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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Airmax 30 Compact Riflescope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
SPECIALIST AIRGUN RIFLESCOPE – Designed specifically to withstand the recoil of an airgun, this gun scope has world-class optics for clarity and a specially designed airgun reticle with multiple aim points for pellet trajectories.
WIDE ANGLE VIEW AND COMPACT DESIGN GUN SCOPE – Wide angle lenses give a huge field of view for varmint/airgun shooting, while the compact design and shorter optical system makes this scope ideal for bull pup and forward loading air rifles.
EXCELLENT CLARITY AND DURABILITY – Gun scope optics are Fully Multi-Coated (FMC) with 11 layers for bright, sharp, detailed images housed in a mono-tube 30mm chassis for superior strength.
GLASS ETCHED ILLUMINATED AMX RETICLE – With 6 levels of brightness. Designed on the spacing of a 10xmil dot, the reticle offers multiple aim points, with hollow posts for bracketing.
HAWKE LIFETIME WORLDWIDE WARRANTY – Genuine product from the brand leader in high performance gun scopes, spotting scopes and binoculars
Hawke is a specialist in riflescopes for serious airgun shooters and hunters. Their Airmax range of scopes for air rifles combine world-class optics and reticles specially designed for pellet trajectories with solidly built housing to withstand the harsh double recoil of an airgun.
Airmax Compact riflescopes are lightweight with a shorter optical system, making them ideal for bull pup and forward loading air rifles. Lenses are fully multi-coated to offer high resolution viewing with bright sharp images and total clarity.
Waterproof and shockproof with nitrogen-purged optics to prevent fogging and misting, the riflescope 30mm chassis is machined from a single piece of lightweight, aircraft-grade aluminum for strength and stability.
HAWKE AIRMAX RIFLESCOPE
The Hawke Airmax Compact 3-12×40 IR SF Riflescope 30mm has side focus control for precise parallax adjustment from 10 yards/9 meters to infinity to ensure accuracy is always maintained. The scope is supplied with an additional Side Focus wheel.
16 layer fully multi-coated optics give you exceptional clarity. Target style 1/10 MRAD capped, resettable turrets show which rotation you are on to help give clear and precise adjustment.
This compact airgun scope comes with an AMX IR glass etched reticle with red illumination. It is based on the spacing of a 10x mil dot, and offers multiple aim points, useful when shooting air guns with loopy trajectories. Hollow posts are segmented into mil spacing and can be used to bracket the target.
All aim points and windage bars illuminate & there are additional half mill spacings for holdover aim points. 6 levels of brightness control with off positions in between make this scope ideal for all conditions including brush cover & dark environments.
NO FAULT PEACE OF MIND
British brand Hawke makes innovative, feature-rich precision instruments that offer great value for money. Exceptional engineering and build quality means that Hawke rifle scopes give you the accurate and precise vision you need.
All Hawke riflescopes are fully assured”for life. In the event your product becomes damaged or defective Hawke will repair it at no charge to you. It doesn’t matter how it happened or whose fault it was ” you are covered.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
Compact 3-12×40 IR SF Riflescope
3 inch wheel Lens cloth
Lens covers
CR2032 battery
TECHNICAL
Chassis: 30mm Mono-tube
Optical System: 3-12x
Objective: 40mm
Reticle: AMX IR
Illumination: Red – 6 Levels
Focus/Parallax: Side Focus – 9m / 10yds to Infinity
Field of View: m @100m / ft @100yds14.6-3.6m / 43.7-10.9ft
Eye relief: 76mm / 3″
Length: 277mm / 10.9″- Weight: 589g / 20.8oz
Waterproof, Shockproof, Nitrogen purged, all calibre rated.
FULL FEATURE LIST
Wide Angle optical system ideal for varmint/airgun
Lightweight and compact construction ” short eye relief
16 layer fully multi-coated optics for exceptional clarity
Side focus control for parallax adjustment to infinity
30mm mono-tube chassis for superior strength
Glass etched reticle with red illumination
6 levels of brightness with off positions in-between
110 MRAD capped, resettable target turrets
Fast focus eyebell and high torque zoom ring
About the Hawke Brand
Hawke is a premium company for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products making the most of elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Hawke Airmax 30 Compact Riflescope by Hawke. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by employing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for the consideration of many ecological considerations like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are located inside and outside of the scope body. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The form of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in regard to the scopes magnifying adjustments. It literally implies the reticle is located behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Selecting the most ideal form of rifle optic depends on what sort of shooting or hunting you plan on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Scope Zoom
The quantity of scope zoom you require depends upon the type of shooting you would like to do. Pretty much every type of rifle glass supplies some level of magnification. The level of magnification a scope gives is identified by the dimension, density, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This indicates what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope or optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change since it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification increments. These types of scopes will note the zoom degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This always involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they could be efficiently used. High power optics will not be as efficient as lower magnification scopes given that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
About Lens Coatings
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens finish can be an important aspect of a rifle system when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some glass companies will also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which make the most of different processes, aspects, compounds, and polarizations to draw out various color ranges and viewable target visibility through the lens. This high-def coating is normally used with greater density glass which lowers light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be noticeable over items with defined shapes as light hits the object from various angles.
Glass Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them prior to 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 must have a finishing put on it so that it will be optimally usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking numerous steps to fight different natural factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends upon the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Lens Covering
Water on an optical lens does not assist with keeping a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Numerous top of the line and premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It provides protection for the surface area of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Installing Glass on Long Guns
Installing solutions for scopes are available in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Rings
Basic, clamp type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is very good for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, rock solid mount which will not shift no matter just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a faithful scope setup on a long distance hunting or competition firearm that will seldom need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount’s screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Glass Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifles which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
What to Know About Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by resulting in fogging and developing residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of scopes protect against wetness from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness prevention for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle boating and are worried about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Glass Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by climate changes and pressure variations from the external environment which may potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
