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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Sport Optics HK6352 Endurance 3-9X40 30/30 IR Scope, Black
With a design focus on hunting, the Endurance LER (Long Eye Relief) line of scopes delivers form and function as dependable and rugged as the American hunter. Designed in the UK, the Endurance LER family provides the shooter a feature-rich scope. The exciting new cosmetics for the Endurance LER family is just the start. New low-profile turrets make adjustments easy and repeatable. The standard click-step reticle illumination control has been replaced by a stepless rheostat control positioned on the saddle (third turret). It allows for virtually infinite adjustment, ensuring your reticle is visible in almost any light condition. The Endurance LER scopes have an optical system developed to suit High Recoiling and Magnum calibers where extended Long Eye Relief is required. Offering 4.5ins+ (115mm+) the scope can be safely positioned away from the shooters eye. The range has been designed with big game hunting, stalking and long range shooting in mind, and the reticle choices bear that out. Sitting alongside the 30/30 (with centre cross illumination), the.223/.308 Marksman reticle has been designed to match the ballistic profile of most.223 and.308 ammunition. With aim points from 100 to 600 yards, and 50-yard dot markers, out-of-the-box accuracy is within your reach. Additionally, the yardages are etched directly onto the reticle field, meaning there is no need to memorize aim points, they are right there. The Marksman reticle is available in the 3-9×40 – designed to be accurate on the scope’s maximum magnification. Built around a 1″ mono-tube chassis, the Endurance LER scopes are built to provide years of reliable use.
Rifle Scope Product Features
1″ Mono-tube design – handles heavy recoil
Glass etched Red Illuminated Reticle
4.5 inch eye relief designed for magnum loads
Infinitely adjustable stepless side rheostat
Coil erector spring – no shift in zero
About the Hawke Sport Optics Scope Maker
Hawke Sport Optics is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products by applying materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Hawke Sport Optics HK6352 Endurance 3-9X40 30/30 IR Scope, Black by Hawke Sport Optics. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Rifle Optic Facts
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of separate environmental elements like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most contemporary rifle optics have about eleven parts which are located within and on the exterior of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located in regard to the optic’s magnification. It simply suggests the reticle is situated behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Choosing the most desired kind of rifle glass depends upon what style of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their long guns
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the exact same overall size in connection with the level of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions change based on the magnification applied to shoot over greater ranges considering that the reticle measurements present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification. In the FFP illustration with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These types of scopes work for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture without space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Details on Scope Zoom
The extent of scope magnification you need on your scope depends on the kind of shooting you intend to do. Pretty much every kind of rifle glass gives some level of zoom. The quantity of magnification a scope delivers is determined by the size, density, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This indicates what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will list the magnification amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope could be set between 2x and 10x power. This additionally utilizes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Scope Power and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Bear in mind that higher power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered glass because increased magnification can be a detractor. The same applies to longer distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finishing for Rifle Optics
All cutting-edge rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens finish is an essential element of a shooting platform when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Glass
Some optic producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings that take advantage of various processes, polarizations, chemicals, and elements to draw out different colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-definition finish is often used with more costly, high density lens glass which lowers light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious around objects with hard edges and outlines as light hits the object from various angles.
Rifle Glass Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coverings used to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve 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 covered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and just how much you paid for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Finishes
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Options for Installing Rifle Optics on Firearms
Installing options for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Rings
Standard, clamp design 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 made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle glass can wreck a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of optics protect against moisture from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these water-resistant optics can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle on boats and are worried about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still recover the firearm.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less altered by temperature level changes and pressure differences from the outside environment which might possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
