Description
Rifle Scope Ring Product Details
Konus High Quick Ring for Rifle Scope
The usefulness of quick release rings is unparalleled and serious outdoorsmen have always appreciated them. At extremely competitive pricing and yet as sturdy and dependable as needed. They are truly universal since they can be adapted to either 30mm or 1″ scopes by adding or removing an internal ring spacer. Their base fits a Weaver and Picatinny style rails.
Rifle Scope Ring Product Features
Fits all 30mm and 1″ riflescopes
Locking base for Weaver and Picatinny rails.
black
Total Height: 52mm/2.4″
About the Konus Company
Konus is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and make their scopes, mounts, and related products working with elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Konus High Quick Ring for Rifle Scope by Konus. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
Glass Info
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnification by making use of a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of various natural aspects like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are located inside and on the exterior of the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The form of focal plane an optic has identifies where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes magnification. It actually indicates the reticle is located behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the scope. Choosing the most effective style of rifle scope is based upon what form of hunting or shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This induces 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 enhanced range as they are at the non magnified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their long guns
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The amount of zoom a scope offers is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a zoom 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 type of scope can not change given that it is a set power scope.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range Correlation of Rifle Scopes
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they may be successfully used. Bear in mind that higher power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level scope and optics due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The same idea goes for extended distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Glass Lens Coatings
All cutting-edge rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens covering is a significant element of a rifle’s setup when looking at high end rifle optics and scope systems.
ED Versus HD Rifle Glass
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use various techniques, components, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have various coverings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a finishing applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope developer and the amount you spent paying for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This means the lens has had numerous treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can prove that a company is taking multiple steps to combat different environmental factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This also doesn’t always suggest the multi-coated lens is much better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle optic.
Anti-water Lens Covering
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic anti-water finishing.
Rifle Glass Mounting Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually are made in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is created for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which need a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach tightly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while retaining the original sighting settings. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for rifles which are transferred a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are adopted in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It normally costs around $250 USD
What to Know About Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day on the range and your costly optic by inducing fogging and producing residue within the scope tube. Most optics prevent humidity from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water-resistant optics can be submerged under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture prevention for conventional use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle boating and are worried about the optic still functioning if it goes overboard and you can still retrieve the rifle.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less affected by temp alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could possibly allow water vapor to leak 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.
