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Rifle Scope Product Details
AAGIL OPTICS 4-16 X 50 AO
Specs Magnification: 4-16 X Objective lens diameter: 50mm Tube diameter: 30mm Illumination: Red/Green/Blue Eye Relief: 3.94″ Adjustment click value: .25 MOA Parallax Form: 10 yards Exit Pupil: 11-2.75mm Diopter adjustment range: -2/+1.5 Lens Material: Glass Optical Coating: Multi-Coated, Green Water resistance level: Proofed Length: 14.2″ Weight: 22.7 Oz Finish: Hard Anodize Finish Material: Aircraft Grade Aluminium Extra Value -Power lever -Flip up lens caps -Ring mounts
Rifle Scope Product Features
Locking turret
Multi-Coated Lens
Glowing power indicator
Extra long eye relief
Nitrogen gas purged lenses
About the AAGIL OPTICS Manufacturer
AAGIL OPTICS is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products choosing elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the AAGIL OPTICS 4-16 X 50 AO by AAGIL OPTICS. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Scope Information
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for the consideration of different natural factors like wind speed and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are arranged within and externally on the optic. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Scope Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Choosing the best type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” and “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture without space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Zoom for Optics
The amount of magnification a scope offers is figured out by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scope Info
A single power rifle optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not change considering that it is a set power scope.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the magnification level in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This always involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is achieved by operating the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they may be successfully used. High power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification glass considering too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same idea relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Finishes
All cutting-edge rifle optic lenses are layered. Lens finishing can be a crucial element of a shooting platform when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Rifle Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different techniques, aspects, polarizations, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have different coatings applied 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. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finish applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of light (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends upon the scope designer and the amount you spent for it. Both the make and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This means the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking numerous steps to combat various environmental factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of components used in building the rifle optic.
Rifle Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a lens does not assist with keeping 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 hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating which is water repellent.
Alternatives for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Installing options for scopes come in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different 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 long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off 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 style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while retaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in practical for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are used in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It generally costs around $250 USD
About Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle glass can wreck a day on the range and your expensive optic by causing fogging and generating residue within the scope tube. Many scopes protect against humidity from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water-resistant optics can be immersed under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample wetness avoidance for standard use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on a boat and are worried about the scope still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the firearm.
Info Around Rifle Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temperature shifts and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which could potentially allow 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 look for.
