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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Sport Optics 14162 Vantage SF 6-24×44 1/2 Mil Dot (Black) and Hawke 2-Pc Medium Weaver Rings Kit
Hawke Sport Optics Vantage SF 6-24×44 SF 1/2 Mil Dot IR Riflescope
Even your high recoil weapons need the perfect riflescope, and the Hawke Sport Optics Vantage Side Focus 6-24×44 1/2 Mil Dot Riflescope remains strong and stable through any shooting experience. With smooth and precise adjustments, these Rifle Scopes from the experts at Hawke Sport Optics feature a side focus control for parallax free focus that ensures perfect visibility. A fast focus eyebell and high torque zoom ring allow you to easily adjust the magnification of your Hawke Sport Optics Vantage SF 6-24×44 1/2 Mil Dot WP Riflescope for simple target identification. Eleven layers of multi-coatings on your optics ensure that you get flawless clarity time and time again with your Hawke Sport Optics Vantage SF 6-24×44 1/2 Mil Dot Fast Focus Riflescope.
Hawke Sport Optics Match Mount 1″ 2 Piece Weaver Medium Riflescope Rings
Made of high grade aluminum anodized in matte black, these riflescope rings are durable and lightweight. With double hex screws and crossbar for additional security, the mount keeps your scope firmly in place. Designed to withstand the recoil caused by high powered air rifles that can shake the scope out of zero, the mount also includes cushion tape guards against marking and damage.
Prevents Scope Damage
From the precision engineered high grade aluminum with rounded edges to the internal cushion tape, Hawke ensures that these rings won’t scratch or damage your scope.
Holds Scope Securely
Don’t worry about a sliding scope; double hex screws hold everything in place.
Bundle Includes:
Hawke Sport Optics Vantage SF 6-24×44 SF 1/2 Mil Dot IR Riflescope
Hawke Sport Optics Match Mount 1″ 2 Piece Weaver Medium Riflescope Rings
Rifle Scope Product Features
11 layer fully multi-coated optics for maximum clarity
Side focus control for parallax adjustment to infinity
1 inch mono-tube chassis for superior strength
1/4 MOA low profile “no-snag’ fingertip turrets
Fast focus eyebell and high torque zoom ring / Threaded objective/ocular for optional accessories
About the Hawke Sport Optics Company
Hawke Sport Optics is a premium company for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms 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 Hawke Sport Optics 14162 Vantage SF 6-24×44 1/2 Mil Dot (Black) and Hawke 2-Pc Medium Weaver Rings Kit by Hawke Sport Optics. For more shooting items, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of many natural considerations like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of modern rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are arranged within and externally on the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding upon the finest type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
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 reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Scope Magnification
The extent of scope zoom you need on your scope depends on the form of shooting you plan to do. Just about every type of rifle optic offers some level of zoom. The volume of magnification a scope delivers is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lens glass inside of the rifle optic. The magnification of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This suggests what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scope Info
A single power rifle scope or optic 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 magnification of this type of scope can not adjust considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is achieved by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Glass Power and Ranges
Here are some advised scope powers and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Remember that higher magnification scopes will not be as efficient as lower powered optics and scopes since excessive magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Glass Lens Coating
All current rifle scope lenses are covered. Lens covering can be a significant aspect of a rifle when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some glass producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which employ various processes, rare earth compounds, aspects, and polarizations to draw out different color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This HD finishing is frequently used with greater density lens glass which drops light’s ability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope makers use “HD” to describe “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over objects with well defined outlines as light hits the item from particular angles.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have different coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is because 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 optimally functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single layered lens depends upon the scope designer and just how much you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coverings
Water on a lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing which is water repellent.
Alternatives for Installing Rifle Glass on Firearms
Mounting solutions for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Rifle Glass Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to position to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two individual rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are made for far away precision shooting. This form of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, unfailing mount which will not change despite just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or competition firearm which will rarely need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount screws to protect against the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten solidly 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 back on the rifle while preserving accuracy. These types of mounts come in beneficial for rifles which are carried a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are chosen for use 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
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle glass can wreck a day on the range and your pricey optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope’s tube. Many scopes prevent moisture from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water resistant optics can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample moisture avoidance for common use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle on boats and are concerned about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still find the rifle.
Gas Purged Optic Tubes
Another component of preventing the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less altered by climate alterations and pressure differences from the outside environment which could possibly allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
