Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
ohhunt Guardian 6-24X50 SF Rifle Scope Side Parallax 1/2 Half Mill Dot Glass Etching Reticle Tube Diameter 30mm Turret Lock Reset Scope with 20mm Picatinny Rail Ring
Rifle Scope Product Features
Fully multi-coated lenses gives you better light transmission to bring optimum brightness and true color across the entire light Spectrum
6-24x magnification and 50mm objective lens; Mil dot glass etched reticle with Long Eye Relief Optical System
Eyepiece field of view: 20; Length (mm): 375; One-piece tube: Yes
Eye relief (inch): 3.15; Tube diameter (mm / inch): 30 / 1.18; Field of view (ft @ 100yds) 20.2ft @ 6x-5.05ft @ 24x
Click Value:1/10MIL?Exit Pupil Distance (mm):100?Diopter range: +/- 2
About the ohhunt Scope Maker
ohhunt is a premium maker for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and build their mounts and related products by choosing materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the ohhunt Guardian 6-24X50 SF Rifle Scope Side Parallax 1/2 Half Mill Dot Glass Etching Reticle Tube Diameter 30mm Turret Lock Reset Scope with 20mm Picatinny Rail Ring by ohhunt. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through zoom by employing a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for consideration of numerous ecological elements like wind and elevation decreases 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 with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern rifle optics have about 11 parts which are found internally and outside of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, objective focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The form of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes magnification. It literally means the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the optic. Deciding upon the most desired sort of rifle optic depends on what form of hunting or shooting you anticipate doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the amount of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the exact same overall size in relation to the amount of zoom being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements change based upon the zoom applied to shoot over longer distances due to the fact that the reticle measurements present different increments which can vary with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These particular sorts of glass are handy for:
- Far away types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without room used up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Rifle Glass Magnification
The extent of scope zoom you need is based on the kind of shooting you plan to do. Just about every kind of rifle glass supplies some degree of zoom. The amount of magnification a scope provides is determined by the diameter, density, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This suggests what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not adjust since it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scope Details
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is achieved by using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they may be successfully used. Remember that higher power scopes and optics will not be as practical as lower powered optics and scopes because excessive magnification can be a detractor. The exact same idea goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Coating for Scopes
All contemporary rifle optic lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of coatings. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment. The lenses are one of the most critical parts of the optic considering they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finishing on the lenses shields the lens surface area as well as assists with anti glare from refracted natural light and color presence.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope manufacturers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different procedures, chemicals, aspects, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Different optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some type of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while decreasing 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 upon the scope developer and just how much you spent for it. Both are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in developing the rifle scope.
Info on Anti-water Covering
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Options for Mounting Rifle Scopes on Long Guns
Mounting solutions for scopes come in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to quickly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are made for long distance accuracy shooting. This form of scope mount is effective for rifles which require a resilient, hard use mount which will not move regardless of just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a specialized scope setup on a long distance scouting or competitors long gun which will pretty much never need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount’s screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed safely in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. 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 detach a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for long guns which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between several rifles or are situationally focused.
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can destroy a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by inducing fogging and generating residue inside of the scope’s tube. The majority of optics protect against wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these optics can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be ample humidity prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle sailing and are worried about the scope still working if it is submerged in water and you can still find the firearm.
Details on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less affected by temp shifts and pressure distinctions from the external environment which might potentially enable 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.
