Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
BARSKA Level HD 1-4x24mm Level HD Riflex, 40mm, Black (AC12798)
The 1-4×24 Level HD Rifle Scope by Barska is an advanced scope designed for accurate close to mid-range targeting with both hunting and tactical rifles. The 1-4×24 Level HD utilizes an HRS. 223 bullet drop compensation (BDC) reticle, which can be used to quickly estimate range and elevation adjustments when shooting. 223 ammunition. This Illuminated HRS Quick Shot Reticle (IR) can also be switched to either a red or green reticle with adjustable brightness settings for accurate targeting in any lighting situation with impressive viewing clarity. Scope rings sold separately.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Included Components: Lithium Battery
Specs:
AC12798
FOV: 103ft/32m@1x, 25ft/7.6m@4x
Tube Diameter: 30mm
Eye Relief: 4.76in@1x – 3.94in@4x
Exit Pupil: 5.88mm@1x, 2.29mm@4x
Focal Plane: Second
1-4x24mm Level HD Riflescope
By Barska
The 1-4×24 Level HD Rifle Scope by Barska is an advanced scope designed for accurate close to mid-range targeting with both hunting and tactical rifles. The 1-4×24 Level HD utilizes an HRS .223 bullet drop compensation (BDC) reticle, which can be used to quickly estimate range and elevation adjustments when shooting .223 ammunition.
1-4x Magnification
24mm Objective Lens
Red/Green Illuminated HRS .223 BDC Reticle
Lockable Windage / Elevation Turrets
Waterproof, Fogproof, and Shockproof
Features
HD Optics
Scope comes with high definition glass offering exceptional clarity even in low light conditions.
Turret Adjustment
1/2 MOA Solid External Lockable Windage and Elevation Adjustments, which can also be reset to zero.
Zoom
1-4x Adjustable zoom allows user to get up close to the target.
Reticle
Scope features an Illuminated Red / Green HRS .223 BDC Reticle.
AC12798 AC13026 AC11872 AC12138
Magnification 1-4x 1-6x 1-4x 1-6x
Objective Lens 24mm 24mm 28mm 28mm
Lens Coating Fully Multi-Coated Fully Multi-Coated Fully Multi-Coated Fully Multi-Coated
Click Value (MOA)
Length (in) 10 10.5 10 11.25
Product Weight (oz) 16 16 16 29.6
About the BARSKA Brand
BARSKA is a premium manufacturer for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and supply their products by applying materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the BARSKA Level HD 1-4x24mm Level HD Riflex, 40mm, Black (AC12798) by BARSKA. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Info About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to take into account numerous ecological things like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of contemporary rifle optics have about eleven parts which are found within and on the exterior of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or 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” style of scopes. The type of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located in regard to the scopes zoom. It literally means the reticle is behind or before the magnifying lens of the optic. Deciding upon the most effective style of rifle glass is based upon what kind of hunting or shooting you anticipate undertaking.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The level of scope zoom you need is based on the form of shooting you like to do. Almost every style of rifle glass delivers some level of magnification. The amount of magnification a scope offers is established by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This denotes what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not change since it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification increments. These types of scopes will list the zoom level in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope could be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is accomplished using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Scope Power and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power settings and the distances where they can be effectively used. Always remember that higher magnification optics and scopes will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics and scopes because excessive zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same idea relates to extended distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Rifle Optic Lens Coating
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of finishings. Lens covering is an essential aspect of a rifle when considering high-end rifle optics and targeting systems. The lenses are among the most critical components of the scope as they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The coating on the lenses shields the lens surface and also improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color visibility.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some glass makers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings that employ different processes, components, compounds, and polarizations to draw out numerous colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This HD finish is normally used with more costly, high density glass which reduces light’s capability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often noticeable over things with defined shapes as light hits the object from specific angles.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Various scope lenses can also have various finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t just 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 optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and the amount you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Coating for Rifle Optics
Water on a scope’s lens does not assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Numerous top of the line or premium optic producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior surfaces of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Mounting Choices
Installing approaches for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation 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 is created for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar style 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 multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can wreck a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and creating residue within the scope tube. Many scopes protect against wetness from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these water resistant optics can be submerged under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient humidity avoidance for standard use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle boating and are concerned about the optic still working if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the firearm.
Info on Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less impacted by climate shifts and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which may potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
