Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Leica Magnus Illuminated 2.4-16×56(i) – L-Ballistic w/BDC
LEICA MAGNUS 2.4-16×56 i L-Ballistic BDC Scope 54114
Rifle Scope Product Features
30mm Main Tube
Second Focal Plane
BDC/Adjustable Turrets
Waterproof and Fogproof
Illuminated Reticle
About the Leica Brand
Leica is a premium maker for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their products using elements which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Leica Magnus Illuminated 2.4-16×56(i) – L-Ballistic w/BDC by Leica. For more shooting goods, visit their site.
Optic Facts
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They do this through zoom using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account numerous environmental factors like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and externally on the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding on the finest type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Facts
First focal plane glass (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without having “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to remain at the same size in relation to the volume of zoom being used. The final result is that the reticle dimensions adapt based upon the magnification applied to shoot over longer ranges because the reticle markings represent distinct increments which fluctuate with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These particular sorts of scopes work for:
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture without area used up by the larger size FFP reticle
Zoom for Glass
The quantity of zoom a scope supplies is figured out by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not change since it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Scope Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the zoom level in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is achieved utilizing the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Optic Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they may be successfully used. Keep in mind that higher power glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level scopes since excessive zoom can be a detractor. The very same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Coating for Scopes
All modern-day rifle optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of lens finishes. Lens coating can be a crucial element of a rifle’s setup when contemplating high-end rifle optics and scope equipment. The glass lenses are one of the most critical components of the scope because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and assists with anti glare from excess daylight and color exposure.
About Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various techniques, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Scope Lens Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a coating applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently usable in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope maker and how much money you spent paying for it. Both are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. This means the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can prove that a company is taking several steps to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also doesn’t always suggest the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends upon the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Lens Coatings
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Alternatives for Installing Rifle Glass on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes are available 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 kinds of mounts also usually can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the scopes.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount 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 created for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which require a long lasting, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly attach and detach a scope from a rifle. If they all use a comparable design mount, several scopes can also be switched in the field. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten nicely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while preserving the original sighting settings. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are used in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It usually costs around $250 USD
Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes prevent moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Glass Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture 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 optic is less impacted by temperature alterations and pressure distinctions from the external environment which may potentially allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
