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Rifle Scope Product Details
Hi-Lux Optics M73G4 Rifle Scopes M73G4 2.5 x 3/4″ Tube Reproduction Scope, Black
When the U.S. was forced into WW II in late 1941, America’s infantry troops were not prepared for the scale of combat they would encounter. The country was not prepared to arm hundreds of thousands of new riflemen with the latest U.S. military rifle – the semi-automatic M1 Garand. Several hundred thousand WW I vintage Springfield Model 1903 rifles were pulled out of storage and sent back into war – and both Remington and Smith-Corona used modified original tooling to produce a slightly modernized version of the rifle, known as the M1903A3. Some were fitted with a low-power 3/4-inch tube 2.5x scope, to become the official U.S. Army M1903A4 sniper rifle, while the Marine Corps installed an 8x target scope on select ’03 rifles to create their Model 41 sniper rifle. (Hi-Lux Optics produces superb reproductions of both scopes.) Hi-Lux Optics has totally re-engineered this scope design from the inside out, to produce the clearest, brightest and most reliable scope of this type ever manufactured – and we’re proud to add it to our lineup of Wm. Malcolm vintage riflescopes. Externally, this scope is the spitting image of the original. Internally, this scope is far superior – and due to the vast improvements Hi-Lux Optics has made, we are referring to the Wm. Malcolm version as the M73G4. Those improvements include high quality multi-coated lenses for superior light transmission and exceptional clarity. The new M73G4 scope also offers more wind age and elevation adjustment than the original. The Wm. Malcolm version provides a total of 60 MOA for both wind age and elevation.
Rifle Scope Product Features
2.5X Magnification
0.5 MOA/click Adjustment
3/4″ Steel Main Tube
Fine Cross Hair Reticle
CMP Vintage Sniper Match Legal
About the Hi-Lux Optics Scope Maker
Hi-Lux Optics is a premium supplier for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their mounts, scopes, and related products using elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Hi-Lux Optics M73G4 Rifle Scopes M73G4 2.5 x 3/4″ Tube Reproduction Scope, Black by Hi-Lux Optics. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by making use of a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of various environmental aspects like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and externally on the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Selecting the optimal type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Scope Details
First focal plane optics (FFP) come with the reticle before the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the same scale relative to the level of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle dimensions change based upon the zoom employed to shoot over longer distances considering that the reticle markings present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification. In the FFP example with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular kinds of optics work for:
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Scope Zoom
The amount of magnification a scope provides 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 Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate given that it is a fixed power optic.
Info About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they may be efficiently used. Highly magnified glass will not be as effective as lower magnification scopes considering too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Scopes
All top teir rifle glass lenses are covered. Lens covering is a crucial element of a shooting system when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some glass suppliers additionally use “HD” or high-def glass finishes that employ various procedures, aspects, polarizations, and chemicals to extract different color ranges and viewable target visibility through the lens. This HD finish is commonly used with more costly, high density glass which reduces light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious around items with well defined shapes as light hits the item from certain angles.
Single Scope Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can even have various coverings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply 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 it will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope company and just how much you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has had numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can establish that a manufacturer is taking several steps to combat various environmental factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally does not always suggest the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of glass used in creating the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Coating for Scopes
Water on an optical lens doesn’t support preserving a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It provides protection for the surface area of the Steiner glass lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads roll off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Alternatives for Installing Rifle Scopes on Long Guns
Installing approaches for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also usually can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the scope.
Hex Key Scope Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation 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 designed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which require a resilient, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Details on Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Scope Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temperature alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could possibly permit water vapor to leak 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.
