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Rifle Scope Product Details
Ozark Armament 4X Magnified Optic with Illuminated BDC Reticle – Rifle Scope
Ready for Duty with 4x Magnification and tricolor illuminated reticle easily adapted to all situation. Nitrogen purged and resistant to water, fog, and dust to go wherever you need. Installs easily on any picatinny rail with the tool-less clamp mount.
Specifications:
Magnification:4X
Objective Lens: 32 mm
Illumination: Red/Green/Blue(3 Settings Each)
Exit Pupil: 8 mm
Field of View: 7.0 degrees
Field of View @ 100 yards: 36.8 ft
Eye Relief: 3.5″
Features:
BDC Reticle: 100-600yd
Picatinny Mount
1/4 MOA Windage and Elevation Adjustments
All Metal Construction
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Crystal clear 4x Magnification for Performance at longer range
Red, Blue, and Green Illuminated BDC Reticle for performance in all lighting conditions
Built In Picatinny Mount for easy installation
3 Forward mount points for extra accessory options
Backed by our Full One Year Warranty and US Based Support Team
About the OZARK ARMAMENT Company
OZARK ARMAMENT is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and build their products using building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Ozark Armament 4X Magnified Optic with Illuminated BDC Reticle – Rifle Scope by OZARK ARMAMENT. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Rifle Scope Facts
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account separate natural elements like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of modern-day rifle optics have about eleven parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope body. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of optics.
About Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Finding the finest type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom 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 one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Facts
Second focal plane glass (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the exact same dimensions in relation to the amount of zoom being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements adapt based upon the magnification used to shoot over longer ranges since the markings present different increments which vary with the zoom. In the FFP example with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular sorts of glass are useful for:
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Details on Rifle Optic Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope supplies is figured out by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change because it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will note the zoom amount in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope can be changed between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved utilizing the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the distances where they can be effectively used. Bear in mind that higher magnification optics will not be as efficient as lower powered scope and optics since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs sufficient power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Glass Lens Coverings
All modern-day rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of glass finishes. When thinking about luxury rifle targeting systems, Lens covering can be an essential element of defining the capability of the rifle. The glass lenses are among the most significant components of the scope considering that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses protects the lens surface and even improves anti glare capabilities from excess direct sunlight and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various procedures, components, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
About Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a coating put on it so that the lens will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less beneficial 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 also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Coating
Water on a lens does not assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Choices for Installing Glass on Firearms
Installing options for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Basic, clamp-on style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two detached rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are made for far away precision shooting. This type of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, unfailing mount which will not change no matter just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you should have for a devoted scope setup on a long distance hunting or competition long gun which will almost never need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount’s screws to prevent the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted securely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach solidly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while preserving accuracy. These kinds of mounts come in convenient for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are utilized in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and creating 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.
Scope Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature level alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which could possibly permit 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 seek out.
