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Rifle Scope Product Details
Atibal APEX 4-14×44 FFP
The APEX 4-14×44 FFP features low dispersion lanthanum glass (LHD) with a multi coated lens that reduces chromatic aberrations and color fringing for more contrasting and vivid colors while maintaining optimal clarity. The APEX is designed for a wide range of shooting applications in virtually any environment. The APEX features a MIL Reticle, robust 30mm tube, ultra high definition glass, durable target turrets with expanded windage and elevation adjustment range and precise clicks, a generous 44mm objective lens, a large zoom range for magnification versatility, integrated removable rapid view lever, and Atibal’s no B.S. Lifetime Warranty have come together to make the Atibal APEX truly the pinnacle of rifle scope superiority.
Rifle Scope Product Features
First Focal Plane (FFP), Side focus parallax adjustment, Lanthanum Glass with Multi Coated Lens, Nitrogen-gas purged for water- and fog proof performance, Lockable target turrets for windage and elevation adjustment, Included sun shade, Water Proof, Shock Proof, Fog Proof
About the Atibal Brand
Atibal is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products making the most of elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Atibal APEX 4-14×44 FFP by Atibal. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
Rifle Glass Facts
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account varied ecological aspects like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are arranged within and outside of the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Considering the perfect type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non magnified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnification 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 measurement.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture without space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Zoom for Optics
The amount of magnification a scope provides 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 Rifle Glass Facts
A single power rifle optic or scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not fluctuate because it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Optic Details
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will list the magnification degree in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope can be set in between 2x and 10x power. This always includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they could be effectively used. Keep in mind that high power glass will not be as effective as lower powered scopes because too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Glass Lens Finish
All top of the line rifle optic lenses are layered. Lens coating can be a significant element of a rifle when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Rifle Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope producers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different processes, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-definition finishing is frequently used with more costly high density glass which lowers light’s capability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious around objects with defined outlines as light hits the object from particular angles.
Details on Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different finishings used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less useful 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 for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coverings
Water on an optical lens doesn’t assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line or premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner optic lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Installing Glass on Long Guns
Mounting options for scopes come in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Scope Ring Mounts
Standard, 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 a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for long guns which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Scope Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can ruin a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Scope Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which may potentially allow 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 look for.
