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Rifle Scope Product Details
Schmidt Bender 3-12×54 Polar T96 Riflescope, Illuminated FFP L7 Reticle, Black, 754-911-712
Schmidt & Bender Polar T96 P Riflescope 1.BE L7 Reticle 3-12×54 Posicon 34mm
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Schmidt & Bender Manufacturer
Schmidt & Bender is a premium supplier for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their mounts, scopes, and related products by choosing elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Schmidt Bender 3-12×54 Polar T96 Riflescope, Illuminated FFP L7 Reticle, Black, 754-911-712 by Schmidt & Bender. For additional shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes enable you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account many environmental considerations like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many contemporary rifle scopes and optics have about 11 parts which are arranged internally and outside of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, modification turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
About Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Considering the finest type of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you plan to do.
Info About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the level of zoom being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced distance as they are at the non magnified range. For example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” correlations for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less room used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Glass
The level of scope zoom you require is based on the kind of shooting you intend to do. Virtually every type of rifle glass delivers some amount of zoom. The amount of zoom a scope gives is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle optic. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This indicates what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Optic Facts
A single power rifle optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of optic can not change given that it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. It will note the zoom degree in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the zoom of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This also involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is accomplished by applying the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Optic Power and Ranges
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they can be effectively used. Bear in mind that high power optics and scopes will not be as effective as lower powered optics and scopes since increased zoom can be a negative thing in certain situations. The same goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to properly aim the rifle.
Info on Rifle Scope Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass lens coverings. Lens covering can be a crucial element of a rifle’s setup when thinking about luxury rifle optics and targeting units. The glass lenses are among the most crucial components of the optic because they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface area and also improves anti glare from excess light and color profiles.
Details on Rifle Scope Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some glass makers will also use “HD” or high-definition lense finishings that employ various processes, components, polarizations, and chemicals to enhance separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def finishing is often used with greater density glass which decreases light’s chance to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope brands use “HD” to describe “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be visible over items with hard edges and outlines as light hits the item from various angles.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can even have various finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally usable in many types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope designer and how much you spent for it. The scope’s maker and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can prove that a producer is taking several steps to fight various environmental elements like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This also doesn’t necessarily suggest the multi-coated lens is much better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends upon the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in building the rifle optic.
Glass Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens does not help 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 hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Choices for Mounting Scopes on Firearms
Mounting options for scopes come in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle operators to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Optic Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design 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 separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which require a resilient, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Optic Ring Mounts
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while retaining accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and handy for rifles which are carried a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are employed in between numerous rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It generally costs around $250 USD
Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can wreck a day on the range and your costly optic by inducing fogging and developing residue within the scope tube. Most optics protect against humidity from entering the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these optics can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of wetness avoidance for basic use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the optic still functioning if it is submerged in water and you can still rescue the gun.
Gas Purged Rifle Scope Tubes
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is already occupied by the gas, the scope is less altered by condition changes and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which could possibly 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.
