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Rifle Scope Product Details
Elcan SpecterDR 1x/4x Optical Sight, 7.62mm, CX5396 Illum Crosshair Reticle, Flat Dark Earth
Elcan SpecterDR Dual Role 1-4x Optical Sight, Integral A.R.M.S. Picatinny Mount, Anti-Reflection Device, 7.62, CX5396 Ballistic Reticle, Flat Dark Earth, DFOV14-T2
Rifle Scope Product Features
Elcan DFOV14-T2 SpecterDR Optical Sight 1-4x 7.62 NATO
About the Elcan Manufacturer
Elcan is a premium producer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts and related products by applying elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Elcan SpecterDR 1x/4x Optical Sight, 7.62mm, CX5396 Illum Crosshair Reticle, Flat Dark Earth by Elcan. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Facts About Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account varied natural elements like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are arranged internally and externally on the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Selecting the optimal type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info on First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the level of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Zoom for Rifle Glass
The measure of scope zoom you need on your glass depends upon the kind of shooting you wish to do. Pretty much every type of rifle optic supplies some degree of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope delivers is determined by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This implies what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Rifle Scope Details
A single power rifle optic and scope uses 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 adjust given that it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is accomplished by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they may be successfully used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as efficient as lower powered rifle scope glass since too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Rifle Scope Lens Finishing
All present day rifle scope lenses are coated. Lens covering is a vital aspect of a rifle when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different processes, chemicals, aspects, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Optic Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends upon the scope company and just how much you spent paying for it. The scope’s maker and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This means the lens has numerous treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can prove that a producer is taking numerous actions to fight different natural factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” is dependent on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle optic.
Anti-water Covering for Rifle Optics
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Scope Installation Options
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally come in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
Normal, clamp style 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 different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is created for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which need a resilient, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and take off a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely 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 retaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts are useful and handy for rifles which are moved a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are utilized in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less altered by climate shifts and pressure distinctions from the external environment which may 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 seek out.
