Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Thompson Center Accessories Maxima Base, Encore & Omega, 1Piece, Blued
Mounts on the barrel of T/C® model listed using existing screw holes. 1 PC. Weaver-Style, Encore®, Triumph®, IMPACT, Omega, Blued 1 PC. Weaver-Style, Contender® and G2 Contender®, Blued.
Rifle Scope Product Features
GUARANTEED: This product is covered by a Limited 1-Year Warranty. For questions or warranty contact us at accessories@tcarms.com
Style: Weaver (cross-slot)
Fits: All Thomspson Center Encores and All Thompson Center Omeage Black Powder Rifles
Thompson/Center is not old by historical standards however, in less than 40 years, we have contributed heavily to the growth of shooting and hunting sports in America. We’ve elevated handgun hunting and hunting with a muzzleloader to new heights. Thompson/Center continues to lead the industry through the development of innovative, quality products for sport shooters and hunters worldwide.
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Thompson Center designs dependable firearms and accessories to assure you that no shot worth taking is worth missing
Setting the Stage
With the increasing popularity of handgun and muzzleloader shooting, you can be sure that Thompson Center’s top of the line products are at the forefront of that growth
Innovative Accessories
Thompson Center takes pride in providing you with everything that you need to make your hunting or shooting experience better than before
About the Thompson Center Manufacturer
Thompson Center is a premium producer for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and build their products using building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Thompson Center Accessories Maxima Base, Encore & Omega, 1Piece, Blued by Thompson Center. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Glass Facts
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnifying the target by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted to take into account separate ecological aspects like wind speed and elevation 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 viewing via the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of modern-day rifle optics have around eleven parts which are located within and outside of the optic. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets or dials, objective focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of a scope.
About Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Choosing the optimal type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Glass
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These styles of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their firearm
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the very same size relative to the volume of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle measurements alter based upon the magnification employed to shoot over greater ranges considering the markings present different increments which fluctuate with the magnification level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP glass, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These sorts of glass are convenient for:
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most shots take place within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Scope Zoom
The amount of zoom a scope offers is figured out by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Info on Fixed Power Lens Optics
A single power rifle optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not fluctuate considering that it is fixed.
Variable Power Lens Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is performed by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range Correlations
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they could be successfully used. High power glass will not be as beneficial as lower magnification optics since too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same applies to extended ranges where the shooter needs adequate power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Rifle Scope Lens Covering
All present day rifle optic and scope lenses are covered. Lens covering is an important aspect of a shooting system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some scope producers also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use different methods, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Scopes
Various optic lenses can also have different coverings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single coated lenses have a treatment applied to them which is generally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can shield the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope developer and how much money you spent on it. Both the make and cost are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has multiple treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can show that a company is taking numerous steps to fight different natural elements like an anti-glare finish, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic covering. This additionally does not necessarily mean the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of glass used in building the rifle glass.
Anti-water Lens Finishes
Water on a lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Choices for Installing Rifle Scopes on Firearms
Installing approaches for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different types of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Rings
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 is developed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is wonderful 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 Rifle Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and take off a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transported a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle glass can ruin a day on the range and your pricey optic by inducing fogging and developing residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of scopes protect against wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water-resistant scopes can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough moisture content prevention for standard use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle aboard watercrafts and are concerned about the optic still working if it is submerged in water and you can still rescue the gun.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Because this space is currently occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by temperature level shifts and pressure differences from the external environment which might potentially allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
