Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
DNZ Freedom Reaper Forward Picantinny Rail (Black, 1 inch)
Freedom Reaper Forward ring picatinny rail mount – One inch scope tube – Black finish – Fits RH or LH firearm – Measurement from bottom of mount to the centerline of the scope tube is 1.37″. 20MOA for long range shooting.
Rifle Scope Product Features
One inch scope tube
Fits RH or LH firearm
Measurement from bottom of mount to the centerline of the scope tube is 1.37″
20MOA for long range shooting
About the DNZ Manufacturer
DNZ is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and make their scopes and related products making the most of building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the DNZ Freedom Reaper Forward Picantinny Rail (Black, 1 inch) by DNZ. For more shooting items, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
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 magnification using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of separate environmental factors like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of contemporary rifle optics have around 11 parts which are located within and on the exterior of the optic. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Selecting the finest type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” correlations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the same scale in relation to the quantity of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle measurements evolve based on the zoom used to shoot over longer distances considering that the reticle markings represent distinct increments which differ with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture without area used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Optic Zoom
The amount of zoom a scope offers is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not fluctuate since it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is accomplished using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range Correlation of Rifle Optics
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they may be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level rifle scope glass given that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same relates to extended distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Rifle Scope Lens Finishing
All modern rifle scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of glass finishings. When shopping for luxury rifle targeting systems, Lens finishing can be a vital component of a rifle. The glass lenses are among the most essential pieces of the scope given that 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 exterior and even improves anti glare capabilities from excess light and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle glass suppliers additionally use “HD” or high-def lense finishes which use various processes, elements, polarizations, and chemical applications to extract separate color ranges and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-def finishing is frequently used with more costly, high density lens glass which reduces light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious around things with hard outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have different coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in many kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope developer and how much money you spent for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Finish for Rifle Scopes
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Alternatives for Mounting Rifle Glass on Long Guns
Installing options for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also typically come in quick release versions which use throw levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the optics.
Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope 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 optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which need a long lasting, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Glass Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and remove a scope from a rifle. Several scopes can also be swapped 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 fasten firmly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while maintaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in beneficial for shooting platforms which are transported a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are adopted between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle glass can destroy a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by inducing fogging and producing residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of optics protect against moisture from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Usually, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient humidity prevention for common use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on your motorboat and are worried about the optic still performing if it falls overboard and you can still recover the rifle.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less impacted by climate shifts and pressure distinctions from the external environment which may potentially allow water vapor to leak 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.
