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Rifle Scope Product Details
Force Technologies Red Dot Sight RDS-27, 3.5 MOA, Matte Black, Weaver Base
Reflex Red Dot Sight with 3.5 MOA is ideal for high recoil rifles and shotguns due to extremely durable aluminum alloy body, low profile mounting and water resistance.
Rifle Scope Product Features
True 1x with no magnification and no image distortion: allows you to aim a target with both eyes open to save your time and have more comfort during the shooting.
Medium size 3.5 MOA red dot reticle: this size won’t cover your target at long range and will help for fast target acquisition at close distance.
Low profile and possibility to mount it on weaver base: ideal sighting solution for tactical shotguns and home defense.
Extreme durability: shockproof design grants resistance against high recoil, drops and rough environment.
Water resistant: has enough protection against water to make possible using this device even during the rain.
About the Force Technologies Brand
Force Technologies is a premium company for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by applying materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Force Technologies Red Dot Sight RDS-27, 3.5 MOA, Matte Black, Weaver Base by Force Technologies. For more shooting items, visit their website.
About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnification using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to take into account numerous natural considerations like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Most contemporary rifle optics have about 11 parts which are located inside and on the exterior of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the best type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non magnified distance. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without having “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are small
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” and “lead” equations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom 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.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less space used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Optic Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope offers is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle optic and scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies 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 because it is fixed.
About Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power change is handled by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they may be successfully used. High power optics will not be as useful as lower magnification level glass considering too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same concept relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Finishing
All cutting-edge rifle scope lenses are layered. Lens covering can be an important aspect of a shooting system when looking into high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle scope suppliers will also use “HD” or high-definition lense finishings which use different procedures, components, rare earth compounds, and polarizations to extract different colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-def coating is typically used with higher density lens glass which brings down light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope vendors use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often noticeable over objects with defined outlines as light hits the item from specific angles.
What to Know About Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while lowering 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 on the scope manufacturer and how much money you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens receives several treatments, it can establish that a manufacturer is taking multiple actions to combat various environmental factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally doesn’t necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Lens Finish
Water on a scope’s lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Lots of top of the line or premium scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It deals with the exterior surfaces of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads slide off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Scope Mounting Choices
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to quickly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you really want to have for a devoted scope system on a long distance scouting or competition long gun that will pretty much never need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount screws to prevent the hex screws from backing out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect solidly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while maintaining precision. These types of mounts come in convenient for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are utilized in between several rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It typically costs around $250 USD
Details on Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes protect against humidity from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these water resistant optics can be submerged beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture avoidance for standard use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard watercrafts and are worried about the optic still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still rescue the rifle.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another element of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less impacted by temp shifts and pressure differences from the outside environment which may possibly permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
