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Rifle Scope Product Details
TRUGLO HuntTec Illuminated Reticle 4x32mm Compact Scope
Rifle Scope Product Features
About this item
Water-resistant, fogproof, nitrogten gas filled; generous 4″ eye relief
Fully-coated lenses provide maximum brightness, clarity, and contrast
Wide field of view; durable leaf spring click adjustments for windage and elevation
1/2-MOA windage/elevation adjustments; weaver-style rings included; bright 32mm objective lens
Model TG850AL includes a dual-color illuminated reticle for increased contrast in low light conditions
About the TRUGLO Manufacturer
TRUGLO is a premium company for weapon scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and build their scopes, mounts, and related products by choosing building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the TRUGLO HuntTec Illuminated Reticle 4x32mm Compact Scope by TRUGLO. For more shooting products, visit their site.
About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target over a distance. They do this through zoom by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adjusted for consideration of many environmental considerations like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand exactly where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the target. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are arranged internally and externally on the scope. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage and elevation dials, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Choosing the optimal type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
First Focal Plane Optic Info
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of zoom being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified range as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at one hundred yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who recognize their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” equations for their firearms
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and takes up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Info About Second Focal Plane Optics
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the very same overall size in relation to the amount of zoom being used. The end result is that the reticle dimensions adjust based upon the magnification used to shoot over greater distances given that the reticle markings represent distinct increments which differ with the zoom level. In the FFP illustration with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These particular styles of glass work for:
- Long distance forms of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who would like a clearer optic picture without space taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Rifle Scopes
The amount of magnification a scope offers 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 Glass
A single power rifle scope will have 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 optic can not fluctuate because it is a set power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified levels. The power adjustment is handled by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some advised scope power settings and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power glass will not be as useful as lower magnification level optics considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The very same idea goes for extended ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Optics
All current rifle scope lenses are layered. Lens finishing can be an important element of a rifle system when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use various processes, polarizations, chemicals, and aspects to draw out a wide range of colors and viewable quality through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
What to Know About Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can also have different finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be efficiently functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less useful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope company and how much money you spent paying 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 covered or “multi” covered. This implies the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens gets several treatments, it can prove that a company is taking multiple steps to combat various environmental aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t always indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single layered lens. Being “better” is dependent on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of glass used in creating the rifle optic.
Anti-water Finishing for Rifle Optics
Water on a lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing which is water repellent.
Choices for Mounting Scopes on Firearms
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are individually mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also normally are made in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly install and dismount the scope.
Scope Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to fix 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 constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance precision shooting. This type of scope mount is good for rifle systems which require a resilient, unfailing mount which will not move despite how much the scope is moved or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you want for a specialized scope system on a long distance scouting or tournament rifle which will rarely need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the scope mount’s screws to protect against the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set typically costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Glass Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly take off a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped 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 connect solidly to a flat top design Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while keeping accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and practical for shooting platforms which are transferred a lot, to take off the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for aiming systems which are utilized in between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by the Vortex Optics brand. It usually costs around $250 USD
About Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes prevent wetness from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Gas Purged Scope Tubes
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle optic tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this area is currently taken up by the gas, the scope is less altered by temperature level shifts and pressure distinctions from the outside environment which might potentially allow water vapor to leak 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.
