Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Nikko Stirling NPW3950 Panamax HMD Wide FOV Rifle Scopes, 3-9 x 50mm, Black
Starting with a very wallet friendly price point these scopes are packed with features. Continuing with their proven hard anodized aircraft grade aluminum main tubes, this design is not only visually appealing but also durable enough to handle heavier recoiling rifles. The Panamax Series have been designed around an extremely wide angle field of view which is 20% more than the average comparable scopes on the market today. This scope is sure to be a hit with hunters and recreational shooters everywhere.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Aircraft grade aluminum main tube
Fully multi-coated lens
Microlux ETE Gen III lens coatings
20% Wider angle field of view
1/4″ MOA turret adjustments
About the Nikko Stirling Brand
Nikko Stirling is a premium producer for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their mounts and related products by making the most of materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Nikko Stirling NPW3950 Panamax HMD Wide FOV Rifle Scopes, 3-9 x 50mm, Black by Nikko Stirling. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Rifle Scope Facts
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted for consideration of many ecological elements like wind speed and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing through the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are arranged internally and outside of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the optimal type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Glass Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are minor
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their long guns
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture without room used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Scope Zoom
The amount of magnification a scope provides is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optic Details
A single power rifle scope will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not adjust considering that it is a set power scope.
Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the zoom amount in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the zoom of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This also incorporates the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they could be efficiently used. Bear in mind that high magnification optics will not be as practical as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that too much magnification can be a negative thing in certain situations. The exact same concept relates to extended distances where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Optic Lens Finishes
All cutting-edge rifle optic lenses are covered. Lens finishing is a vital aspect of a rifle when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
Info on Rifle Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope manufacturers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different procedures, chemicals, polarizations, and components to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can likewise have various finishes used to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard 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 coated lens depends on the scope manufacturer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
Info on Anti-water Finishing
Water on a lens doesn’t improve maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line or premium scope manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The result is that the water beads slide off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Scope Mounting Choices
Installing solutions for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style 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 are developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is wonderful for rifles which require a resilient, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Details on Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Info Around Rifle Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature level shifts and pressure distinctions from the outdoor environment which might potentially enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
