Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Sig Sauer Whiskey 5 3-15×52 SFP Side Focus Riflescope, 30mm
Built to perform in the toughest conditions, the new Whiskey5 super-zoom 5x riflescope line from Sig Sauer brings the hardest of targets into sharp focus. Featuring our proprietary hdx optical system for extreme clarity and low-light performance, hellfire fiber optic illuminated reticles and a free sbt (Sig ballistic turret) calibrated to your unique Ballistics and environmental conditions. Go beyond the boundaries with the revolutionary Whiskey5 riflescope.
Rifle Scope Product Features
The scope features 5x optical zoom with illuminated and non-illuminated reticles
Our proprietary hdx optical System provides industry leading brightness and extreme optical clarity for any situation
Offered in second focal plane (sfp) with multiple reticle options
About the Sig Sauer Manufacturer
Sig Sauer is a premium manufacturer for weapon scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and supply their scopes, mounts, and related products by making the most of elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Sig Sauer Whiskey 5 3-15×52 SFP Side Focus Riflescope, 30mm by Sig Sauer. For more shooting products, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account many natural factors like wind and elevation increases to account 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 using the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most contemporary rifle scopes and optics have around eleven parts which are found inside and outside of the optic. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of optics.
About Rifle Optic Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the optic’s magnifying adjustments. It simply indicates the reticle is located behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Deciding on the most suitable style of rifle glass is based upon what variety of hunting or shooting you intend on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane glass (FFP) come with the reticle before the magnification lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the extent of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified range as they are at the non amplified distance. For instance, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where estimations are low
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Scopes
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.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture with less room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Optic Magnification
The extent of scope zoom you need on your glass depends upon the sort of shooting you wish to do. Nearly every kind of rifle scope gives some level of zoom. The volume of magnification a scope supplies is identified by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This suggests what the shooter is checking out through the scope is magnified times the power aspect of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope and optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate given that it is a set power scope.
Info on Adjustable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the magnification level in a format such as 2-10×32. These numbers mean the magnification of the scope can be changed between 2x and 10x power. This additionally incorporates the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power manipulation is accomplished by operating the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some suggested scope powers and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Always remember that higher magnification optics will not be as practical as lower magnification level scope and optics because excessive zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle.
Lens Finishing for Rifle Optics
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of lens finishings. Lens finish is a crucial aspect of a rifle when thinking of luxury rifle optics and scope equipment. The lenses are among the most vital parts of the optic given that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the point of impact. The coating on the lenses protects the lens exterior as well as assists with anti glare from refracted direct sunlight and color recognition.
ED Versus HD Rifle Glass
Some scope producers likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use various techniques, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
What to Know About Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or coating used to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less advantageous things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. This indicates the lens has several treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking several steps to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This also doesn’t always suggest the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in creating the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Coating for Rifle Scopes
Water on a scope lens doesn’t improve preserving a clear sight picture through an optic whatsoever. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It treats the exterior of the Steiner scope lens so the water particles can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads sheet off of the scope to keep a clear, water free sight picture.
Optic Installation Alternatives
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also generally come in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the scope.
Hex Key Rifle Glass Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the optic, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are designed for far away precision shooting. This form of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not shift regardless of how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated optics system on a long distance hunting or sniper competition rifle that will seldom need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount screws to prevent the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in position. An example of these rings are the 30mm type made by Vortex Optics. 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 quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifles which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between multiple rifles.
Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can destroy a day on the range and your expensive optic by resulting in fogging and creating residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes prevent wetness from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness prevention for conventional use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are concerned about the scope still performing if it goes overboard and you can still rescue the firearm.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temp shifts and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which may possibly permit 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 look for.
