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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Optics Sidewinder ED 10-50×60 Riflescope with TMX Reticle 17370
Hawke’s patented interchangeable turrets allow for changing between 1/4 MOA to either 1/8 MOA or 1/10 MRAD to suit your shooting preference By simply unscrewing the locking collar the turret can be lifted off and removed from the scope. Each turret has indexed teeth to ensure that the location and alignment are kept during installation. Push down on the turret, screw the locking collar back down and the scope is ready for use. Sidewinder ED interchangeable turrets are a patented design: WO 2016/051312 A2, CN 104729360, GB 2524348A, T W201614316A. Features: High magnification precision optical system. Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass for optimum clarity. Interchangeable, locking and resettable turrets. Supplied with 1/4 MOA Turrets. (1/8 MOA & 1/10 MRAD Turrets available to purchase separately) Side focus control for parallax adjustment to infinity.(Patented removable side wheel, with different sizes available) 30mm mono-tube chassis for superior strength. Glass etched reticle with red illumination. Stepless IR rheostat offers total brightness control. Locking ocular and high torque zoom ring. Includes screw-in metal flip-up lens covers. Specifications: Chassis: 30mm Mono-tube Optical System: 10-50 Objective: 60mm Reticle: TMX Illumination: Red – Stepless Focus/Parallax: Side Focus – 9m / 10yds to Infinity Field of View: m @100m / ft @100yds 3.9 – 0.8m / 11.7 – 2.4ft
Rifle Scope Product Features
Hawke’s patented interchangeable turrets allow for changing between MOA to either 1/8 MOA or 1/10 MRAD to suit your shooting preference By simply unscrewing the locking collar the turret can be lifted off and removed from the scope. Each turret has indexed teeth to ensure that the location and alignment are kept during installation. Push down on the turret, screw the locking collar back down and the scope is ready for use. Sidewinder ED interchangeable turrets are a patent…
About the HAWKE OPTICS Brand
HAWKE OPTICS is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and supply their scopes and related products by choosing building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Hawke Optics Sidewinder ED 10-50×60 Riflescope with TMX Reticle 17370 by HAWKE OPTICS. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for various natural considerations like wind speed and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most modern-day rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are arranged internally and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The form of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes zoom. It actually implies the reticle is situated behind or before the magnifying lens of the optic. Deciding on the most suitable type of rifle scope is based on what style of hunting or shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
First focal plane glass (FFP) feature the reticle before the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the level of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non magnified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the very same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Info
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who like a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
About Rifle Scope Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is figured out by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Fixed Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not change because it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Glass
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the distances where they can be effectively used. Remember that higher power scopes will not be as efficient as lower magnification level scope and optics because excessive zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same concept relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Rifle Glass Lens Finishing
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of finishes. When looking at high end rifle scope setups, Lens covering can be a vital element of defining the rifle’s capability. The glass lenses are among the most important components of the glass due to the fact that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses shields the lens surface area and helps with anti glare capabilities from refracted natural light and color discernibility.
ED Versus HD Glass
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use various processes, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Glass Lens Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various finishes used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This means the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking multiple actions to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This additionally doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in building the rifle optic.
Anti-water Lens Finish
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic anti-water covering.
Rifle Scope Installation Choices
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually come in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the optics.
Rifle Glass Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, 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 separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is perfect for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution 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 rapidly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several 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 transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between several rifles.
What to Know About Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Scope Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by temp alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which might potentially allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
