Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Atibal Nomad 4-16×50 SFP
The Atibal Nomad 4-16×50 offers more magnification and a larger objective lens. At Atibal, we continuously strive to bring you high-quality, high-performance, precision optics at a price you can afford.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Second Focal Plane (SFP), Side focus parallax adjustment, Illuminated green and Red V Plex BDC reticle, 10 Brightness Settings (5 for red and 5 for green), Fully multi-coated lens providing no less than 85% light transmission, Lockable target turrets for windage and elevation adjustment, Included sun shade, Water Proof, Shock Proof, Fog Proof
About the Atibal Manufacturer
Atibal is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their products by applying elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Atibal Nomad 4-16×50 SFP by Atibal. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Info Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account many ecological things like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are arranged inside and on the exterior of the scope body. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of optics.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Picking the finest type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the same scale relative to the volume of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle measurements evolve based on the magnification employed to shoot over lengthier distances considering the markings present different increments which vary with the magnification level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These particular sorts of optics work for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is figured out by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle optic comes with a zoom 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 type of optic can not fluctuate since it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass Details
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. It will note the magnification amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be changed between 2x and 10x power. This also involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is accomplished by employing the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Rifle Glass Power and Ranges
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be successfully used. Consider that higher power optics will not be as effective as lower powered optics because excessive zoom can be a detractor. The very same idea goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
Rifle Glass Lens Covering
All modern-day rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens finish can be an important element of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Glass
Some glass makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings that take advantage of different procedures, chemicals, polarizations, and elements to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def coating is frequently used with higher density lens glass which brings down light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious around things with hard outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or covering 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 becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a finish put on it so that it will be efficiently usable in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving 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 optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope maker and just how much you spent for it. Both are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking multiple steps to combat different natural elements like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This additionally doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Scope Lens Finishing
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering which is water repellent.
Options for Installing Rifle Glass on Firearms
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scope.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a pair of separate rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are manufactured for far away precision shooting. This type of scope mount is ideal for rifles which need a resilient, hard use mount which will not move despite just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a faithful optics system on a long distance hunting or interdiction firearm which will hardly ever need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount screws to keep the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted securely in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These types 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. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while keeping precision. These kinds of mounts are useful and practical for rifles which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are chosen for use in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It generally costs around $250 USD
Info Around Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by bringing about fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Rifle Glass 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 currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure variations from the external environment which might potentially permit water vapor to permeate 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.
