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Rifle Scope Product Details
Kahles Optics K16I 1-6×24 SM1 Reticle Rifle Scope, 10515, Black
The K624i is the perfect example of innovation and quality derived from 116 years’ experience building the world’s finest rifle scopes. Designed for applications where the purest optical clarity can mean the difference between a hit or miss; this optic sets new standards with incredible resolution, contrast, and 95% light transmission. Specifically engineered for long range precision and built without compromise, the K624i delivers the highest level of performance ever achieved. Ultra precision adjustments, constructed of hardened steel and machined to the most demanding tolerances, deliver a lifetime of wear resistance and 100% accuracy. The elevation adjustment has a second rotation indicator and the most refined zero stop and dial reset available. With 26 Mils of overall elevation adjustment in just two rotations and precise indexing, adjusting for extreme distances and back to zero is incredibly fast and accurate. Left or right handed shooters will find the unique and innovative parallax adjustment, located under the elevation turret, superior to all other designs. This means less time required to engage multiple targets as you won’t have to break your shooting position. These features combined with unmatched optical performance and advanced reticle options are just a few of the reasons why the top shooters in the industry are switching to the K624i. 30mm tube
Rifle Scope Product Features
24mm objective lens
2nd focal plane
Capped turrets
Waterproof and fogproof
Illuminated reticle
About the KAHLES Manufacturer
KAHLES is a premium supplier for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and supply their mounts and related products making the most of materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Kahles Optics K16I 1-6×24 SM1 Reticle Rifle Scope, 10515, Black by KAHLES. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
About Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnification by using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to take into account varied environmental elements like wind and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and externally on the scope body. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Scope Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The sort of focal plane a scope has identifies where the reticle or crosshair is located in connection with the optic’s magnification. It literally implies the reticle is behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Picking the most ideal kind of rifle glass depends on what type of hunting or shooting you plan on undertaking.
First Focal Plane Optic Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Info
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnification 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 types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who want a clearer optic sight picture without area taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The level of scope zoom you need on your glass depends on the form of shooting you choose to do. Virtually every kind of rifle optic gives some amount of magnification. The level of magnification a scope gives is established by the dimension, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This implies what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
About Single Power Lens Rifle 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 zoom of this kind of scope can not fluctuate given that it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Scope Details
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification power levels. It will list the magnification level in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope could be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This also utilizes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is accomplished by operating the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Rifle Optic Power and Ranges
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the distances where they can be successfully used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification optics considering too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same idea goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
About Rifle Optic Lens Finishing
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of finishings. Lens coating is an important aspect of a rifle’s setup when looking at luxury rifle optics and scope units. The glass lenses are one of the most key pieces of the scope due to the fact that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area and also improves anti glare capabilities from refracted daylight and color perception.
HD Versus ED Rifle Glass Lens Coatings
Some scope makers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various techniques, elements, polarizations, and chemicals to draw out different colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have different coatings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope manufacturer and just how much you spent paying for it. The scope’s maker and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a manufacturer is taking multiple actions to combat different environmental aspects like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally does not necessarily suggest the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of components used in creating the rifle glass.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a scope lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through an optic in any way. Many top of the line or high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It treats the surface of the Steiner scope lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Optic Installing Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also usually are made in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scope.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution 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 take off a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between several rifles.
About Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of 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 part of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less altered by climate changes and pressure variations from the external environment which could potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
