Description
Rifle Scope Mount Product Details
Leupold Integral Rail Mounting System
Rifle Scope Mount Product Features
Model #110289 – Integral Rail Mounting System Mark 2 IMS Integral Rail Mount with a Matte finish
Mounts directly to a mil-spec 1913/Picatinny to raise the scope and push it forward, eliminating the need for risers or specialized optics with shortened eye relief
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Includes all mounting screws
About the Leupold Brand
Leupold is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes and related products using materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Leupold Integral Rail Mounting System by Leupold. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account varied ecological considerations like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Most modern-day rifle optics have about 11 parts which are arranged internally and externally on the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
Rifle Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The style of focal plane a scope has identifies where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the optic’s zoom. It literally suggests the reticle is behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Looking for the most reliable style of rifle scope depends on what kind of shooting you intend on doing.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Optic Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope offers is identified 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.
Info About Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle scope will have a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not change given that it is a fixed power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power modification is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some advised scope powers and the ranges where they may be successfully used. Consider that high power optics will not be as practical as lower powered scope and optics because increased zoom can be a bad thing. The same relates to longer distances where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
About Lens Coverings
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens coverings. Lens finish is an important aspect of a rifle’s setup when looking into high-end rifle optics and targeting units. The glass lenses are among the most significant pieces of the scope given that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens exterior and even helps with anti glare capabilities from excess sunlight and color perception.
ED Versus HD Optics
Some scope makers will also use “HD” or high-def glass coatings which apply different procedures, polarizations, rare earth compounds, and elements to extract various colors and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-def finish is often used with higher density glass which reduces light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be noticeable over objects with defined outlines as light hits the item from specific angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Scopes
Various optic lenses can also have various finishes used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finishing used to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard 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 coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens Finishes
Water on an optical lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this sort of treatment. It deals with the exterior of the Steiner optic lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads move off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Mounting Options
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are individually 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 toss levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Rings
Standard, 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 two separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is created for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which require a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Glass Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifles which are transferred a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by inducing fogging and making residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of scopes prevent humidity from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample humidity prevention for common use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the scope still performing if it is submerged in water and you can still recover the firearm.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less influenced by climate alterations and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may possibly allow water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
