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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Vantage Spotting Scope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
COMPLETE SPOTTING SCOPE KIT : precision made scope with high quality, fully multi-coated (FMC) optics, case and tripod at a great value price
SUPERB VIEWING WITH VIVID COLOUR, CONTRAST AND FINE DETAIL : BK-7 Porro glass prisms and large 60mm objective lens size
RUGGED, WATERPROOF AND DURABLE – with a short body, ideal for travel, bird watching and hiking
IDEAL FOR NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Digi-scope compatible to use with a camera
HAWKE LIFETIME WORLDWIDE WARRANTY ” genuine product from the brand leader in affordable, high performance binoculars, monoculars and spotting scopes
Vantage Spotting Scopes from Hawke comes with everything you need to get started. It comes as a complete kit with a precision-engineered scope and a host of accessories including a hard case, mini-tripod with integrated window mount and a soft scope cover.
High-quality optics give bright, detailed images with close focus from just 7m / 23 ft.
VANTAGE SPOTTING SCOPE
This model, 51 100, the Hawke Vantage 20-60×60 is an angled Spotting Scope with a tough rubber coating for protection.
It has fully multi-coated (FMC) lenses for sharp images and BK-7 Porro glass prisms for intense color and contrast. Waterproof and shockproof, the lenses are nitrogen-purged to ensure the spotting scope does not fog or mist.
Ideal for birdwatching and wildlife spotting, this durable scope is also digiscope compatible to use with your camera to give you stunning photography and years of viewing pleasure.
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 mean that a Hawke spotting scope gives you the accurate and precise vision you need.
All Hawke spotting scopes are fully covered”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
20-60×60 Spotting Scope
Hard case
Mini tripod
Scope cover
Lens caps
Lens cloth
TECHNICAL
Model No: 51 100
Power: 20-60x
Objective Diameter: 60mm
Lens Coating: Fully Multi-Coated
Field of View: m @1000m / ft @1000yds 38 – 17m / 114 – 51ft
Close Focus: 7m / 23ft
Eye Relief: 18 – 13mm / 0.7 – 0.5″
Length: 350mm / 13.8″
Weight: 795g / 280
FULL FEATURE LIST
Fully multi-coated optics to produce sharp images
Close focus – see detail from 23ft/7m
BK-7 porro prisms for intense colour and contrast
Stay-on soft scope cover for maximum protection
Fold down eye cup and pull out sunshade
Supplied with adjustable mini tripod
About the Hawke Brand
Hawke is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products by using elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Hawke Vantage Spotting Scope by Hawke. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
About Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account separate environmental aspects like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are found within and on the exterior of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of scopes.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in connection with the scopes magnification. It actually means the reticle is behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding upon the most beneficial style of rifle glass is based on what variety of shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified distance. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without having “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to remain at the same overall size in relation to the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements change based on the magnification chosen to shoot over longer distances considering the reticle measurements present different increments which change with the magnification. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These styles of glass work for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Details on Rifle Glass Zoom
The quantity of scope magnification you need on your scope is based on the kind of shooting you like to do. Pretty much every kind of rifle optic offers some level of magnification. The volume of zoom a scope delivers is established by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This indicates what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope and optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not adjust since it is a fixed power optic.
Info on Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will note the magnification amount in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope can be set between 2x and 10x power. This always incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved by applying the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power and Range of Rifle Optics
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power scopes will not be as effective as lower powered glass due to the fact that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Rifle Optic Lens Coverings
All modern rifle optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass coatings. When researching high end rifle targeting units, Lens finishing can be a significant aspect of defining the capability of the rifle. The glass lenses are among the most key components of the optic given that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface and even improves anti glare from excess direct sunlight and color presence.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle glass producers will also use “HD” or high-def lens finishings which take advantage of various processes, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out separate colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-def coating is typically used with more costly high density glass which brings down light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope brands use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be visible over things with hard shapes as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while minimizing 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 company and how much money you spent for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on an optic’s lens does not improve maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line or high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this kind of treatment. It treats the exterior 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.
Rifle Glass Installing Choices
Installing options for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Standard, clamp style 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 two separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and detach a scope from a rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while maintaining accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and handy for shooting platforms which are hauled around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are chosen for use between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It typically costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
About Rifle Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less affected by temperature level changes and pressure variations from the external environment which might possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
