Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Armorwerx 4×32 Fiber Optic Illuminated Rifle Scope
T6061 Aluminum Construction – Red fiber optic illumination, no batteries needed – 4x magnification – Mounts to any standard Picatinny rail
Rifle Scope Product Features
T6061 Aluminum Construction
Red fiber optic illumination, no batteries needed
4x magnification
Mounts to any standard Picatinny rail
About the Armorwerx Brand
Armorwerx is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products by making the most of elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Armorwerx 4×32 Fiber Optic Illuminated Rifle Scope by Armorwerx. 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 lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to take into account separate environmental factors like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are located internally and outside of the scope body. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding on the best type of rifle glass is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane optics (FFP) include the reticle before the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the level of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non magnified distance. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without any “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of 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.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Glass Magnification
The measure of scope zoom you require is based on the style of shooting you wish to do. Nearly every kind of rifle optic provides some level of magnification. The amount of magnification a scope provides is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This indicates what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not change given that it is a fixed power scope.
About Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power change is achieved by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they can be successfully used. Bear in mind that higher power optics will not be as practical as lower powered scopes due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept relates to longer distances where the shooter needs increased power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Coating for Rifle Scopes
All present day rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. Lens finishing can be an essential element of a rifle’s setup when buying high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use various procedures, elements, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of 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.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Optics
Different optic lenses can even have different finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (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 producers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Rifle Glass Lens Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a lens does not assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish.
Choices for Mounting Scopes on Firearms
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also normally can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Optic Mounting Solutions 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 made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is fine for rifles which require a long lasting, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Optic Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a comparable design mount, multiple scopes can also be swapped out. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach solidly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while maintaining precision. These types of mounts come in convenient for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are chosen for use between multiple rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can spoil a day of shooting and your pricey optic by inducing fogging and developing residue within the scope’s tube. A lot of optics protect against wetness from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these optics can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample humidity prevention for common use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on your motorboat and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still recover the gun.
Glass Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by condition changes and pressure differences from the external environment which may potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
