Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Countersniper Tactical Optic 1-4 x 30 Scope
ATTRIBUTES Finish: Anodized Black Matte Lens Coatings: Multi-Coated Magnification: 1-4X Material: T6161 Aircraft Aluminum Objective Lens: 24mm
Rifle Scope Product Features
1×4 30mm Body 24 Primary Object
About the COUNTER SNIPER Scope Maker
COUNTER SNIPER is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products making the most of materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Countersniper Tactical Optic 1-4 x 30 Scope by COUNTER SNIPER. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of varied natural things like wind speed and elevation decreases to account 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 line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern-day rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are located within and outside of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
About Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes magnification. It simply indicates the reticle is situated behind or before the magnification lens of the scope. Considering the most suitable style of rifle glass depends on what style of shooting or hunting you plan on undertaking.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Details
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom 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.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Zoom for Scopes
The measure of scope magnification you need depends upon the type of shooting you like to do. Virtually every style of rifle glass provides some level of zoom. The volume of zoom a scope provides is established by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This indicates what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not change considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they could be successfully used. High power glass will not be as efficient as lower powered glass due to the fact that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Coverings
All present day rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens finishing can be an essential element of a shooting platform when considering high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope manufacturers even use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings that make the most of various procedures, aspects, chemical substances, and polarizations to extract numerous color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def finishing is typically used with higher density lens glass which lowers light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” implying 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 can be noticeable around things with hard outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
About Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have various finishes used to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
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 coated lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
About Hydrophobic Covering
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Glass Installation Alternatives
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally come in quick release variations which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the optics.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp 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 two separate rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is good for rifles which require a durable, 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 want for a faithful optics system on a long distance hunting or tournament rifle that will rarely need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to prevent the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Rifle Scope Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and remove a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect tightly 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 the original sighting settings. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are utilized between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It typically costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can wreck a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by causing fogging and generating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of optics prevent humidity from entering the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water-resistant optics can be immersed 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 conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard watercrafts and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it is submerged in water and you can still rescue the rifle.
Info Around Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the buildup of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less altered by temperature level alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could 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 decent rifle scope to look for.
