Description
Rifle Scope Cover Product Details
Iron Gloves Rifle Scope Cover, Black, 12-Inch – 13.5-Inch
IRON GLOVES 12″ SCOPE COVERS.BLACK. Designed to fit all 12″ scopes. Stretches to fit up to 50mm. Pull tab for easy on/off use. Will fold up to fit in your pocket as well. Protects against weather, dirt , dust and a host of other things from mother nature. The cover will stretch up to 14″ scopes. They are especially terrific in wet weather. Protect your investment. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Special design protected from all other patents.
Rifle Scope Cover Product Features
About this item
Iron Gloves 12 ” Scope Covers
This product is of Black color
Designed to fit all 12″ scopes
Easy on/off with pull tab
Water and weather resistant
Preserve valuable optics
Medium – fits 12″ to 13 1/2 ” scopes
100% satisfaction guarantee
About the IRON GLOVES Manufacturer
IRON GLOVES is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and make their scopes and related products using building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Iron Gloves Rifle Scope Cover, Black, 12-Inch – 13.5-Inch by IRON GLOVES. For more shooting goods, visit their website.
Optic Info
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They do this through magnifying the target by making use of a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to account for various environmental things like wind and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern-day rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and externally on the scope body. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding upon the finest type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
First focal plane glass (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who want a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope offers is figured out 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 Single Power Lens Optic Details
A single power rifle scope or optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not change considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they could be successfully used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification scopes since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea applies to longer distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
About Lens Finishes
All modern rifle scope lenses are layered. Lens finish can be a crucial element of a shooting system when buying high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
ED Versus HD Rifle Optics
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishings which use various processes, elements, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Optics
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently functional in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends upon the scope company and how much money you spent on it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
Rifle Scope Lens Hydrophobic Covering
Water on an optical lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Many top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this sort of treatment. It provides protection for the exterior surfaces of the Steiner optic lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The result is that the water beads roll off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Optic Installation Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the glass.
Rifle Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These forms 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 designed for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which need to have a long lasting, hard use mount which will not shift no matter how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a specialized scope setup on a far away scouting or tournament long gun that will seldom need to be changed or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used to stop the hex screws from wiggling out after they are installed tightly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Scope Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifles which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used between numerous rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by bringing about fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Details on Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the external environment which may possibly allow water vapor to seep 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.
