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Rifle Scope Product Details
Trinity Hunting Scope for Benjamin Jim Shockey Steel Eagle
Great for accurate target practice or hunting. Connects directly in your Air rifle receiver without any modifications or adapters. The TRINITY 4X32 Compact Mil-Dot Rifle Scope w/ Rings offers superb light transmission thanks to its blue fused multi -coated lenses, which reduce internal reflections and also provide protection against scratches. The TRINITY 4×32 Compact Scope is made to take plenty of heavy recoil. This tough rifle scope is milled from a single piece of aircraft grade aluminum, for a one-piece body that is then purged and nitrogen charged for fog proofing, and sealed up with weather resistant seals. Fog proof and shock-resistant housing Blue fused multi-coated lens provides superior light transmission, resolution and scratch resistance Windage and elevation adjustment 3 Inch eye relief provides safety from heavy recoil and enables fast target acquisition Weaver / Picatinny 1913 ring mounts included Magnification: 4X Tube Diameter: 1″ Objective: 32 mm Eye Relief: 3″ Exit Pupil: 8 mm FOV (feet at 100 yds.): 36.6 M.O.A.: 1/4 Finish: Matte Black Lens Coating: Blue Length: 7.75″ Weight: 11 oz.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Great for accurate target practice or hunting.
Connects directly in your Air rifle receiver without any modifications or adapters.
The TRINITY 4X32 Compact Mil-Dot Rifle Scope w/ Rings offers superb light transmission thanks to its blue fused multi-coated lenses, which reduce internal reflections and also provide protection against scratches.
Nitrogen charged with weather resistant seals
Windage and elevation adjustment
About the TRINITY Company
TRINITY is a premium supplier for long gun scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes and related products working with elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Trinity Hunting Scope for Benjamin Jim Shockey Steel Eagle by TRINITY. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Rifle Scope Details
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through magnification using a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for consideration of different natural things like wind speed and elevation to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. Many modern-day rifle scopes have around eleven parts which are arranged inside and outside of the scope. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle scope.
Rifle Glass Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes zoom. It literally means the reticle is behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Looking for the most reliable form of rifle scope is dependent on what style of shooting or hunting you intend on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane glass (FFP) feature the reticle before the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of zoom being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non magnified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are small
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and “lead” equations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and takes up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Details
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This causes the reticle to stay at the same size in connection with the quantity of magnification being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions adapt based upon the zoom applied to shoot over lengthier ranges because the reticle measurements represent different increments which vary with the zoom. In the FFP example with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement. These types of optics are handy for:
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less area used up by the bigger FFP reticle
Details on Optic Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is figured out by the diameter, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope comes with 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 type of optic can not change given that it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power change is handled by making use of the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Optic Power and Range Correlation
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they can be successfully used. Always remember that higher power optics will not be as efficient as lower powered optics due to the fact that increased magnification can be a bad thing. The exact same idea applies to extended distances where the shooter needs sufficient power to see precisely where to best aim the rifle.
About Lens Covering
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of glass lens coverings. Lens covering is a crucial aspect of a rifle when considering high-end rifle optics and scope systems. The glass lenses are one of the most vital components of the scope given that they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finish on the lenses safeguards the lens surface area as well as helps with anti glare capabilities from excess sunrays and color recognition.
About Glass Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope suppliers also use “HD” or high-definition glass coverings which employ various processes, chemical applications, polarizations, and components to enhance various color ranges and viewable target visibility through the lens. This HD finish is often used with more costly high density glass which lowers light’s ability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be noticeable over objects with hard outlines as light hits the item from certain angles.
What to Know About Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It must have a finish applied to it so that the lens will be optimally functional in numerous types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is typically a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve the lens from scratches while decreasing glare and other less advantageous 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 money you paid for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope makers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in constructing the rifle scope.
About Hydrophobic Covering
Water on an optical lens does not help with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and high-end optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a fine example of this type of treatment. It treats the surface area of the Steiner optic lens so the water molecules can not bind to it or create surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads roll off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Options for Installing Rifle Optics on Long Guns
Mounting approaches for scopes can be found in a couple of choices. There are the basic 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 can be found in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to rapidly mount and dismount the glass.
Scope Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Standard, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope installation rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of different 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 install is great for rifles which need a resilient, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Glass Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar designed mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach nicely to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This allows the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while keeping accuracy. These types of mounts are useful and beneficial for shooting platforms which are transferred between vehicles a lot, to remove the scope from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are used in between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from the Vortex Optics manufacturer. It typically costs around $250 USD
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info on Glass Tube Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less influenced by temperature alterations and pressure differences from the outside environment which could potentially allow water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a decent rifle scope to seek out.
