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Fox Outdoor Tactical Scope Protector, Black, 18″
Scratch-proof protection for your expensive glass. Gravel, brambles, sticks and stones… every hunting scenario is covered with this scratchproof Fox Outdoor Tactical Scope Protector. Rugged polyester keeps your Scope looking like the day you brought it home. A sound investment for LESS! Fully padded and adjustable for maximum protection; Web handle for easy transport; Snap-closure pockets on front; Adjustable belted side with high-intensity plastic closures; Hook-and-loop closure on each end; Small measures 11 x 5.5″ folded; Large measures 18 x 5.5″ folded; Mfg. Number: 55-681 (Black), 55-680 (Olive Drab), 55-687 (Army Digital), 55-688 (Coyote Tan). Fox Outdoor Tactical Scope Protector
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About the Fox Outdoor Brand
Fox Outdoor is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their scopes, mounts, and related products by using elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Fox Outdoor Tactical Scope Protector, Black, 18″ by Fox Outdoor. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
Info About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted for consideration of different environmental considerations like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found inside and externally on the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the perfect type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info on First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle ahead of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on 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 amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture without space used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The measure of scope magnification you need on your optic is based on the type of shooting you desire to do. Practically every type of rifle optic gives some degree of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope delivers is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lenses inside of the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This means what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic will have 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 scope can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power adjustment is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they can be successfully used. Keep in mind that higher power scopes will not be as efficient as lower magnification level scope and optics because too much zoom can be a detractor. The very same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Rifle Scope Lens Coating
All modern rifle optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass coatings. Lens coating can be an essential aspect of a rifle when looking at luxury rifle optics and scope equipment. The glass lenses are one of the most essential pieces of the glass as they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finish on the lenses protects the lens surface and also improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunlight and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Rifle Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various processes, 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.
Scope Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various finishes applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply 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 it will be efficiently functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope designer and how much you spent for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking several steps to combat various environmental factors like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t always imply the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the manufacturer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Finish
Water on a lens does not assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic anti-water coating.
Choices for Installing Optics on Long Guns
Installing solutions for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Standard, clamp style 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 made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach securely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while retaining precision. These types of mounts come in beneficial for shooting platforms which are moved around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It normally costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is currently taken up by the gas, the scope is less influenced by temp alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could 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 seek out.
