Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Osprey Tactical 1-6 Mildot Lit Reticle
Osprey Global is an international leader in manufacturing quality hunting and weapon accessories. The company concentrates on cutting-edge, niche products that are innovative in design and performance and carries a full, no-nonsense, lifetime warranty. Products have been tested in Iraq and Afghanistan and approved for use by the us military for the Sniper accessory kits.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Illumination: Red, Blue, and Green
Fog, Water and Shock Proof
Rings and Dust Covers Included
Tube Diameter: 30mm
Length: 10.02″
About the Osprey Global Brand
Osprey Global is a premium company for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts and related products working with elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Osprey Tactical 1-6 Mildot Lit Reticle by Osprey Global. For more shooting products, visit their website.
All About Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to account for different natural considerations like wind speed and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many modern-day rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are located within and outside of the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials or turrets, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The sort of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the scopes magnification. It simply means the reticle is located behind or before the magnifying lens of the optic. Choosing the most ideal type of rifle scope depends upon what kind of shooting or hunting you intend on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
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” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture without area taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Optic Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope provides is figured out 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.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not adjust because it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Optic Details
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is handled by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range of Scopes
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power optics will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level scopes considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Finishing
All modern rifle scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of finishings. When looking at high end rifle targeting systems, Lens finish can be an important component of defining the capability of the rifle. The glass lenses are one of the most essential components of the scope considering they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses shields the lens surface area and also assists with anti glare from excess light and color discernibility.
Info on Rifle Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some optic manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-def glass coatings that use various procedures, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to enhance various color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This HD finish is normally used with more costly, high density glass which drops light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable around things with hard edges and outlines as light hits the object from particular angles.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different finishings used to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
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 manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This means the lens has several treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking multiple steps to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also does not necessarily mean the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in creating the rifle optic.
Anti-water Rifle Glass Lens Coating
Water on a lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic anti-water covering.
Options for Installing Optics on Long Guns
Installing approaches for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually can be found in quick release variations which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Glass 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 a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is created for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is perfect for rifles which need a resilient, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and take off a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten nicely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while preserving the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in convenient for shooting platforms which are moved around a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are chosen for use in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It typically costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Details on Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less altered by climate changes and pressure differences from the external environment which could potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
