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Rifle Scope Product Details
Tangent Theta Model TT315H Long Range Hunter Series 3-15x50mm Scope 800102-304
Tangent Theta Model TT315H Long Range Hunter Series 3-15x50mm Scope 800102-304
Rifle Scope Product Features
About the Tangent Theta Manufacturer
Tangent Theta is a premium manufacturer for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their scopes, mounts, and related products working with building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Tangent Theta Model TT315H Long Range Hunter Series 3-15x50mm Scope 800102-304 by Tangent Theta. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Scope Information
Rifle scopes permit you to exactly aim a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by making use of a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for the consideration of different environmental things like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are seeing using the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of contemporary rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are found within and outside of the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of rifle glass.
Rifle Scope Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding upon the finest type of rifle optic is based on what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These styles of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where estimations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their target “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their rifles
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Info on Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the very same overall size in connection with the volume of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements evolve based on the magnification chosen to shoot over lengthier ranges considering that the markings present distinct increments which fluctuate with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement. These styles of optics work for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic sight picture without area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Rifle Optic Zoom
The level of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the style of shooting you plan to do. Just about every kind of rifle optic gives some degree of magnification. The amount of zoom a scope supplies is established by the size, density, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnification level of the scope is the “power” of the glass. This suggests what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This indicates the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not adjust since it is fixed.
About Variable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification increments. These types of scopes will list the magnification level in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers indicate the zoom of the scope could be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This also includes the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved by operating the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some advised scope power settings and the ranges where they may be efficiently used. Keep in mind that high magnification glass will not be as efficient as lower powered optics and scopes since excessive magnification can be a detractor. The same idea relates to longer ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Details on Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle scope and optic lenses are covered in special coatings. There are different types and qualities of lens coatings. Lens covering can be an important aspect of a rifle when thinking about high end rifle optics and targeting equipment. The lenses are one of the most crucial parts of the scope due to the fact that they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The covering on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area and even improves anti glare capabilities from refracted sunshine and color exposure.
ED Versus HD Rifle Glass
Some glass suppliers will also use “HD” or high-def glass coatings that apply different procedures, components, chemical substances, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable target definition through lenses. This high-definition finishing is typically used with more costly, high density lens glass which decreases light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be obvious around things with hard shapes as light hits the object from specific angles.
Single Finish Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have various finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. Since the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be optimally functional in many types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated 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 layered or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has multiple treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives several treatments, it can establish that a company is taking multiple actions to combat various natural elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally doesn’t always mean the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “better” depends upon the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of glass used in developing the rifle scope.
Glass Lens Anti-water Coating
Water on a lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating which is water repellent.
Glass Mounting Choices
Installing solutions for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also normally come in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Glass Ring Mounting Solutions
Normal, 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 made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which need a durable, sound 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 detach a scope and connect it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be switched out if they all use a compatible design mount. These types of mounts are convenient for rifle platforms which are transported a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Scope Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day on the range and your pricey optic by resulting in fogging and creating residue within the scope’s tube. Many optics protect against moisture from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Typically, these water resistant optics can be immersed under 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough humidity prevention for standard use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle on boats and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still rescue the rifle.
What to Know About Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less affected by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the external environment which could potentially enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to look for.
