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Rifle Scope Product Details
NightForce COMPETITION 15-55x52mm Rifle Scope for Target Shooting, Black, 30 mm, .125 MOA – DDR-2
NightForce Competition 15-55x52mm Riflescope, 30mm, .125 MOA, DDR-2 Reticle, Black, C513
Rifle Scope Product Features
52MM OBJECTIVE LENS for excellent light transmission and a large field fo view
SECOND FOCAL PLANE reticle stays the same size no matter the magnification
COMPETITION/TARGET TURRETS for easy windage and elevation changes
WATERPROOF AND FOGPROOF
DDR-2 RETICLE
About the NightForce Company
NightForce is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and build their mounts and related products by applying building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the NightForce COMPETITION 15-55x52mm Rifle Scope for Target Shooting, Black, 30 mm, .125 MOA – DDR-2 by NightForce. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for the consideration of different environmental elements like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found inside and externally on the scope. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies in regard to the scopes magnifying adjustments. It actually suggests the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnifying lens of the scope. Deciding on the very best style of rifle scope depends on what style of hunting or shooting you plan on undertaking.
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, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (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 would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Optic Magnification
The quantity of scope magnification you need on your optic is based on the type of shooting you would like to do. Practically every style of rifle glass gives some amount of magnification. The amount of zoom a scope delivers is established by the dimension, thickness, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This suggests what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not fluctuate given that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the zoom degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. High power scopes will not be as effective as lower powered scopes given that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Glass Lens Covering
All present day rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens covering is an important element of a shooting system when buying high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Scopes
Some rifle scope companies additionally use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which take advantage of various procedures, chemicals, polarizations, and components to draw out numerous colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-definition covering is often used with greater density glass which decreases light’s potential to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be noticeable around things with hard outlines as light hits the object from specific angles.
Details on Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different finishings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect 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 coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
About Hydrophobic Covering
Water on a lens doesn’t improve maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It treats the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Mounting Glass on Firearms
Installing solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Basic, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These styles of scope mounts use double independent rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are manufactured for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is very good for rifle systems which are in need of a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you really want to have for a devoted optics setup on a far away scouting or interdiction rifle that will seldom need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount’s screws to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifles which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between multiple rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by inducing fogging and generating residue within the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent humidity from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Usually, these 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 sufficient moisture avoidance for standard use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle sailing and are concerned about the optic still working if it goes overboard and you can still salvage the rifle.
About Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less influenced by condition alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which could possibly allow water vapor to seep 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.
