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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hi-Lux 3/4 in Malcolm Telescopic Rifle Scope – MS345-5″ Extension Tube
The extended sunshade can be used to match the length of your Malcolm 6X Long Telescopic Rifle Scope to that of your barrel. There are four different sizes of sunshades to match different barrel lengths from 28 to 34 inches. The 6X Malcolm Long Scope comes with a 5″ sunshade for use with 30″ Barrels. Refer to the following chart for a sunshade length recommendation:Item SKUSunshade lengthApproximate Barrel LengthMS3433″28″MS3455″30″MS3477″32″MS3499″34″
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Hi-Lux Optics Scope Maker
Hi-Lux Optics is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their mounts and related products using materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Hi-Lux 3/4 in Malcolm Telescopic Rifle Scope – MS345-5″ Extension Tube by Hi-Lux Optics. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom using a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for the consideration of varied environmental things like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are located within and on the exterior of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding upon the finest type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnification 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 measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope offers is determined by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope comes with a magnification 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 type of optic can not adjust considering that it is a fixed power scope.
Info About Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification levels. These types of scopes will note the zoom amount in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope could be set in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally incorporates the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they could be efficiently used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level glass given that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same idea goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Lens Coating for Rifle Glass
All modern-day rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of glass lens coverings. When looking at high end rifle scope setups, Lens coating can be a vital element of defining the rifle’s capability. The lenses are among the most essential parts of the scope because they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior as well as assists with anti glare capabilities from refracted sunlight and color recognition.
HD Versus ED Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different processes, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating for Scopes
Different optic lenses can also have different coatings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing 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 manufacturer and how much money you paid for it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This means the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can indicate that a company is taking multiple actions to fight various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle glass.
Anti-water Rifle Scope Lens Finish
Water on a lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering.
Scope Mounting Choices
Installing solutions for scopes come in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the optics.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These styles of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifle systems which require a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you should get for a dedicated optics system on a far away hunting or sniper competition firearm which will hardly ever need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount screws to protect against the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are mounted safely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by the Vortex Optics company. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a similar design mount, several scopes can also be switched on the range. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten firmly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while preserving precision. These types of mounts come in practical for shooting platforms which are moved around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are chosen for use in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It typically costs around $250 USD
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle glass can ruin a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by resulting in fogging and generating residue within the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water resistant scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture content avoidance for conventional use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the scope still working if it goes over the side and you can still salvage the firearm.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is currently taken up by the gas, the scope is less affected by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may possibly enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
