Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Lucid 4x Prismatic Weapons Optic with P7 Reticle
Lucid Optics offers an excellent Limited Lifetime on all products. The P7 4x scope is a durable, waterproof and easy to use tactical scope. The glass is exceptionally clear and is a good value for the price. The optics are crystal clear and the P7 reticle allows ” fast acquisition” and ease of use.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Auto brightness sensor – so the operator does not have to take a hand off the weapon to manipulate the reticle brightness when going from a bright environment to a darker one
Available kill flash filter
Mounting – a robust Picatinny rail mount is built in for secure and rock solid mounting to most weapons platforms
100 percent waterproof, shockproof and fog proof – because you never know what Environmental conditions you will be in when you need to rely on your weapon System
Available flash filter
About the LUCID Scope Maker
LUCID is a premium producer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products working with building materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Lucid 4x Prismatic Weapons Optic with P7 Reticle by LUCID. For more shooting items, visit their site.
Glass Details
Rifle scopes allow you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom by using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of separate environmental aspects like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many modern rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are found inside and externally on the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Picking the optimal type of rifle scope depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing.
Info on First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane glass (FFP) feature the reticle before the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where estimations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scopes
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 measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
About Rifle Optic Magnification
The level of scope magnification you need on your optic depends upon the kind of shooting you like to do. Almost every type of rifle optic offers some level of magnification. The quantity of zoom a scope gives is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This denotes what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Optics
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom 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 type of scope can not adjust since it is a fixed power scope.
Info on Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power adjustment is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Glass Power and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they could be effectively used. High power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered optics because too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
About Scope Lens Covering
All state-of-the-art rifle scope and optic lenses are layered. Lens covering is a vital aspect of a rifle’s setup when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Details on Rifle Optic Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different methods, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out various colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Rifle Optic Lens Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful 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 also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
About Hydrophobic Covering
Water on an optic’s lens doesn’t assist with preserving a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Many top of the line and high-end optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this kind of treatment. It deals with the surface of the Steiner scope lens so the H2O particles 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.
Alternatives for Installing Glass on Firearms
Mounting options for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly mount and dismount the scope.
Rifle Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is wonderful for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used in between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
What to Know About Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Optic Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture within 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 temp alterations and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which could potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
