Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
US Optics 1-8x24mm; 30 mm Tube; Digital Red Riflescope TS-8X-JNG-MIL-USO
U.S. Optics TS-8X Riflescope, 1-8x24mm, 30mm Tube, First Focal Plane, Digital Red Illuminated JNG MIL Reticle, Matte Black, TS-8X JNG MIL
Rifle Scope Product Features
The TS-8X features a 30mm tube
24mm objective
First Focal Plane Illuminated reticle
capped zeroing elevation and windage knobs
About the U.S. Optics Brand
U.S. Optics is a premium supplier for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and make their mounts and related products by applying elements which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the US Optics 1-8x24mm; 30 mm Tube; Digital Red Riflescope TS-8X-JNG-MIL-USO by U.S. Optics. For additional shooting goods, visit their website.
All About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in to account for many ecological considerations like wind and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Most modern-day rifle scopes have about eleven parts which are found inside and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, focus rings, and other parts. Learn about the eleven parts of optics.
About Rifle Glass Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. Opting for the best type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan to do.
About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane glass (FFP) come with the reticle before the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the magnified distance as they are at the non amplified range. As an example, one tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the corresponding tick at one hundred yards using 5x “zoom”. These types of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” and “lead” relationships for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and requires more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Details
Second focal plane optics (SFP) include the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” one hundred yard tick measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick measurement.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and distances
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Rifle Glass
The level of scope zoom you require is based on the kind of shooting you choose to do. Just about every kind of rifle optic supplies some level of zoom. The amount of zoom a scope offers is determined by the diameter, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle optic. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This denotes what the shooter is observing through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can generally be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope or optic uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This means the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of scope can not adjust given that it is a fixed power optic.
About Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be modified between magnified settings. The power adjustment is handled by the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope powers and the distances where they may be efficiently used. Keep in mind that high magnification glass will not be as practical as lower magnification level optics due to the fact that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same idea relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs enough power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Optic Lens Covering
All top of the line rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens finishing is a significant element of a rifle when considering high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some optic producers even use “HD” or high-definition glass finishes which make the most of various processes, elements, polarizations, and chemicals to extract different color ranges and viewable target definition through the lens. This high-def coating is commonly used with more costly, high density glass which brings down light’s ability to refract through the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often visible around things with well defined shapes as light hits the item from various angles.
Optic Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Different scope lenses can also have different finishings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is due to the fact that the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently functional in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunshine (full VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while reducing 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 producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” covered. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Glass Lens Finishing
Water on a lens does not assist with retaining a clear sight picture through a scope in any way. Lots of top of the line and premium scope producers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering. The Steiner Optics Nano-Protection is a good example of this type of treatment. It treats the surface of the Steiner scope lens so the water particles can not bind to it or produce surface tension. The outcome is that the water beads move off of the scope to maintain a clear, water free sight picture.
Rifle Optic Installation Options
Mounting options for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are separately mounted to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also generally are made in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to quickly mount and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Standard, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to fix to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two independent rings to support the scope, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which need a long lasting, rock solid mount which will not move regardless of how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a faithful scope system on a reach out and touch someone scouting or tournament firearm which will seldom need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted firmly in place. An example of these rings are the 30mm style from Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Several scopes can even be swapped 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 protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle optic can spoil a day on the range and your pricey optic by resulting in fogging and making residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of optics prevent humidity from going into the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Generally, these water resistant optics can be submerged underneath 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient moisture content prevention for conventional use rifles, unless you anticipate taking your rifle boating and are concerned about the optic still performing if it goes over the side and you can still find the rifle.
Gas Purged Glass Tubes
Another part of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the optic is less influenced by temp changes and pressure differences from the external environment which might possibly enable water vapor to leak in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
