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Rifle Scope Product Details
NPZ Russian PU 3,5×22 Mosin-Nagant Scope German Post 26.5 mm Tube
Genuine NPZ modern made PU 3,5×22 scope for Mosin-Nagant rifle. This one features original 26,5mm tube for Kochetov mount.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Living legend: the exact copy of WW2 scope made in Russia
26,5mm tube for Kochetov mount
Indestructible construction, steel case
German post reticle
3,5x magnification
About the NPZ Scope Maker
NPZ is a premium company for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and make their products by choosing elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the NPZ Russian PU 3,5×22 Mosin-Nagant Scope German Post 26.5 mm Tube by NPZ. For more shooting products, visit their website.
Information About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of many environmental aspects like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern rifle scopes and optics have about eleven parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope body. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of scopes.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the finest type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual sight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to stay at the same scale relative to the amount of zoom being used. The end result is that the reticle dimensions change based upon the magnification applied to shoot over greater ranges considering that the reticle measurements represent various increments which can vary with the zoom. In the FFP illustration with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These styles of glass work for:
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who like a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Scopes
The quantity of magnification a scope offers is determined 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.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope or optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not adjust since it is set from the factory.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is performed using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power Level and Ranges
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they may be effectively used. Highly magnified glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification rifle scope glass because too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle.
Rifle Scope Lens Finish
All top of the line rifle scope and optic lenses are covered. Lens coating can be an important aspect of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and scope systems.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition glass finishes which use different processes, chemicals, aspects, and polarizations to draw out numerous color ranges and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-definition finishing is typically used with increased density glass which reduces light’s capability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious around items with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishings 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. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It must have a finishing applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect 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 covered lens depends on the scope company and how much money you spent paying for it. The scope’s maker and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Rifle Scope Mounting Options
Mounting approaches for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also typically are made in quick release versions which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly mount and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Rings
Standard, clamp-on type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These forms of scope mounts use double detached rings to support the optic, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which require a durable, hard use mount which will not shift despite just how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should have for a specialized scope setup on a far away hunting or sniper competition firearm which will rarely need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed securely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics company. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten firmly to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This lets the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping the original sighting settings. These types of mounts come in practical for rifles which are hauled around a lot, to remove the glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are utilized between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day of shooting and your costly optic by causing fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info on Rifle Optic Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less altered by climate alterations and pressure variations from the external environment which could possibly allow water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
