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Rifle Scope Product Details
Nightforce Optics 4-14×50 SHV Series Riflescope, Matte Black with First Focal Plane Illuminated Mil-R Reticle, 30mm Tube Diameter & Side Parallax Focus
NightForce SHV 4-14x50mm F1 Riflescope, Black, .1 Mil Radian,Illuminated MIL-R Reticle C557
Rifle Scope Product Features
Nightforce SHV 4-14×50 F1 .1 MIL -illuminated Mil-R reticle C557
About the NightForce Manufacturer
NightForce is a premium supplier for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Nightforce Optics 4-14×50 SHV Series Riflescope, Matte Black with First Focal Plane Illuminated Mil-R Reticle, 30mm Tube Diameter & Side Parallax Focus by NightForce. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
Information Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of different environmental things like wind and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are located within and externally on the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets, focus rings, and other parts. 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 sort of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies in connection with the scopes zoom. It actually suggests the reticle is behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Looking for the most reliable style of rifle optic is based upon what kind of hunting or shooting you intend on doing.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are minimal
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) come with the reticle behind the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to remain at the same overall size in connection with the volume of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle dimensions adjust based upon the zoom employed to shoot over longer ranges since the reticle markings represent distinct increments which vary with the magnification level. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These sorts of optics work for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Glass Magnification
The amount of zoom a scope offers is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Single Power Lens Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not fluctuate because it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scope Details
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will list the zoom degree in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers imply the magnification of the scope can be adjusted in between 2x and 10x power. This always involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is accomplished by employing the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Optic Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the distances where they could be successfully used. Bear in mind that higher magnification optics and scopes will not be as effective as lower powered optics since excessive zoom can be a detractor. The same relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs increased power to see where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finish for Rifle Glass
All modern-day rifle optic and scope lenses are covered in special coatings. There are various types and qualities of lens finishings. Lens finishing can be an important element of a rifle when looking at luxury rifle optics and targeting systems. The lenses are one of the most crucial components of the glass as they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses shields the lens surface and even assists with anti glare from refracted sunshine and color exposure.
ED Versus HD Glass
Some rifle scope companies also use “HD” or high-definition glass coverings that take advantage of various processes, chemicals, components, and polarizations to extract different color ranges and viewable definition through the lens. This HD coating is commonly used with increased density lens glass which brings down light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope makers use “HD” to describe “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be visible over things with hard edges and shapes as light hits the item from specific angles.
Single Scope Lens Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can even have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of light (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing 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 manufacturers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
Rifle Optic Lens Hydrophobic Finish
Water on a lens does not assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Options for Mounting Rifle Optics on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally can be found in quick release versions which use throw levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, 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 often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which need a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by triggering fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes prevent moisture from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature changes and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which might possibly permit water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
