Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
DNZ Freedom Reaper Picatinny Rail with 1-Inch Scope Tube (Black, 1 inch)
Freedom Reaper – Picatinny Rail Mount – One Inch Scope Tube – Matt Black – 1.37 from bottom to tube center. Mount is made on 20MOA Taper for LONG Range Shooting. 1/2 Hex nuts for mounting to the rail.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Machined one piece design for extreme accuracy
No moving parts between firearm & Scope
Fast installation and requires no special tools
Prefect ring alignment
Made in the USA
About the DNZ Brand
DNZ is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products using elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the DNZ Freedom Reaper Picatinny Rail with 1-Inch Scope Tube (Black, 1 inch) by DNZ. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
Rifle Glass Info
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through zoom using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of varied ecological aspects like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many modern rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are arranged within and outside of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Selecting the perfect type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane glass (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same dimensions relative to the level of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions adapt based on the zoom employed to shoot over longer distances considering that the markings present different increments which vary with the zoom level. In the FFP example with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These particular kinds of scopes are handy for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Optic Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is determined by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Fixed Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not change given that it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Glass
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level optics given that too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The very same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Details on Scope Lens Coating
All current rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens finish is a crucial element of a shooting system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different techniques, aspects, polarizations, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Glass Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various finishings 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 simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It needs to have a finishing placed on it so that the lens will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering 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 maker and the amount you spent on it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coverings
Water on a lens does not support keeping a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line or high-end optic producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It deals with the exterior surfaces of the Steiner optic lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to preserve a clear, water free sight picture.
Glass Installation Options
Mounting options for scopes are available in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use double independent rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are designed for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is very good for rifle systems which are in need of a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not shift despite how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should get for a faithful optics system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or competition rifle that will seldom need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed tightly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics brand. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can ruin a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and developing residue inside of the scope’s tube. The majority of scopes protect against wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water resistant optics can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content prevention for standard use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are worried about the scope still working if it goes overboard and you can still retrieve the gun.
Rifle Scope Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which might potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
