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Rifle Scope Product Details
Atibal STRIIKER 1-4×24 SFP
The STRIIKER 1-4x brings high quality craftsmanship to allow you speed and versatility in a variety of shooting environments. The high-quality, fully multi-coated lenses deliver a clear, crisp sight picture and optical low-light performance. The true one-power on the low end of its 4x range provides quick target acquisition in close quarters scenarios, and as you need to engage at a distance, you are able to crank up to 4x. The STRIIKER is perfect for you whether you’re looking to win a 3-Gun competition or you’re looking for a versatile hunting optic.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Second Focal Plane (SFP), 4 MOA center dot with BDC calibrated for .308 or 5.56, 11 Brightness Settings, Fully multi-coated lens providing no less than 80% light transmission, Tactical target turrets for windage and elevation adjustment , Water proof, Shock Proof, Fog Proof
About the Atibal Brand
Atibal is a premium maker for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes and related products making the most of building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Atibal STRIIKER 1-4×24 SFP by Atibal. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
Rifle Optic Details
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of varied natural aspects like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle optics have about eleven parts which are arranged internally and outside of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation dials, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of optics.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Opting for the best type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane glass (FFP) include the reticle before the magnifying lens. This triggers 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 amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the same overall size relative to the volume of zoom being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions adjust based upon the zoom employed to shoot over greater distances considering that the markings present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular varieties of glass are beneficial for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Rifle Optics
The quantity of zoom a scope supplies is figured out by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic or scope uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Optic Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified settings. The power change is achieved by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope powers and the ranges where they could be effectively used. Keep in mind that high magnification glass will not be as efficient as lower powered scope and optics due to the fact that excessive zoom can be a detractor. The exact same idea relates to extended distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finishing for Optics
All top of the line rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens covering is a significant element of a shooting platform when considering high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various techniques, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently functional in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect 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 on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a producer is taking multiple steps to fight various natural elements like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single covered lens. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of components used in constructing the rifle glass.
Anti-water Finishing for Glass
Water on a lens does not assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Many top of the line or premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior of the Steiner scope lens so the water particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Installing Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes come in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Standard, clamp-on design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These forms of scope mounts use a pair of individual rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are manufactured for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is excellent for rifle systems which need a durable, unfailing mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a faithful scope system on a far away scouting or hard target interdiction firearm that will seldom need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used to stop the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from the Vortex Optics brand. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Rifle Glass Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever 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. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Scope Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which might possibly enable 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 look for.
