Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
AIM Sports Dual Illumination 4 Different Reticles/Operator Edition Reflex Sights, Black
AIM Sports Operator Edition Dual Illuminated Reflex Sight features aircraft grade aluminum body to withstand constant heavy recoil. The housing is fog proof and shock resistant. The seals are nitrogen charged with weather resistant seals. Coated lens provides superior light transmission, resolution and scratch resistance. The dual illuminated reticles with adjustable rheostat for brightness control com in red, and green. The are four special edition reticle patterns providing variety for any target type. There is also an integrated Picatinny/Weaver mounting system, and unlimited eye relief for quick target acquisition.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Magnification: 1X
Objective Aperture: 24 x 34
Click value at 100 yards: 1 MOA
Dot size: 3 MOA
Includes protective lens cover
About the Aim Sports Brand
Aim Sports is a premium manufacturer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products by using elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the AIM Sports Dual Illumination 4 Different Reticles/Operator Edition Reflex Sights, Black by Aim Sports. For more shooting items, visit their site.
About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account separate environmental aspects like wind and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are found inside and on the exterior of the scope. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the optimal type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Scope Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” relationships for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the exact same scale in connection with the quantity of zoom being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements adjust based on the magnification applied to shoot over greater ranges due to the fact that the reticle markings present various increments which can vary with the zoom. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These kinds of glass are convenient for:
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture with less space used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Zoom for Optics
The measure of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the style of shooting you like to do. Practically every type of rifle optic offers some degree of zoom. The volume of magnification a scope provides is determined by the dimension, density, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This denotes what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not fluctuate because it is a fixed power scope.
About Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is performed by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Remember that high power optics and scopes will not be as practical as lower powered optics since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same relates to extended distances where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finishing for Optics
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of glass coverings. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle’s setup when considering high-end rifle optics and targeting systems. The glass lenses are among the most vital parts of the optic due to the fact that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The coating on the lenses shields the lens surface area and even improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color visibility.
Details on Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different processes, components, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have various coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve 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 upon the scope maker and the amount you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can show that a maker is taking multiple steps to fight different natural factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally does not necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens is better than a single covered lens. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of glass used in building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Covering for Glass
Water on a scope’s lens does not support maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Numerous top of the line and premium scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It deals with the exterior surfaces of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads move off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Optics on Long Guns
Installing solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece 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 remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Standard, clamp style 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 two separate 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 require a resilient, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a similar design mount, a number of scopes can often be swapped out. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect firmly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while retaining precision. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for rifles which are hauled around a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are employed between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
Info Around Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle glass can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by resulting in fogging and generating residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes prevent moisture from going into the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these optics can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content prevention for common use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle on boats and are concerned about the scope still performing if it goes over the side and you can still retrieve the gun.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature changes and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
