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Rifle Scope Product Details
Kalinka Optics POSP 8×42 Rangefinder VEPR
POSP 8×42 VENEZ Rifle Scope 1000 Meter Rangefinder, VEPR Version. The military reticles have an extremely effective and useful height-based rangefinder for dual use, with graduated scales for both standing and prone figure estimation. The 1000 meter Dragunov height based gradient (choke style) rangefinder has extended distance inverted chevrons providing aiming points for 1000, 1100, and 1200 meters. Since the range calibrations are measured in equal amounts of MOA, all versions of the POSP can be used effectively with any caliber of weapon. They are particularly effective for .308 caliber weapons which require longer range reticles to make full use of their capabilities. The POSP features a red illuminated reticle which allows you to make perfect kill shots in dusk conditions. POSP’s feature professionally ground, crystal clear optics, nitrogen filling to prevent lens fogging, and larger diameter tubes for improved light gathering under the most severe conditions. It is waterproof and can be used in any climate condition. It comes with a high quality mil-spec finish and rubber lens cap, eye piece, and nylon carrying case.The AK V clamp can easily be mounted to any of these rifles with the standard side rail: AK, AKM, Vepr, Saiga, K-var, KBI, Hesse, Century and Arsenal USA copies, Romak1/2, SLR-93, SLR-95, SLR-101, MK-11, SAR, WUM, SA85M, WASR (check for installed rail), Maddi, Norinco and Poly-Tech copies and many more models.
Rifle Scope Product Features
The military reticles have an extremely effective and useful height-based rangefinder for dual use, with graduated scales for both standing and prone figure estimation.
The POSP features a red illuminated reticle which allows you to make perfect kill shots in dusk conditions.
POSP’s feature professionally ground, crystal clear optics, nitrogen filling to prevent lens fogging, and larger diameter tubes for improved light gathering under the most severe conditions
Since the range calibrations are measured in equal amounts of MOA, all versions of the POSP can be used effectively with any caliber of weapon.
It is waterproof and can be used in any climate condition
About the Kalinka Optics Brand
Kalinka Optics is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their scopes, mounts, and related products choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Kalinka Optics POSP 8×42 Rangefinder VEPR by Kalinka Optics. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted to take into account separate ecological elements like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of an optic.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The form of focal plane an optic has establishes where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes magnification. It actually means the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the optic. Picking out the most beneficial kind of rifle glass depends upon what sort of shooting or hunting you intend on doing.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are low
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” equations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without room taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Optics
The level of scope zoom you need on your glass is based on the style of shooting you choose to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass delivers some level of magnification. The quantity of magnification a scope offers is determined by the dimension, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the opic. This means what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope and optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not change given that it is a fixed power optic.
About Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will note the zoom amount in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the zoom of the scope could be set between 2x and 10x power. This additionally includes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by applying the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
The Power Level and Range of Optics
Here are some recommended scope powers and the ranges where they could be effectively used. High power rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower powered optics because too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Scope Lens Coating
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass coverings. When looking at high end rifle scope systems, Lens covering can be a significant aspect of defining the capability of the rifle. The lenses are one of the most important parts of the scope as they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface and helps with anti glare capabilities from excess daylight and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Optic Lens Coatings
Some rifle glass manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition glass finishings which use various procedures, aspects, polarizations, and chemicals to enhance numerous colors and viewable target visibility through the lens. This high-def finishing is frequently used with more costly high density lens glass which drops light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or deviance which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be visible around objects with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can also have different coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finish 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 needs to have a coating applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope maker and just how much you spent paying for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope producers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This means the lens has several treatments applied to them. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can show that a maker is taking numerous actions to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” hinges on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle optic.
Anti-water Finishing for Glass
Water on an optical lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Many top of the line or 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 treats the exterior of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads slide off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Choices for Mounting Scopes on Firearms
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also typically can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to quickly mount and remove the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Normal, 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 a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a similar style mount, multiple scopes can also be switched on the range. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while keeping accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and practical for rifles which are carried a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are chosen for use between numerous rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Info Around Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can wreck a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by resulting in fogging and making residue within the scope’s tube. Many optics prevent moisture from getting in the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water-resistant optics can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content prevention for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle boating and are worried about the scope still performing if it goes over the side and you can still rescue the gun.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another component 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 currently taken up by the gas, the scope is less influenced by condition changes and pressure distinctions from the external environment which could potentially allow water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
