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Rifle Scope Product Details
Bushnell Nitro Riflescope 6-24x50_RN6245GS1, Black
Rifle Scope Product Features
The fully multi-coated optics deliver bright, high-contrast images with minimal eyestrain.
EXO Barrier coating bonds to exterior lens surfaces, and repels water, oil, fog, dust and debris.
The best resolution and contrast in all lighting conditions.
Easily correct parallax error without removing eyes from target.
Included Components: Scope Covers
Material Type: Aluminum
Bushnell Nitro Riflescopes
HDOS (High Definition Optical System)
Combines our key technologies like Fully-Multi coated lenses to deliver amazing 94% light transmission for high-contrast and color accuracy.
IPX-7 Waterproof Construction and EXO Barrier
O-ring sealed optics stay dry inside, when immersed in three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. EXO Barrier ensures that your sight stays visible, keeping fog, water and dirt off the lenses so you never miss a moment.
Capped Target Turrets
Dialable, tool-less zero reset turret.
Easy Magnification Adjustment
Adjust your magnification on Nitro with an easy adjustment dial. Zoom in or out with ease and never take your eye off the target.
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Bushnell Nitro Riflescope
Scope covers
Sunshade
Bushnell spuds (lens cloth)
Quick start guide
About the Bushnell Brand
Bushnell is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their products working with elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Bushnell Nitro Riflescope 6-24x50_RN6245GS1, Black by Bushnell. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
Rifle Glass Details
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through magnifying the target by using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for the consideration of various environmental things like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are located within and externally on the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
About Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes magnification. It simply suggests the reticle is behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Looking for the most beneficial style of rifle optic is based upon what style of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same size in connection with the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle dimensions change based upon the zoom chosen to shoot over greater ranges given that the reticle measurements represent different increments which change with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These sorts of scopes are useful for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of scope zoom you need on your glass depends on the sort of shooting you desire to do. Nearly every type of rifle scope delivers some amount of zoom. The volume of magnification a scope provides is determined by the size, thickness, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This signifies what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic uses a magnification 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 optic can not adjust since it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is achieved by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they may be effectively used. High power scopes will not be as beneficial as lower magnification level optics considering too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea applies to longer distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Optic Lens Finishes
All modern-day rifle scope lenses are layered. Lens covering can be a significant aspect of a rifle system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
ED Versus HD Rifle Scopes
Some rifle scope companies will also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings that apply various processes, aspects, polarizations, and chemical applications to enhance various color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def finish is normally used with increased density glass which lowers light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting 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 may be visible around objects with well defined outlines as light hits the object from specific angles.
Rifle Glass Lens Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking multiple steps to fight various environmental elements like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” hinges on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of components used in building the rifle scope.
Optic Lens Hydrophobic Coating
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish.
Rifle Glass Installing Choices
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted 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 toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance precision shooting. This form of scope mount is great for rifles which are in need of a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you really want to have for a specialized scope setup on a long distance hunting or sniper competition firearm that will hardly ever need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off 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 crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while preserving the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in handy for rifles which are transferred a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are chosen for use between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
About Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can spoil a day of shooting and your pricey optic by resulting in fogging and generating residue within the scope’s tube. Many scopes protect against moisture from going into the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Typically, these water resistant scopes can be submerged beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough humidity prevention for basic use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still recover the rifle.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less altered by condition shifts and pressure variations from the external environment which may potentially allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
