Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
NightForce ATACR 7-35×56 Zerostop .25 MOA Moar-T Digillum PTL Riflescope C626
NightForce ATACR Riflescope, 7-35x56mm, 34mm Tube, Second Focal Plane, MOAR-T Reticle, Black, C626
Rifle Scope Product Features
34mm main tube
Second focal plane
Tactical MOA turrets
Waterproof and fogproof
Illuminated reticle
About the NightForce Company
NightForce is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their scopes, mounts, and related products by choosing materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the NightForce ATACR 7-35×56 Zerostop .25 MOA Moar-T Digillum PTL Riflescope C626 by NightForce. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
About Rifle Optics
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 magnification by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of many ecological considerations like wind speed and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern rifle optics have about 11 parts which are located internally and outside of the scope body. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a rifle optical system.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The type of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair lies in relation to the scopes magnifying adjustments. It simply suggests the reticle is located behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Picking the very best sort of rifle optic is dependent on what form of shooting or hunting you plan on doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle before the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the very same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom 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 calculations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Details on Optic Zoom
The measure of scope magnification you need on your optic is based on the style of shooting you would like to do. Pretty much every kind of rifle optic gives some level of magnification. The volume of zoom a scope provides is identified by the dimension, density, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnification of the optic is the “power” of the opic. This denotes what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Optic Facts
A single power rifle scope and optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is set from the factory.
About Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they could be successfully used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as efficient as lower powered optics because too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Rifle Optic Lens Coverings
All modern-day rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of glass lens finishings. When shopping for luxury rifle optics and scope systems, Lens finishing can be a critical component of defining the rifle’s capability. The lenses are among the most crucial pieces of the optic due to the fact that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The coating on the lenses shields the lens surface area and improves anti glare from refracted light and color visibility.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle scope suppliers will also use “HD” or high-def lense finishings that take advantage of different processes, components, polarizations, and chemical applications to draw out different color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This HD covering is typically used with higher density glass which lowers light’s capability to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope brands use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious around things with hard outlines as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Different optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This means the lens has had several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can prove that a maker is taking multiple actions to combat different environmental factors like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally doesn’t always suggest the multi-coated lens is better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of components used in developing the rifle optic.
Hydrophobic Optic Lens Covering
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 military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering.
Optic Installation Alternatives
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly mount and remove the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp-on type mounting optic rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use double individual rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are developed for long distance precision shooting. This kind of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which need to have a resilient, unfailing mount which will not move despite just how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you should get for a dedicated optics setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or hard target interdiction firearm which will almost never need to be modified or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount’s screws to stop the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type made by the Vortex Optics brand. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be switched out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for long guns which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between multiple rifles.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another element of preventing the buildup of wetness within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temperature level changes and pressure distinctions from the external environment which may possibly allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
