Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Bubble Level
Rifle Scope Product Features
LARGE SINGLE BUBBLE with viewfinder cutout for ‘at a glance’ checking.
EASY TO FIT to any 9-11mm Rail.
PRECISION ENGINEERED from high grade aluminum for lightness and strength.
HAWKE TWO YEAR WORLDWIDE WARRANTY – Genuine product from the brand leader in high performance riflescopes and binoculars.
About the Hawke Brand
Hawke is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts, scopes, and related products using materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Hawke Bubble Level by Hawke. For more shooting products, visit their website.
About Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to account for many natural elements like wind speed and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are located internally and externally on the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle scopes.
About Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding on the best type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane glass (FFP) come with the reticle ahead of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Optic Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope supplies is figured out 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.
Info About Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not change given that it is set from the factory.
About Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range of Rifle Scopes
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Always remember that high magnification glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same concept goes for extended distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finishing for Scopes
All present day rifle optic lenses are covered. Lens finishing is a crucial element of a rifle system when considering high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
About Rifle Optic Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some glass manufacturers also use “HD” or high-def glass finishes that take advantage of different procedures, rare earth compounds, polarizations, and components to enhance numerous color ranges and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-def coating is typically used with more costly, high density lens glass which drops light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often noticeable around things with hard edges and outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Single Glass Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various coverings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single layered lens depends upon the scope producer and the amount you paid for it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Coating
Water on a lens does not assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Many top of the line or high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Mounting Alternatives
Mounting solutions for scopes are available in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also generally come in quick release variations which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp-on design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use a pair of individual rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are designed for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is ideal for rifles which are in need of a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not shift no matter how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you want for a specialized scope system on a reach out and touch someone hunting or sniper competition firearm which will almost never need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on screws to keep the hex screws from wiggling out after they are mounted securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a comparable design mount, several scopes can also be swapped on the range. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten nicely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while keeping accuracy. These types of mounts are useful and handy for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are chosen for use in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Scope Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temp shifts and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
