Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Armorwerx 4×30 Compact Rifle Scope
Compact 4x zoom rifle scope – 30mm objective – Fits any standard Picatinny rail – T6061 aerospace aluminum construction, rubber armor – Length 156mm, weight 611g
Rifle Scope Product Features
Compact 4x zoom rifle scope
30mm objective
Fits any standard Picatinny rai
T6061 aerospace aluminum construction, rubber armor
Length 156mm, weight 611g
About the Armorwerx Brand
Armorwerx is a premium maker for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products choosing elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Armorwerx 4×30 Compact Rifle Scope by Armorwerx. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
Scope Info
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to account for varied environmental considerations like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and on the exterior of the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
About Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding upon the best type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info on First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle before the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The result 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 100 yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same dimensions in relation to the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements change based upon the magnification employed to shoot over greater distances given that the reticle measurements present different increments which fluctuate 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 measurement. These kinds of glass are beneficial for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Optic Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope offers is determined 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.
Fixed Power Lens Scope Details
A single power rifle scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not adjust since it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. It will list the magnification amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope can be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is accomplished by applying the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power Level and Range of Rifle Optics
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be effectively used. Always remember that high power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered optics since increased magnification can be a detractor. The exact same concept goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Glass Lens Coating
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of lens coverings. When looking at high end rifle optical devices, Lens finishing can be a vital component of defining the rifle’s capability. The lenses are among the most critical parts of the optic as they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses protects the lens surface area and also helps with anti glare capabilities from excess sunlight and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Glass Lens Coatings
Some rifle scope manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lense coverings which take advantage of various procedures, polarizations, rare earth compounds, and elements to extract a wide range of colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-definition coating is frequently used with increased density glass which decreases light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over items with well defined outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have various coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing 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 how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Info on Anti-water Coating
Water on a scope’s lens does not help with retaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Lots of top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It treats the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Scope Installation Choices
Installing approaches for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the scope.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is good for rifle systems which require a durable, hard use mount which will not move despite how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you want for a faithful optics setup on a far away scouting or competition long gun that will hardly ever need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount’s screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics brand. 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 take off a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
Info on Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and making residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes protect against humidity from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of wetness prevention for conventional use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on boats and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still find the rifle.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another component of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less altered by climate alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which may possibly allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
