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Rifle Scope Product Details
Bushnell 614124 Banner Dusk & Dawn Multi-X Reticle Adjustable Objective Riflescope, 4-12X 40mm
Ask any trophy hunter. They’ll tell you more tags are filled in the low-light hours than any other time. Enter the Bushnell Banner 4-12x 40 Multi-X riflescope, a scope designed to excel in early-morning and late-evening light. Featuring Dusk & Dawn Brightness (DDB) multi-coated lenses for clarity and brightness in low light, you’ll add precious minutes to every hunting day with the Banner Dusk & Dawn series. With one-piece tube design, the Banner Dusk & Dawn line includes a full assortment of specialty scopes for big-game, varmint, .22 rimfire, slug, black powder and turkey hunting.
Rifle Scope Product Features
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1/4 M.O.A. Fingertip windage and elevation adjustment
Low-light riflescope with 4-12x magnification and 40mm objective lens
Dusk & Dawn Brightness (DDB) multicoated lenses for clarity and brightness
Multi-X reticle; 1/4 MOA fingertip windage and elevation adjustments
100-percent waterproof/fogproof construction; 3.3 inches of eye relief
Fast-focus eyepiece; measures 12 inches long
Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn Multi-X Reticle Adjustable Objective Riflescope
Product Description
The 18x magnification and large 50mm objective make it ideal for long-range varmint, silhouette and target shooting. Features the Multi-X reticle, which offers a classic sight picture.
Waterproof Construction – O-ring sealed optics stay dry inside, even when totally immersed in water.
Fully Multi Coated – Multiple layers of anti-reflective coating on all air-to-glass surfaces deliver bright, high-contrast images
Argon Purged Fog-Proofing – Argon-filled optics remain stable regardless of ambient temperature for the ultimate fog-proof protection.
About the Bushnell Brand
Bushnell is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and build their mounts and related products by applying materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Bushnell 614124 Banner Dusk & Dawn Multi-X Reticle Adjustable Objective Riflescope, 4-12X 40mm by Bushnell. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
Scope Information
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by making use of a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of many natural considerations like wind speed and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are found inside and outside of the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The form of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in relation to the optic’s magnifying adjustments. It simply indicates the reticle is situated behind or ahead of the magnifying lens of the optic. Deciding upon the most ideal sort of rifle glass is based on what form of hunting or shooting you intend on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature 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.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Glass Zoom
The extent of scope zoom you need depends on the sort of shooting you plan to do. Almost every type of rifle optic gives some level of magnification. The amount of zoom a scope provides is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This denotes what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not adjust because it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the zoom level in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope could be set between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved by making use of the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power and Ranges
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the distances where they can be successfully used. Remember that high magnification glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level glass because excessive magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Finish
All modern rifle scope lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of finishings. Lens finish is an important element of a rifle’s setup when looking at high end rifle optics and scope units. The glass lenses are one of the most crucial components of the glass since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface and even helps with anti glare capabilities from excess sunshine and color perception.
HD Versus ED Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use various procedures, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and just how much you spent on it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Rifle Scope Lens Finish
Water on a scope’s lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Many top of the line and premium optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It deals with the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Mounting Optics on Firearms
Installing options for scopes are available in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly mount and dismount the optics.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These styles of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for far away precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which are in need of a durable, rock solid mount which will not change regardless of just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you want for a devoted scope system on a reach out and touch someone hunting or sniper competition firearm which will hardly ever need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount’s screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles.
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can wreck a day on the range and your costly optic by inducing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope’s tube. Many scopes protect against moisture from going into the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water resistant scopes can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture avoidance for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle on your motorboat and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes overboard and you can still find the rifle.
What to Know About Rifle Scope Tube Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less influenced by temp alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which may potentially permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
