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Rifle Scope Product Details
EGW HD Howa 1500 / Wby Vanguard Short Action Picatinny Rail Mount 0 MOA
his mount comes standard with a bevel on both sides making it ambidextrous. We recommend measuring the hole spacing in your receiver to confirm it matches with the dimensions we have published. Picatinny cross slots run the full length of the rail, which gives the shooter flexibility when mounting scope rings and other accessories. Our one-piece scope mounts are the obvious choice for hunters and tactical shooters alike. This mount is a Picatinny-style base and compatible with Picatinny or Weaver scope rings. We machine these in our shop using one of our machining centers. After machining, the mounts are tumbled, sand blasted, and Type III anodized for long lasting durability.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Rail Type: One Piece Picatinny
Machined From: Solid 7075 T6 Aircraft Grade Aluminum
Finish: Matte Black Hardcoat
Center Spread: 3.886″
Overall Length of Mount: 6.670″
About the Evolution Gun Works Company
Evolution Gun Works is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and supply their mounts and related products by choosing building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the EGW HD Howa 1500 / Wby Vanguard Short Action Picatinny Rail Mount 0 MOA by Evolution Gun Works. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Scope Facts
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by making use of a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to account for various environmental considerations like wind and elevation decreases to account 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 through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and outside of the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of scopes.
About Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The form of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair is located in regard to the optic’s zoom. It actually indicates the reticle is behind or ahead of the magnifying lens of the optic. Picking the most suitable form of rifle optic is dependent on what sort of shooting or hunting you plan on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Glass Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification 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 reticle measurement.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture with less space used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Zoom for Rifle Optics
The quantity of magnification a scope provides is figured out 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 About Fixed Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of scope can not change because it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power adjustment is accomplished by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they can be effectively used. Highly magnified optics will not be as beneficial as lower powered glass since too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Coating for Glass
All top of the line rifle optic and scope lenses are covered. Lens covering is an important element of a rifle’s setup when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some rifle glass companies additionally use “HD” or high-definition glass coatings which make the most of different processes, chemical applications, polarizations, and components to extract separate colors and viewable target visibility through lenses. This HD finishing is typically used with higher density lens glass which drops light’s ability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be noticeable around things with well defined shapes as light hits the item from specific angles.
Rifle Glass Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finishing placed on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends upon the scope maker and the amount you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Covering
Water on a scope’s lens does not support retaining a clear sight picture through an optic at all. Many top of the line or high-end scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the surface area 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 roll off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Scope Mounting Options
Installing solutions for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally come in quick release variations which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the glass.
Hex Key Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Basic, clamp type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use double detached rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is exceptional for rifles which need to have a durable, hard use mount which will not change despite just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a specialized scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or sniper competition long gun that will almost never need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to keep the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted securely in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Rifle Glass Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used between multiple rifles.
Details on Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can wreck a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and producing residue within the scope’s tube. Many optics prevent humidity from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Usually, these water-resistant optics can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample humidity avoidance for common use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on your motorboat and are concerned about the optic still working if it falls overboard and you can still salvage the gun.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by climate alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which could potentially enable water vapor to seep 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.
