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Rifle Scope Product Details
Ade Advanced Optics 4-14x44FFP2017-1 Crusader Series 4-16X44 40mm First Focal Plain Mil Dot Reflex
The Ade Advanced Optics 2017 brand new designed 4-14×14 scope is a first Focal Plane scope featuring an illuminated Mil-Dot reticle for ranging targets at 14x magnification. Locking turrets with resettable zero give audible and tactile 1/4 MOA clicks. A side mounted Parallax adjust knob keeps the reticle Parallax free and the target image sharp at extended ranges. This tough scope is shockproof, water and fog resistant, and comes with a 3-year warranty. Battery type: 1x CR2032 3V click value: 1/4 MOA eye relief: low: 3.22/high: 3.14 field view 100: low: low: 27.20 ft/high: 7.85 ft Focal Plane: first Focal Plane HD Red green illuminated light vision optical sight, Red/green 5 levels illumination. Nitrogen Purged illuminated: illuminated maximum magnification: 4 minimum magnification: 14 night vision compatible: no objective diameter: 44mm reticle: Red/green Mil-Dot tube diameter: 30mm (scope rings included) weight: 26 oz Ade Advanced Optics first made its appearance in the firearms accessory industry by doing private label production for several Major manufacturers and retailers. During this period, Ade Advanced Optics began receiving requests from numerous customers for access to the affordable, high quality products that Ade Advanced Optics was capable of producing. By soliciting feedback from both clients and end users, Ade Advanced Optics was able to overcome the challenges a new company often faces when entering a global market and industry, especially one as competitive as the shooting, hunting, and outdoors industry.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Coming from contract factory name brands purchases from and rebrand for 3x more retail price. High quality 30mm one-piece t-tube aircraft grade aluminum, durable and easy to clean
Fully-multi-coated HD green lenses: provide over 95% light transmission for clear image. First focal plane.6 brightness settings.3 year Warranty
Fast focus Eyepiece, side focus. Lockable/high-profile zero-reset with 1/4 MOA audible-click stops and fingertip turrets
Wide field of view: Crosshair reticle black matte finish, 1200g shockproof, 100% Fog proof and shockproof construction with enhance performance in all weather conditions
Adjustment objective adjustment duplex reticle zero/locking/resetting
About the Ade Advanced Optics Manufacturer
Ade Advanced Optics is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products working with materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Ade Advanced Optics 4-14x44FFP2017-1 Crusader Series 4-16X44 40mm First Focal Plain Mil Dot Reflex by Ade Advanced Optics. For more shooting products, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to account for many natural elements like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most modern rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are arranged within and outside of the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Selecting the perfect type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and “lead” ratios for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature 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.
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture with less room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Optics
The amount of zoom 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.
Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not change since it is a fixed power optic.
About Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is handled using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the distances where they may be effectively used. Remember that higher magnification scopes and optics will not be as effective as lower powered optics because excessive magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept applies to extended distances where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Scope Lens Finishing
All current rifle glass lenses are layered. Lens finishing can be a vital aspect of a shooting system when looking into high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Info on Rifle Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use various techniques, chemicals, polarizations, and components to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Optic Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less advantageous 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 manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a producer is taking multiple steps to fight various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” is dependent on the producer’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of glass used in constructing the rifle glass.
Anti-water Glass Lens Finish
Water on an optic’s lens doesn’t support retaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Lots of top of the line or premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Optic Installing Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types 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 created for far away precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifle systems which are in need of a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not move despite how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a faithful scope setup on a reach out and touch someone hunting or competitors rifle which will seldom need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screws from wiggling out after they are installed tightly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics company. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Rifle Glass Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a similar style mount, multiple scopes can also be switched out in the field. The quick detach design is CNC machined 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 keeping the original sighting settings. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are utilized between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It normally costs around $250 USD
What to Know About Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and generating residue inside of the scope’s tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample humidity avoidance for standard use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle boating and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it is submerged in water and you can still salvage the firearm.
About Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure variations from the external environment which may potentially enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
