Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Blackhound Optics Genesis 1-6×24 SFP MOA
Specifications:
MAGNIFICATION: 1-6X
OBJECTIVE LENS: 24mm
EYE RELIEF: 3.35-3.74″
FOCAL PLANE: SECOND (SFP)
FIELD OF VIEW: 103-17′ (@100yds)
TUBE SIZE: 30mm
TURRET STYLE: CAPPED
CLICK VALUE: 1/2 MOA
TRAVEL PER ROTATION: 50 MOA
ELEVATION/WINDAGE ADJUSTMENTS: 80 MOA
PARALLAX: FIXED
LENGTH: 10.91″
WEIGHT: 1.23 lbs
BATTERY: CR2032 LITHIUM
Rifle Scope Product Features
The Blackhound Optics Genesis 1-6×24 SFP MOA provides streamlined target acquisition with minimal data distraction for shooters who prefer SFP magnification in short- to mid-range applications.
Ships with Blackhound Lens Caps, Blackhound Lens Cloth, Mounting Bubble Levels, and all necessary tools.
The Blackhound Guarantee: Blackhound Optics stands behind our products, and provides a fully-transferable warranty on all materials and workmanship, for the lifetime of your rifle scope.If your scope is defective, fails to perform, or suffers non-cosmetic damage that affects its function, during normal use ” we will replace your scope at no charge to you!
About the Blackhound Scope Maker
Blackhound is a premium supplier for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts, scopes, and related products by applying building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Blackhound Optics Genesis 1-6×24 SFP MOA by Blackhound. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Information Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted for consideration of different ecological things like wind speed and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are located internally and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of an optic.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the optic’s magnification. It literally indicates the reticle is located behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the optic. Selecting the most beneficial kind of rifle optic depends on what variety of shooting you plan on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without any “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. 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 reticle measurement.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture with less room taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Optic Magnification
The quantity of scope magnification you need on your scope depends on the type of shooting you desire to do. Almost every kind of rifle glass offers some amount of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope offers is determined by the size, density, and curves of the lenses inside of the rifle optic. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This indicates what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not fluctuate considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Info on Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the magnification amount in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope can be changed between 2x and 10x power. This always includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power Level and Range of Rifle Optics
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they can be efficiently used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level scopes given that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs to have enough power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Covering for Rifle Optics
All current rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens finish is a vital aspect of a shooting system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
About Rifle Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some optic makers will also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings that apply different processes, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out separate color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-definition covering is normally used with more costly high density glass which brings down light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how 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 over things with hard edges and shapes as light hits the object from certain angles.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Different optic lenses can also have different coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing 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 upon the scope developer and how much money you spent paying for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Scope Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish which is water repellent.
Glass Mounting Choices
Installing solutions for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Rifle Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is perfect for rifles which need a resilient, sound 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 attach and take off 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 come in handy for long guns which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between multiple rifles.
Info on Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up 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.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less influenced by condition alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which could possibly permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
