Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Interchangeable Turrets for Sidewinder ED 10-50×60 Riflescope
Customise the click value of the Sidewinder ED with patented exposed, locking and interchangeable turrets. Supplied with MOA Turrets. ( MOA & 110 MRAD Turrets available to purchase separately)
Rifle Scope Product Features
1 click = 1/4 MOA = 1/4 inch at 100 yards.
Supplied as standard with the Sidewinder ED 10-50×60. The 1/4 MOA turrets offer familiar click adjustment to shooters, while still giving fast, accurate point of impact adjustment
About the Hawke Manufacturer
Hawke is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes and related products by using elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Hawke Interchangeable Turrets for Sidewinder ED 10-50×60 Riflescope by Hawke. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for consideration of different ecological factors like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are arranged within and externally on the scope body. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the perfect type of rifle optic is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non magnified distance. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without any “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Facts
Second focal plane optics (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 reticle measurement.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture without area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope supplies 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.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Optic Facts
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is a set power scope.
Info About Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification 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 Correlation of Rifle Scopes
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they can be successfully used. Highly magnified glass will not be as effective as lower magnification glass considering that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finishing for Glass
All contemporary rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens finishes. Lens finishing is an important aspect of a rifle’s setup when thinking about luxury rifle optics and targeting systems. The glass lenses are one of the most vital components of the optic since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and also assists with anti glare from excess light and color exposure.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some rifle scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-def glass finishings that apply various processes, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-def finishing is commonly used with increased density glass which decreases light’s chance to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be visible around things with hard outlines as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have various coatings used to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finish used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking numerous steps to combat different natural aspects like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” hinges on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finish
Water on an optic’s lens does not improve retaining a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Many top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads slide off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Optics on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and remove the scope.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Ring Mounts
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is perfect for rifles which require a resilient, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day on the range and your pricey optic by causing fogging and creating residue within the scope tube. A lot of scopes protect against humidity from going into the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture prevention for standard use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle on your motorboat and are worried about the optic still performing if it goes overboard and you can still recover the firearm.
Scope Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less impacted by climate changes and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could possibly allow water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
