Description
Rifle Scope Ring Product Details
PRI Tactical Scope Rings – 1″ Aluminum. Standard Height
30mm Tactical Ring 7075 Hard Coat Black Anodized Aluminum Construction 4 Torx Head Top Screws. The rings are designed to withstand the recoil of a 50cal. Rings designed to mount on Standard Dovetail or Picatinny Style Rails. Manufacturer: Precision Reflex Inc
Rifle Scope Ring Product Features
Height A : 1.05″
Height B : .37″
About the PRI Manufacturer
PRI is a premium maker for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their scopes, mounts, and related products working with building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the PRI Tactical Scope Rings – 1″ Aluminum. Standard Height by PRI. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
Information About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through magnification by employing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for the consideration of separate environmental elements like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most modern-day rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are arranged internally and externally on the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
About Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in relation to the scopes magnification. It actually means the reticle is behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the optic. Choosing the most beneficial sort of rifle scope depends upon what kind of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non magnified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the same overall size in relation to the quantity of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements adjust based on the zoom used to shoot over lengthier ranges since the markings represent different increments which can vary with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These sorts of glass are beneficial for:
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture with less space used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Glass
The amount of zoom a scope provides is figured out by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle scope or optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not change since it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified 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
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they could be efficiently used. Bear in mind that higher power scopes will not be as practical as lower magnification level glass because excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Optic Lens Finish
All modern rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of glass coatings. Lens coating can be an important element of a rifle when looking at luxury rifle optics and scope equipment. The lenses are one of the most critical components of the glass considering they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and assists with anti glare from refracted direct sunlight and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle scope makers will also use “HD” or high-def lense finishings that use various procedures, rare earth compounds, components, and polarizations to enhance separate colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-def covering is commonly used with increased density lens glass which drops light’s capability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable over items with hard edges and shapes as light hits the item from certain angles.
Glass Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield 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 coated lens depends on the scope maker and the amount you paid for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Finishing for Glass
Water on a scope lens does not assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Choices for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used between numerous rifles.
Info Around Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can spoil a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by causing fogging and generating residue within the scope tube. A lot of optics protect against moisture from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water resistant optics can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of humidity prevention for basic use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still recover the gun.
Info on Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature level changes and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which might possibly enable water vapor to seep 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.
