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Rifle Scope Product Details
BARSKA New Rifle Scope Red/Green Illuminated (6-24x56mm)
The 6-24×56 Level hunting and tactical scope is built and priced to be exactly what you need. With an advanced illuminated MOA reticle, top-of-the-line fully multicoated optics, and lockable turrets, the 6-24x56mm Level Rifle Scope is the precision instrument that endures and performs under any condition.
Rifle Scope Product Features
6-24x Magnification with 56mm Objective Lens
30mm Tube Diameter
1/4 MOA Click Adjustments
Red/Green Illuminated MOA Reticle with Adjustable Brightness
Includes Scope Covers, 3in Sunshade and Lithium Battery
About the BARSKA Company
BARSKA is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by using building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the BARSKA New Rifle Scope Red/Green Illuminated (6-24x56mm) by BARSKA. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
Rifle Glass Info
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account many natural aspects like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are found within and outside of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
About Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes zoom. It actually implies the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnification lens of the optic. Selecting the most effective type of rifle glass depends upon what sort of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Scope Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified range. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without any “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the same scale in relation to the amount of magnification being used. The end result is that the reticle dimensions adjust based upon the magnification used to shoot over greater ranges considering the reticle markings present different increments which vary with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These sorts of glass work for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
About Optic Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope offers is identified 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.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not fluctuate since it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the zoom amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope can be set between 2x and 10x power. This always incorporates the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved by working with the power ring component 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 successfully used. High power scopes will not be as useful as lower magnification glass since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same idea relates to extended distances where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Covering for Scopes
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens finishing can be a vital aspect of a shooting system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle glass producers will also use “HD” or high-definition glass coverings that use various procedures, components, polarizations, and chemical applications to draw out separate colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This HD covering is normally used with more costly, high density glass which drops light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to describe “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious over objects with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various finishings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. Because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a covering placed on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets several treatments, it can indicate that a maker is taking several steps to combat different natural aspects like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t necessarily suggest the multi-coated lens is much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of components used in developing the rifle glass.
Rifle Optic Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Alternatives for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Mounting options for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle operators to quickly mount and remove the scope.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which need a resilient, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of wetness within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less altered by climate shifts and pressure variations from the external environment which might possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
