Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Sig Sauer SOT41112 Tango4 Riflescope, 1-4X24mm, 30mm, Ffp, Black, One Size
Designed for today’s common MSR/AR and bolt action platforms, the Tango4 1 ” 4×24 mm riflescope is the ideal solution for CQB/mid-range tactical engagements, 3 Gun competitions and hunting with 4x times optical zoom and illumination in a 30mm one-piece maintube. Low dispersion (LD) glass provides industry leading optical clarity for any situation. Offered in first focal plane (FFP) with multiple, illuminated reticle options. Dependable waterproof (IPX-7 rated for complete immersion up to 1 meter) and fog-proof performance.
Rifle Scope Product Features
4x times optical zoom with illumination in a 30mm one-piece maintube
Low dispersion (LD) glass provides industry leading optical clarity for any situation
Offered in first focal plane (FFP) with multiple, illuminated reticle options
Motac (Motion Activated Illumination System) that powers up when it senses motion and powers down when it does not
Dependable waterproof (IPX-7 rated for complete immersion up to 1 meter) and fog-proof performance
Sport type: Tactical & Military
About the Sig Sauer Company
Sig Sauer is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and build their mounts, scopes, and related products making the most of elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Sig Sauer SOT41112 Tango4 Riflescope, 1-4X24mm, 30mm, Ffp, Black, One Size by Sig Sauer. For more shooting products, visit their website.
Glass Info
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for consideration of various ecological things like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing through the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of contemporary rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and on the exterior of the scope body. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle optics.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Picking the best type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom 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 measurement.
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Optic Magnification
The level of scope zoom you need on your glass is based on the style of shooting you desire to do. Practically every kind of rifle scope provides some level of zoom. The amount of zoom a scope offers is identified by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle scope. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the opic. This indicates what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power factor of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Scope Details
A single power rifle optic will have a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not change because it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass Info
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power change is performed by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be successfully used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower powered rifle scope glass given that too much magnification can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The exact same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finishing for Rifle Optics
All contemporary rifle optic lenses are coated. There are different types and qualities of lens coatings. When looking at luxury rifle scope setups, Lens covering can be a vital component of defining the capability of the rifle. The lenses are among the most significant parts of the scope considering that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses shields the lens surface as well as improves anti glare capabilities from refracted direct sunlight and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some optic producers additionally use “HD” or high-definition glass coverings which use various procedures, components, compounds, and polarizations to draw out various colors and viewable definition through the lens. This high-def finishing is commonly used with higher density glass which drops light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious around objects with defined outlines as light hits the object from specific angles.
Details on Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can even have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It becomes 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 kinds of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shade), 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 makers also make it a point to specify 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 building the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic anti-water finishing.
Rifle Glass Installing Options
Installing options for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also usually come in quick release versions which use toss levers which permit rifle operators to rapidly install and remove the scopes.
Hex Key Rifle Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which need a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used between several rifles.
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle optic can ruin a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by resulting in fogging and producing residue within the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes protect against moisture from getting in the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these water-resistant optics can be immersed beneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the optic still performing if it is submerged in water and you can still salvage the gun.
Scope Gas Purging
Another element of avoiding the buildup of wetness within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less impacted by temp changes and pressure variations from the outside environment which could possibly permit water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
