Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Konus 7249 Shotgun Black Powder Riflescope 1.5x-5x32mm
Introducing KonusPro; the first line of riflescopes dedicated to the sportsman with a tactical styled engraved (glass etched) reticle. This technology is typically reserved for military and tactical scopes due to its ruggedness and its ability to withstand extreme forces.
Rifle Scope Product Features
1.5-5×32 Aim-Pro Engraved Reticle
Field of View at 100m/yds:
Length-mm/in:
Eye Relief mm/in:
Click Value in@100yds: 1/4 MOA mm@100m:7.25mm
About the Konus Manufacturer
Konus is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and supply their mounts and related products by choosing elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Konus 7249 Shotgun Black Powder Riflescope 1.5x-5x32mm by Konus. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
Optic Details
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of various natural elements like wind and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern-day rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are located within and on the exterior of the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. 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. Choosing the perfect type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Optic Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” as well as “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
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” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Scope Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is identified by the size, thickness, 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 Rifle Glass
A single power rifle optic or scope uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not fluctuate since it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification power levels. It will note the magnification amount in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope could be changed between 2x and 10x power. This also involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished using the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be efficiently used. Consider that higher power scopes will not be as efficient as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that excessive magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Glass
All modern rifle optic lenses are covered. Lens finishing can be a crucial element of a rifle when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different techniques, polarizations, aspects, and chemicals to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Optic Lens Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering 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 is part of the carefully tuned optic. It needs to have a finishing applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a maker is taking multiple steps to fight various environmental aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also doesn’t always imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” hinges on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle glass.
Rifle Scope Lens Anti-water Finish
Water on a lens does not help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish which is water repellent.
Options for Installing Glass on Long Guns
Installing options for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
Basic, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These forms of scope mounts use double individual rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is good for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a devoted optics setup on a far away hunting or tournament long gun that will hardly ever need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount’s screws to keep the hex screws from backing out after they are mounted firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope and attach it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifles which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
What to Know About Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info on Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less influenced by condition shifts and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which could possibly enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
