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Rifle Scope Product Details
HUNT-DOWN Black Matte 4x32AO Wide Field Rapid Rangefinder Reticle Rifle Scope
Magnification: 4X Objective Lense Diameter (mm): 32 Field of View @100 Yards: 28 Optimum Eye Relief (in): 3.5 Click Adjustment Value: 1/4 Tube Diameter (Inch): 1 Weight (ounces): 19.3 Length (Inches): 11.8 Black Matte Adjustable Objective- 7.5 YDS to INF Offers 4X magnification combined with long eye relief making it ideal for close range action From cross-bow hunting to pistol shooting even down to simple rimfire action This scope is engineered with extra rigid construction to handle the demands of pistols, shotguns and other types of high recoil firearms The 4×32 Scope is the pinnacle of quality and value. Lenses are optical grade glass lenses with etched reticle. This scope can’t be beat for quality, performance and value. This scope is essential for any bowman or hunter wanting to improve their shot. The ultimate long-distance hunting optic with reticles designed for long range hunters. Enabling quick aim at targets, this scope allows you to save time and energy while hunting with your rifle.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Magnification: 4X
Objective Lense Diameter (mm): 32
Field of View @100 Yards: 28
Optimum Eye Relief (in): 3.5
Click Adjustment Value: 1/4
About the HUNT-DOWN Company
HUNT-DOWN is a premium supplier for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products working with elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the HUNT-DOWN Black Matte 4x32AO Wide Field Rapid Rangefinder Reticle Rifle Scope by HUNT-DOWN. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for consideration of varied environmental aspects like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are found within and externally on the scope. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Finding the finest type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass Details
First focal plane glass (FFP) include the reticle before the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards with no “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Scopes
The amount of magnification a scope provides is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope or optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate because it is set from the factory.
About Variable Power Lens Rifle Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power change is achieved 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 Scopes
Here are some advised scope powers and the ranges where they could be efficiently used. Bear in mind that higher magnification optics will not be as practical as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that increased zoom can be a bad thing. The same idea goes for extended distances where the shooter needs increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Rifle Glass
All top teir rifle optic lenses are layered. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle’s setup when looking into high end rifle optics and scope setups.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use different methods, polarizations, chemicals, and components to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Various scope lenses can even have different coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since 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 the lens will be optimally usable in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker 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 “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Glass Lens Finish
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Choices for Installing Rifle Optics on Firearms
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally come in quick release variations which use throw levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly install and remove the scope.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Rings
Standard, clamp-on style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use double detached rings to support the optic, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is exceptional for rifles which are in need of a durable, hard use mount which will not move regardless of how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you should get for a dedicated optics setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or tournament firearm which will rarely need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Glass Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect nicely to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while maintaining the original sighting settings. These types of mounts are useful and 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 employed between multiple rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It generally costs around $250 USD
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by climate shifts and pressure differences from the outside environment which could 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 decent rifle scope to seek out.
