Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
LooDen 5×35 Optical Rifle Scope
Rifle Scope Product Features
Suitable for any 20mm RIS weaver standard rail.
5×35 magnification red fiber optical sight scope.
Adjustable windage and elevation, multi-coated front lens.
Powered by fiber source, providing more bright environment and reticle illumination at day.
No need battery. Adjustable windage and elevation.Shock Proof, Weather Proof, & Fog Proof.
About the LooDen Scope Maker
LooDen is a premium producer for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products by choosing elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the LooDen 5×35 Optical Rifle Scope by LooDen. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account various natural considerations like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
About Rifle Optic Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Picking the finest type of rifle optic depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass Facts
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” equations for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind 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.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Zoom
The quantity of magnification a scope supplies is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not adjust because it is a fixed power scope.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power adjustment is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
The Power Level and Range of Rifle Scopes
Here are some advised scope power levels and the distances where they may be successfully used. Bear in mind that high power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered scopes because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same idea applies to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have enough power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
All modern-day rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens finish is an important aspect of a shooting platform when considering high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope makers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different processes, chemicals, components, and polarizations to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Rifle Optic Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets multiple treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking several steps to combat various environmental elements like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single coated lens. Being “better” depends upon the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of glass used in creating the rifle optic.
Anti-water Rifle Optic Lens Finish
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering.
Rifle Glass Mounting Choices
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually come in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Glass Rings
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 different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is designed for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is wonderful for rifles which need 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 Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. If they all use a similar style mount, a number of scopes can also be switched in the field. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten securely to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping precision. These types of mounts come in handy for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are utilized in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
What to Know About Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and developing residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of optics prevent moisture from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Normally, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness avoidance for standard use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on boats and are concerned about the optic still functioning if it goes over the side and you can still retrieve the gun.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature level shifts and pressure variations from the external environment which could potentially permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
