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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hensoldt ZF 3.5-26×56 Black Riflescope 10202458
Hensoldt ZF 3.5-26×56 Black Riflescope 10202458
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Hensoldt Brand
Hensoldt is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts, scopes, and related products choosing building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Hensoldt ZF 3.5-26×56 Black Riflescope 10202458 by Hensoldt. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Info About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account separate environmental factors like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern rifle optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the best type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane glass (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to stay at the same scale in connection with the volume of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle measurements evolve based upon the zoom employed to shoot over greater ranges since the reticle markings present distinct increments which vary with the magnification. In the FFP illustration with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular types of scopes are beneficial for:
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope provides is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Power Lens Optic Details
A single power rifle scope and optic uses a zoom 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 optic can not adjust considering that it is a fixed power optic.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified settings. The power modification is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range Correlation of Rifle Glass
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they can be efficiently used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification optics considering that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Scope Lens Finish
All top of the line rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. Lens finishing can be a crucial element of a rifle system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Rifle Glass
Some rifle glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition glass finishings which use various procedures, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out numerous colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This HD finishing is typically used with increased density lens glass which brings down light’s ability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be noticeable around things with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Info on Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a finishing put on it so that the lens will be optimally usable in numerous types of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and enhancing 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 covered lens depends upon the scope designer and just how much you spent for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This indicates the lens has had several treatments applied to them. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can establish that a company is taking numerous steps to fight different natural aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also does not always mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single coated lens. Being “better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of glass used in building the rifle glass.
Anti-water Finish for Rifle Glass
Water on an optical lens doesn’t help with preserving a clear sight picture through an optic in any way. Many top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior surfaces of the Steiner scope lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Glass Installation Alternatives
Installing options for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually can be found in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the scope.
Glass Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and take off a scope from a rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach firmly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while keeping precision. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by causing fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another element of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temp shifts and pressure differences from the external environment which may potentially enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
