Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
ATN X-Sight LTV Day/Night Hunting Rifle Scope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
DAY/NIGHT MODE
RECORD HD VIDEO
MULTIPLE RETICLES
3D GYROSCOPE
LONG LASTING INTERNAL BATTERY
About the ATN Scope Maker
ATN is a premium producer for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their scopes and related products by using building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the ATN X-Sight LTV Day/Night Hunting Rifle Scope by ATN. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to take into account varied environmental elements like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of modern rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found within and externally on the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
About Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The sort of focal plane a scope has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes magnifying adjustments. It actually means the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnification lens of the optic. Considering the best form of rifle glass is based upon what form of hunting or shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The extent of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the sort of shooting you like to do. Pretty much every style of rifle optic offers some degree of magnification. The quantity of zoom a scope provides is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This implies what the shooter is observing through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scope Info
A single power rifle optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate because it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power change is performed by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they can be successfully used. Keep in mind that higher magnification scopes will not be as effective as lower powered scope and optics because excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Finishing
All top teir rifle glass lenses are covered. Lens finish is a vital aspect of a shooting system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Scope Lens Coatings
Some scope manufacturers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different processes, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have different finishings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a coating applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently usable in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This means the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives several treatments, it can establish that a manufacturer is taking several steps to fight different natural aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single covered lens. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of components used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Finish for Rifle Glass
Water on a lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Scope Installing Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the scope.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These forms of scope mounts use a pair of detached rings to support the optic, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is exceptional for rifles which are in need of a durable, hard use mount which will not change despite just how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a faithful optics setup on a long distance hunting or tournament rifle which will pretty much never need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted safely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from 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 remove a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for long guns which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Details on Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature changes and pressure variations from the outside environment which may possibly enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
