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Rifle Scope Product Details
HAWKE Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot IR Riflescope, Black 14225 and Hawke 2-Pc Medium Weaver Rings Kit
Hawke Sport Optics Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot IR Riflescope
Whether you’re at the range or in the field, make sure that your riflescope works for you at a variety of distances with the Hawke Sport Optics Vantage 3-9X40 Adjustable Objective Mil Dot Riflescope. Standing strong against heavy recoil, these Rifle Scopes developed by Hawke Sport Optics have a mono-tube chassis design made from durable aluminum that provides excellent stability on almost any firearm. With a high torque zoom ring and low profile, no snag fingertip turrets, the Hawke Sport Optics Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot Reticle Riflescope is easy to adjust to your environment’s specifications at a moment’s notice. Waterproof and shockproof performance ensure that your Hawke Sport Optics Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot WP Riflescope stands strong after years of heavy duty hunting trips.
Hawke Sport Optics Match Mount 1″ 2 Piece Weaver Medium Riflescope Rings
Made of high grade aluminum anodized in matte black, these riflescope rings are durable and lightweight. With double hex screws and crossbar for additional security, the mount keeps your scope firmly in place. Designed to withstand the recoil caused by high powered air rifles that can shake the scope out of zero, the mount also includes cushion tape guards against marking and damage.
Prevents Scope Damage
From the precision engineered high grade aluminum with rounded edges to the internal cushion tape, Hawke ensures that these rings won’t scratch or damage your scope.
Holds Scope Securely
Don’t worry about a sliding scope; double hex screws hold everything in place.
Bundle Includes:
Hawke Sport Optics Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot IR Riflescope
Hawke Sport Optics Match Mount 1″ 2 Piece Weaver Medium Riflescope Rings
Rifle Scope Product Features
11 layer fully multi-coated optics for excellent clarity
Adjustable objective for parallax correction
1 inch mono-tube chassis for superior strength
Glass etched reticle with red and green illumination / 1/4 MOA low profile “no-snag’ fingertip turrets
Rheostat on saddle offers 5 levels of brightness / Fast focus eyebell and high torque zoom ring
About the Hawke Brand
Hawke is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and make their mounts and related products by making the most of building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the HAWKE Vantage 3-9X40AO Mil Dot IR Riflescope, Black 14225 and Hawke 2-Pc Medium Weaver Rings Kit by Hawke. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Rifle Scope Information
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of various natural factors like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern-day rifle optics have around 11 parts which are found within and outside of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials or turrets, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of scopes.
About Rifle Scope Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Finding the optimal type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” equations for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Facts
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the exact same dimensions relative to the amount of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle measurements adapt based on the zoom chosen to shoot over lengthier ranges because the reticle markings represent distinct increments which fluctuate with the magnification level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These varieties of scopes are beneficial for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without area used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
About Rifle Optic Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope offers is figured out by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scope Details
A single power rifle scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not adjust because it is a set power scope.
About Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power modification is achieved by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they can be successfully used. Remember that higher power scopes will not be as practical as lower powered optics and scopes because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Finishes
All cutting-edge rifle glass lenses are covered. Lens coating can be an important element of a rifle system when considering high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different methods, components, polarizations, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Details on Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since 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 efficiently usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing 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 upon the scope maker and just how much you spent for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a maker is taking several actions to combat different environmental aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This additionally doesn’t necessarily mean the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Finishing for Rifle Optics
Water on a scope’s lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic in any way. Lots of top of the line or high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It deals with the surface of the Steiner optic lens so the water particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Options for Mounting Scopes on Long Guns
Installing approaches for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally can be found in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which require a resilient, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between numerous rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle glass can destroy a day on the range and your costly optic by triggering fogging and making residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of optics protect against humidity from entering the scope 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 force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it falls overboard and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could possibly allow 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 seek out.
