/4 MOA click adjustments for windage and elevation Come-up scale on windage and elevation adjustments Quick side-focus range adjustment European-style eye focus Glass etched exclusive Mil-DotBar reticle Matte black finish one-piece T6 aluminum tube Lens shade supplied Included: A pair of 35mm rings Allen Wrench Lens Cloth Flip up covers Scope pouch Sunshade
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Heavy duty one piece main tube provides the foundation for precise lens alignment and other components
Extended-range tactical riflescope with 6-25x magnification and 56mm objective lens
Mil-DotBar reticle; precision controls with 140 MOA adjustment
The use of water resistant sealants, synthetic grease and secure O-ring seals protect against fogging
35mm tube diameter; includes mounting rings; matte black finish
About the Ade Advanced Optics Manufacturer
Ade Advanced Optics is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their products choosing building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Ade Advanced Optics 6-25×56 35mm Long Range Rifle Scope Mil-dot Bar Side Focus by Ade Advanced Optics. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Scope Information
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They do this through magnification by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for consideration of various environmental aspects like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are arranged inside and externally on the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets or dials, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of optics.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies in connection with the scopes magnification. It actually implies the reticle is located behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Considering the best type of rifle scope is based on what sort of shooting you plan on undertaking.
Info About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the same overall size in relation to the amount of magnification being used. The end result is that the reticle dimensions evolve based upon the zoom chosen to shoot over lengthier distances considering the reticle measurements present various increments which change with the zoom level. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These kinds of glass are convenient for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without area taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Glass Zoom
The amount of magnification a scope supplies 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.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change considering that it is a set power scope.
Info on Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification increments. It will note the zoom degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the zoom of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally involves the power levels 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 piece.
The Power and Range of Glass
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they may be efficiently used. High power glass will not be as efficient as lower powered rifle scope glass considering that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Coating for Rifle Scopes
All current rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens finish can be an important aspect of a shooting system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope systems.
ED Versus HD Scopes
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different processes, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Details on Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have different coverings 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 assembly. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less advantageous 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 how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking several steps to fight various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also doesn’t necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens is much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” is dependent on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Coverings
Water on a lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Rifle Scope Installing Options
Installing options for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These styles of scope mounts use a pair of individual rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is good for rifles which need to have a durable, unfailing mount which will not shift despite how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you really want to have for a specialized optics system on a far away hunting or interdiction firearm that will seldom need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted tightly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design 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 multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle glass can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by resulting in fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of optics protect against moisture from getting in the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Usually, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough humidity prevention for basic use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the scope still performing if it is submerged in water and you can still salvage the firearm.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture 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 affected by climate alterations and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which may potentially permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
