Description
Rifle Scope Ring Product Details
Sniper Heavy Duty Picatinny/Weaver 1″ Mid-Profile See-Thru Scope Rings, Hard Anodized, Black
– Medium profile scope rings for 1″ / 25mm tube diameter
– 6061-T6 Aluminum alloy, anodized in matte black
– Strong, durable and great at holding zero
– Fits Picatinny rail / mount base (standard 21mm)
– Medium profile, 1 inch / 25mm from base to center o
Rifle Scope Ring Product Features
Made of solid aluminum alloy to withstand shock and recoil
Fits 7/8″ Weaver mounts, rails and bases
Works with scopes, red dot sights and flashlights with 1″ main tube
Medium (26.70mm) center height. Good for mounting scopes with objective OD up to 50mm
Anodized matte black finish
About the Sniper Company
Sniper is a premium maker for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and make their mounts, scopes, and related products by making the most of elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Sniper Heavy Duty Picatinny/Weaver 1″ Mid-Profile See-Thru Scope Rings, Hard Anodized, Black by Sniper. For more shooting items, visit their site.
About Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account different environmental aspects like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing through the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are arranged inside and externally on the scope. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage dials or turrets, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a scope.
The Varieties of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Picking the best type of rifle scope is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
First focal plane glass (FFP) come with the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This triggers the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range 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 very same tick at 100 yards using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are practical for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” as well as “lead” correlations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Facts
Second focal plane glass (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the very same scale relative to the level of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements adjust based upon the zoom chosen to shoot over greater distances due to the fact that the reticle measurements present different increments which differ with the zoom. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These varieties of glass work for:
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who prefer a clearer optic picture with less space used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Glass Magnification
The quantity of zoom a scope provides is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info About Single Power Lens Rifle Optics
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 and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification power levels. It will note the zoom amount in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the magnification of the scope can be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This always utilizes the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power shift is achieved by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell piece.
Scope Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they can be efficiently used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as useful as lower powered rifle scope glass considering that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle.
Optic Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle optic lenses are layered. There are various types and qualities of finishings. Lens finish is a crucial element of a rifle when looking into high end rifle optics and targeting units. The lenses are among the most key pieces of the optic since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface as well as helps with anti glare from excess light and color profiles.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some glass makers even use “HD” or high-definition glass coatings that make the most of various processes, polarizations, components, and chemicals to draw out various color ranges and viewable target visibility through the lens. This HD finishing is normally used with higher density lens glass which brings down light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope makers use “HD” to describe “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how certain colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious around items with defined outlines as light hits the object from particular angles.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a covering put on it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in many kinds of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while minimizing 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 maker and how much you paid for it.
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 innovation and the quality of products used in building the rifle scope.
Info on Hydrophobic Covering
Water on a scope lens does not help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope whatsoever. Many top of the line or premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It provides protection for the surface of the Steiner glass lens so the H2O 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.
Rifle Optic Mounting Alternatives
Mounting solutions for scopes are available in a few choices. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also usually are made in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scope.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These varieties of scope mounts use double separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are created for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is excellent for rifle systems which are in need of a resilient, unfailing mount which will not change despite how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a dedicated optics setup on a reach out and touch someone hunting or hard target interdiction rifle that will rarely need to be altered or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the scope mount screws to stop the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set normally costs around $200 USD
Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while preserving precision. These kinds of mounts come in beneficial for shooting platforms which are moved around a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It typically costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can mess up a day on the range and your highly-priced optic by causing fogging and making residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes protect against humidity from going into the optical tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Typically, these water resistant scopes can be immersed underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be plenty of moisture content prevention for basic use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you intend on taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the optic still working if it goes overboard and you can still find the gun.
Optic Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the buildup of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this area is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less impacted by condition shifts and pressure variations from the outside environment which may potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
