Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Hawke Vantage 3 MOA Red Dot Hunting Rifle Sight
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
3 MOA Red Dot With 11 Stage Digital Brightness Control. Parallax Error Free From 10 Yards/9 Meters
Length: 3.7″ (94mm), Weight: 6.7oz (190g), Focus/Parallax – Fixed: 10yds (9m)
25 Layer Multi-Coated Optics For Maximum Clarity – ideal for hunting
Integrated Mount ” Ready Straight From The Box
Shockproof. Waterproof. Fog proof.High Quality Aluminium Construction
About the Hawke Scope Maker
Hawke is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and supply their products by applying materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Hawke Vantage 3 MOA Red Dot Hunting Rifle Sight by Hawke. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
Glass Details
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for the consideration of many ecological considerations like wind and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are located internally and externally on the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has identifies where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes zoom. It actually suggests the reticle is behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the scope. Looking for the most beneficial style of rifle optic depends on what style of shooting or hunting you intend on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane glass (FFP) include the reticle before the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the identical tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Info
Second focal plane glass (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the exact same scale in relation to the amount of magnification being used. The final result is that the reticle dimensions adjust based upon the zoom used to shoot over longer ranges because the reticle markings present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These varieties of scopes are convenient for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Magnification for Glass
The level of scope zoom you need is based on the type of shooting you would like to do. Just about every type of rifle glass gives some level of zoom. The amount of magnification a scope offers is established by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This indicates what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info on Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic and scope uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate because it is fixed.
About Adjustable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power adjustment is accomplished by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the distances where they could be successfully used. Consider that higher magnification glass will not be as efficient as lower magnification level glass since increased magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same idea applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs increased power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Finishing
All present day rifle scope lenses are layered. Lens finishing is a vital element of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different processes, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Scope Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can even have various finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. Due to the fact that 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 the lens will be efficiently functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
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 layered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Finishes
Water on a lens does not help with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and premium scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It treats the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Scope Installation Alternatives
Installing approaches for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the optic, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifle systems which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not change no matter just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you want for a devoted optics setup on a reach out and touch someone hunting or competitors rifle which will seldom need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount’s screws to stop the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted tightly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics brand. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifles which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between several rifles.
About Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle glass can wreck a day of shooting and your pricey optic by inducing fogging and making residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes protect against humidity from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient humidity prevention for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still recover the gun.
Rifle Glass Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temperature changes and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which might possibly allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
