Description
Scope Mount Product Details
Leupold Quick Release (QR) Two-Piece Scope Base
Scope Mount Product Features
Model #50056 – Quick Release Two-Piece Base Mauser FN with a Matte finish
Compatable with Quick Release (QR) rings
Allows you to remove and reattach scope within 1/2″of original point-of-impact
The lever mechanism, machined with precision tolerances, engages the steel base to the ring, pulling it down and forward and locking it into its “zero” position
About the Leupold Brand
Leupold is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts and related products by making the most of materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Leupold Quick Release (QR) Two-Piece Scope Base by Leupold. For more shooting products, visit their website.
Rifle Optic Details
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnification by using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to take into account many natural things like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are arranged within and on the exterior of the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the finest type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info on 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 upon the extent of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are minor
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the very same overall size in relation to the volume of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements adjust based on the zoom applied to shoot over lengthier distances considering the reticle markings represent different increments which vary with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These varieties of glass are convenient for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
About Glass Zoom
The quantity of scope zoom you need on your scope is based on the type of shooting you would like to do. Virtually every style of rifle scope supplies some amount of magnification. The quantity of magnification a scope delivers is established by the diameter, density, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This means what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope 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 fluctuate because it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is performed by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Bear in mind that higher power scopes will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics due to the fact that excessive zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Coating
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of glass finishings. Lens covering can be a crucial element of a rifle when contemplating luxury rifle optics and targeting equipment. The glass lenses are one of the most important components of the optic considering they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and also helps with anti glare capabilities from refracted direct sunlight and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use various methods, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Different optic lenses can even have different coatings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. This is because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a covering applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in many kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
About Anti-water Covering
Water on an optic’s lens does not assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and premium optic producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installing Options
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 mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the scopes.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are created for far away precision shooting. This type of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which need to have a durable, hard use mount which will not move no matter just how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a devoted optics setup on a long distance scouting or tournament firearm that will pretty much never need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted tightly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used between numerous rifles.
What to Know About Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Glass Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less altered by temperature level alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which may possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
