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Rifle Scope Product Details
NIKW9 Prostaff P3 Crossbow 3×32 Matte BDC 60
The new prostaff P3 crossbow is an ideal choice for hunters looking to upgrade the optic on their crossbows this season. Signature Nikon optical performance coupled with a proprietary BDC reticle designed specifically to maximize the range and efficiency of today’s hunting crossbows.
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Fully multicoated optical System
BDC 60 crossbow reticle
Hand-turned 1 MOA adjustments and spring-loaded instant zero-reset turrets
Rugged one-inch aircraft grade aluminum main tube
Precision Optic for Crossbow Hunters
The new Prostaff P3 Crossbow is an ideal choice for hunters looking to upgrade the optic on their crossbows this season.
Fully Multicoated Optical System & BDC 60 Crossbow Reticle
Signature Nikon optical performance coupled with a proprietary BDC reticle designed specifically to maximize the range and efficiency of today’s hunting crossbows. Multiple layers of anti-reflective compounds on every glass surface provide bright and vivid sight pictures, optimum light transmission and maximum brightness from dawn to dusk. BDC 60 reticle is designed for a variety of crossbow bolt, point weights and velocities, the reticle’s 20-yard ‘zero’ provides corresponding aiming point circles for shots out to 60″and even beyond 80 yards”depending upon the bolt length, weight, point weight and velocity.
Precision Optical Technology Designed for Crossbow Hunting
Crisp, Hand-turn 1 MOA Adjustments
Reticle adjustments are made in crisp, positive 1-MOA click-stop moves you can both feel and hear. Windage and elevation turrets are clearly marked for quick adjustments.
Spring-Loaded Instant Zero-Reset Turrets
Spring-loaded windage and elevation knobs can be reset to ‘zero’ after sighting-in for easy reference when making field adjustments. Turret caps are all-aluminum construction for lasting durability.
Aluminum Quick Focus Eyepiece and Generous, Consistent Eye Relief
All-metal construction for trouble-free rotation and rugged performance with generous eye relief, to help you get on target quickly.
Rugged One-inch Aircraft Grade Aluminum Main Tube
Lightweight-yet-durable construction designed to last for a lifetime of tough hunting.
About the NIKW9 Brand
NIKW9 is a premium manufacturer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They design and supply their mounts, scopes, and related products by making the most of building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the NIKW9 Prostaff P3 Crossbow 3×32 Matte BDC 60 by NIKW9. For additional shooting products, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for consideration of various ecological things like wind speed and elevation increases 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 with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are located within and on the exterior of the optic. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation turrets, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of optics.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Deciding on the perfect type of rifle glass is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are minor
- Experienced shooters who recognize their target “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature 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 measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter spaces and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Zoom for Glass
The extent of scope zoom you need on your optic depends upon the style of shooting you wish to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic supplies some amount of magnification. The volume of zoom a scope supplies is identified by the diameter, density, and curves of the lenses inside of the rifle optic. The magnification level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is looking at through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Info on Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope and optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. These types of scopes will note the zoom degree in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope could be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This always includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished by operating the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the ranges where they may be successfully used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as effective as lower magnification level glass considering that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same idea goes for longer distances where the shooter needs sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle at the target.
About Scope Lens Finishes
All current rifle glass lenses are layered. Lens covering is an essential element of a rifle when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various methods, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out separate colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Optics
Different scope lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a coating put on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in numerous kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can offer protection to the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers similarly make it a point to define 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 developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Covering
Water on a scope lens does not support keeping a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Numerous top of the line or premium optic manufacturers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this kind of treatment. It treats the exterior surfaces of the Steiner glass lens so the water particles can not bind to it or develop surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installing Options
Mounting options for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also normally come in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounts
Basic, clamp type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is great for rifles which are in need of a resilient, unfailing mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a specialized optics system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or sniper competition long gun which will rarely need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted securely in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Rifle Scope Mounting Solutions with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles.
Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this area is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less influenced by temperature shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which could potentially permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
