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Rifle Scope Product Details
Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn Circle-X Reticle Riflescope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Shotgun riflescope with 4x magnification and 32mm objective lens
Dusk & Dawn Brightness (DDB) multicoated lenses for clarity and brightness
Circle-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 11.3 inches long
Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn Circle-X Reticle Riflescope
The Bushnell Banner Rifle Scopes feature Dusk and Dawn Brightness lenses for clarity in low light so you can get the most out of your hunting day. Available in black with a Circle-X SFP reticle.
Specs:
Reticle: Circle-x Crosshair (Sfp), Color: Black, Focal Plane: Second, Magnification X Obj. Lens: 4X32Mm, Parallax Adjustment: Fixed, Parallax Adjustment Range: Fixed At 100 Yd, Eye Relief: 3.3In / 83.8Mm, Length: 11.3In / 287.0Mm, Weight: 11.1Oz / 315G, Tube Diameter: 1In, Field Of View (Ft @100 Yd): 31.5Ft @ 4X, Elevation Adjustment Range: 50 Moa / 14.5 Mil, Windage Adjustment Range: 50 Moa / 14.5 Mil, Travel Per Rotation: N/A, Elevation Turret: Capped, Windage Turret: Capped, Elevation Locking: No, Wind Locking: No, Zero Stop: No, Coatings: Dusk & Dawn Brightness, Illuminated: No, Rainguard: No, Exobarrier: No, Waterproofing: Yes, Ultrawide Band Coatings: No, Ed Prime Glass: No, Product Type: Riflescopes, Collection: Banner.
About the Bushnell Brand
Bushnell is a premium producer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts, scopes, and related products by applying materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn Circle-X Reticle Riflescope by Bushnell. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Scope Info
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by employing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of various environmental considerations like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most modern-day rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of scopes.
About Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Opting for the optimal type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom 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 magnified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without having “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
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.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture with less room used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Zoom
The measure of scope magnification you require depends upon the kind of shooting you desire to do. Virtually every style of rifle scope supplies some degree of zoom. The level of magnification a scope provides is established by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This signifies what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope and optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not change considering that it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power modification is accomplished by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they can be successfully used. Remember that high power scopes will not be as effective as lower powered optics due to the fact that too much zoom can be a detractor. The very same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle.
Details on Glass Lens Finishes
All modern-day rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of lens coverings. Lens coating can be an important element of a rifle’s setup when looking at high-end rifle optics and scope units. The lenses are one of the most essential parts of the scope as they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface and even assists with anti glare from refracted sunrays and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Scope Lens Coatings
Some rifle scope makers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lense coatings which employ different procedures, components, polarizations, and chemical applications to extract numerous color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This HD finishing is normally used with higher density glass which reduces light’s ability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious over things with defined shapes as light hits the item from various angles.
Details on Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Rifle Scope Lens Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Rifle Optic Installation Options
Mounting solutions for scopes are available 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 different kinds of mounts also generally come in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Basic, clamp design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use two detached rings to support the optic, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are created for far away precision shooting. This kind of scope mount is exceptional for rifles which need to have a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a faithful optics system on a long distance hunting or interdiction rifle which will seldom need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on screws to protect against the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted tightly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm type from the Vortex Optics company. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach solidly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining accuracy. These types of mounts are useful and convenient for rifles which are transferred a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It usually costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent moisture from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Optic Tubes
Another element of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temp alterations and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which could possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
