Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Burris RT Series Long Range Rifle Scope with Side Parallax Adjustment and Front Focal Plane SCR Mil Reticle
Rifle Scope Product Features
Long range rifle scope designed for fun at the range or high-stakes competition; Perfect for those looking for a way to get into the action with a precision optic that won’t break the bank
Shooters from air gunners to long-range rifle enthusiasts will enjoy the featured front focal plane SCR 2 MIL dot reticle, zero click stop adjustment, and the integrated, adjustable throw level for a custom fit
Dial in your exact holdover and windage using the precise 1/10 mil and zero click stop turrets, while side parallax adjustment allows fine tuning focus to get the most out of the front focal plane special-competition SCR 2 Mil reticles
Capable of 65 MOA total elevation travel, the new RT-25 rifle scope is built around a rugged 30mm nitrogen filled tube and is waterproof, shockproof and fog proof
Like all Burris scopes this was designed to handle recoil from any direction making it a perfect option for competition air gunners
Sport type: Tactical & Military
About the Burris Company
Burris is a premium producer for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their scopes and related products by choosing elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Burris RT Series Long Range Rifle Scope with Side Parallax Adjustment and Front Focal Plane SCR Mil Reticle by Burris. For more shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for consideration of numerous natural things like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope body. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane a scope has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies in connection with the scopes magnifying adjustments. It simply indicates the reticle is located behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Selecting the most ideal sort of rifle scope is dependent on what form of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind 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 reticle measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Glass Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope offers is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change since it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will list the zoom amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope can be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This additionally utilizes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adaptation is achieved utilizing the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they could be efficiently used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as efficient as lower magnification scopes since too much magnification can be a bad thing. The very same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Scope Lens Finishing
All cutting-edge rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens finishing is a crucial element of a rifle’s setup when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some optic makers additionally use “HD” or high-def lense coverings that take advantage of different processes, polarizations, rare earth compounds, and elements to enhance a wide range of colors and viewable definition through lenses. This high-def finish is normally used with greater density glass which reduces light’s capability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious over things with hard edges and outlines as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have different finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or coating used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope producer and the amount you paid for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Details on Hydrophobic Covering
Water on an optical lens doesn’t help with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Numerous top of the line or high-end scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It treats the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Options for Installing Optics on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found 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 various kinds of mounts also usually are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the optics.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic 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 independent rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are created for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is very good for rifles which need to have a resilient, hard use mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated scope setup on a far away scouting or competitors long gun that will pretty much never need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between numerous rifles.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by causing fogging and generating residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of optics prevent wetness from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these water resistant optics can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness avoidance for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle boating and are worried about the scope still performing if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the rifle.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by climate changes and pressure differences from the external environment which might potentially allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
