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Rifle Scope Product Details
6-24×50 AOE DUAL ILLUMINATE Rangefinder RIFLE SCOPE
Great 6-24×50 AOE Rangefinder rifle scope with 11 brightness setting and dual illuminate for low light or twilight hunting, it also compatible any high Calibur rifle and come with heavy duty high ring will fit any picatinny weaver mount. This rifle scop
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Aim Sports Company
Aim Sports is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes and related products choosing building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the 6-24×50 AOE DUAL ILLUMINATE Rangefinder RIFLE SCOPE by Aim Sports. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
All About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They do this through zoom by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account varied natural elements like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are arranged within and outside of the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Scope Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Finding the perfect type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane glass (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to remain at the same size in connection with the volume of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle dimensions change based on the magnification used to shoot over longer ranges because the reticle measurements represent different increments which vary with the magnification level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These styles of optics work for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture without room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Scope Zoom
The extent of scope magnification you need on your scope depends on the kind of shooting you would like to do. Just about every style of rifle scope provides some degree of zoom. The amount of magnification a scope delivers is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is observing through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate given that it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the zoom degree in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope could be set in between 2x and 10x power. This always involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is accomplished by applying 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 powers and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Highly magnified optics will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level rifle scope glass because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same idea relates to extended distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Finish
All contemporary rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of coverings. When looking at high end rifle optical devices, Lens covering can be a very important element of a rifle. The glass lenses are among the most crucial pieces of the scope since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface area and also helps with anti glare from refracted sunlight and color presence.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various methods, chemicals, elements, and polarizations 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.
Glass Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally usable in lots of types of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives several treatments, it can establish that a company is taking multiple steps to combat different environmental elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also doesn’t necessarily suggest the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” hinges on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle optic.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens does not improve keeping a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Lots of top of the line and premium scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Mounting Glass on Firearms
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use two individual rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is ideal for rifles which need a long lasting, hard use mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a specialized scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction firearm which will almost never need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount screws to stop the hex screws from wiggling out after they are installed safely in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Scope Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle glass can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and generating residue inside of the scope tube. Many optics protect against moisture from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Normally, these optics can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture prevention for standard use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on a boat and are worried about the scope still working if it goes over the side and you can still find the rifle.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another element of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less affected by climate changes and pressure variations from the external environment which may potentially permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
