Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
HHA Sports OL3019 Optimizer Lite 3019 .019 w/Fiber Scope
Weight: oz. 1-5/8″ sight housing. 2′ of fiber optic. Micro adjustable windage. Does not accept light or lens.
Rifle Scope Product Features
OL3019
About the HHA Brand
HHA is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and make their mounts and related products by using elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the HHA Sports OL3019 Optimizer Lite 3019 .019 w/Fiber Scope by HHA. For additional shooting goods, visit their site.
Info Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to account for different ecological things like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon 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. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are found inside and externally on the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Going for the perfect type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without having “zoom” is still the same tick at 100 yards using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Magnification for Scopes
The amount of zoom a scope supplies is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Info About Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the zoom degree in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope could be set in between 2x and 10x power. This always incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by applying the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power and Range Correlation of Scopes
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they could be successfully used. Consider that higher power scopes and optics will not be as practical as lower powered scopes since increased zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same concept relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Rifle Scope Lens Covering
All state-of-the-art rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens finishing is an essential element of a rifle when looking into high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some optic manufacturers will also use “HD” or high-def glass finishes which make the most of different processes, components, chemical substances, and polarizations to enhance a wide range of color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-definition covering is typically used with increased density lens glass which drops light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over objects with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from certain angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have different coatings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering applied 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 advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can show that a company is taking numerous steps to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t necessarily mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of components used in constructing the rifle glass.
What to Know About Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a scope lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through an optic in any way. Lots of top of the line and premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Scope Mounting Options
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to quickly install and remove the optics.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use a pair of independent rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is exceptional for rifle systems which need to have a long lasting, hard use mount which will not shift regardless of just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a faithful optics setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or interdiction firearm which will almost never need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount’s screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted safely in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and remove a scope from a rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten tightly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping the original sighting settings. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It generally costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less impacted by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which might possibly permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
