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Rifle Scope Product Details
Bushnell Elite Tactical SMRSII Pro 1-6.2×24 Flat Dark Earth QC BDC Reticle Riflescope
The Bushnell elite tactical smrsii Pro 1-6.2×24 riflescope, flat dark Earth, QC BDC reticle is built to meet the demands of the toughest users. It comes in flat dark Earth, and features capped turrets and the fixed throwhammer throw lever for instant magnification changes.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Black Riflescope/power x Obj. Lens: 1-6.5x24mm/reticle: QC BDC/reticle type: mil/focal plane: second
Lens coating: fully multi coated/exobarrier: Yes/tube diameter: 30mm/weight: oz/gr 19.0/539
Parallax adjustment: fixed/Eye relief: in/mm 102.0/2590.8/length: in/mm 10.201/259.1
Exclusive exo barrier protection – protective lens coating molecularly bonds to the glass, repelling water, oil, dust, debris and preventing scratches
Argon purged fog-proofing – argon-filled optics remain stable regardless of ambient temperature for the ultimate fog-proof protection
About the Bushnell Manufacturer
Bushnell is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their scopes, mounts, and related products making the most of elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Bushnell Elite Tactical SMRSII Pro 1-6.2×24 Flat Dark Earth QC BDC Reticle Riflescope by Bushnell. For more shooting products, visit their website.
About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnification by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of separate ecological elements like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are arranged internally and on the exterior of the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of an optic.
About Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Going for the best type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified range. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without having “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are practical for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” ratios for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom 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.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture without space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Details on Rifle Optic Magnification
The amount of zoom a scope supplies is identified by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope and optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change considering that it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power adjustment is achieved by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range of Scopes
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they could be successfully used. Highly magnified glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level scopes considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same relates to extended distances where the shooter needs adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
About Optic Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of finishes. When looking at luxury rifle optics and scope units, Lens coating can be a vital component of defining the rifle’s capability. The glass lenses are one of the most essential pieces of the glass because they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses protects the lens exterior and even improves anti glare capabilities from excess sunlight and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different procedures, polarizations, chemicals, and components to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Details on Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different coatings used 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 covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard 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 layered lens depends upon the scope producer and just how much you spent on it. The scope’s maker and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives several treatments, it can indicate that a company is taking numerous steps to combat various environmental elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” depends upon the manufacturer’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of products used in building the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Finishing for Rifle Scopes
Water on an optical lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line and premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It treats the exterior of the Steiner optic lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installation Choices
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also normally are made in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Basic, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are designed for far away precision shooting. This form of scope mount is excellent for rifle systems which are in need of a durable, hard use mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a faithful optics setup on a long distance scouting or interdiction firearm which will hardly ever need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount’s screws to protect against the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted safely in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle 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. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect firmly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while maintaining precision. These kinds of mounts come in handy for rifles which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are utilized between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle glass can mess up a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and generating residue within the scope’s tube. A lot of optics prevent wetness from getting in the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these optics can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture content avoidance for common use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the optic still working if it goes overboard and you can still retrieve the gun.
Info on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
