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Rifle Scope Product Details
US Optics B17GENIIXR 3.2-17 x 50 mm Scope with Genii x R Reticle, Black, Left/Right
When professionals, hunters, and sportsmen demand the highest optical quality and Mechanical precision; US Optics is the solution. With a proprietary lens prescription and the durability to perform in the harshest conditions, no task is out of reach. Made out of 6061-T6 Aircraft grade aluminum, these optics are made to last a lifetime. With features such as locking turrets, zero stop, revolution counter, and tool-less elevation re-zeroing; the b- Series was designed with the shooter in mind.
Rifle Scope Product Features
All scopes come standard in first focal plane, which provides the shooter the ability to range a target or holdover at any magnification setting
The locking turrets ensure the shooter never unintentionally dials
Zero Stop and Revolution counter for making fast adjustments back to your zero
Single button Illumination for quick brightness control, even while wearing gloves
All of these extra features come standard and allow the shooter to stay focused on what matters most…making the shot count
About the U.S. Optics Brand
U.S. Optics is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They create and supply their products by making the most of building materials which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the US Optics B17GENIIXR 3.2-17 x 50 mm Scope with Genii x R Reticle, Black, Left/Right by U.S. Optics. For more shooting items, visit their website.
Facts About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by utilizing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s positioning can be adapted to take into account many ecological considerations like wind speed and elevation decreases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. Many modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are arranged within and externally on the scope. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials or turrets, focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair is located in connection with the scopes magnifying adjustments. It actually indicates the reticle is located behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Deciding upon the most ideal sort of rifle optic is dependent on what form of shooting or hunting you intend on undertaking.
Info on First Focal Plane Glass
First focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This causes the reticle to increase in size based on the level of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non magnified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the identical tick at one hundred yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who know their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” relationships for their long gun
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual sight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass Facts
Second focal plane glass (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to stay at the exact same overall size in connection with the amount of zoom being used. The effect is that the reticle dimensions evolve based upon the zoom employed to shoot over lengthier ranges given that the reticle markings represent different increments which can vary with the magnification. In the FFP illustration with the SFP optic, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick. These styles of glass are handy for:
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without area taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Glass Magnification
The amount of magnification a scope provides is figured out by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle optic or scope will have 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 magnification of this kind of optic can not adjust considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified levels. The power change is achieved by the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Rifle Scope Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope power levels and the ranges where they can be effectively used. Highly magnified glass will not be as beneficial as lower powered scopes due to the fact that too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same idea goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have increased power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Rifle Glass
All contemporary rifle scope lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of coatings. Lens coating can be a crucial aspect of a rifle’s setup when thinking about luxury rifle optics and targeting systems. The glass lenses are one of the most key parts of the optic because they are what your eye sees through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area as well as helps with anti glare from refracted direct sunlight and color visibility.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some glass producers also use “HD” or high-def lens finishings that employ various procedures, components, polarizations, and chemicals to enhance numerous color ranges and viewable target definition through the lens. This HD coating is commonly used with greater density lens glass which brings down light’s opportunity to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are presented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious around items with defined shapes as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various scope lenses can even have different coverings applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is since the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It becomes part of the finely tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that it will be efficiently usable in lots of kinds 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 helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This implies the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can establish that a company is taking multiple actions to fight different environmental aspects like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens is better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle glass.
Glass Lens Anti-water Finish
Water on a lens does not help with preserving 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 anti-water finish.
Rifle Scope Mounting Options
Installing approaches for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also typically come in quick release variations which use throw levers which allow rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the glass.
Glass Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are often made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are developed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope install is great for rifles which require a long lasting, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly connect and detach a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be swapped out if they all use a compatible style mount. These types of mounts come in 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 multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Sealing and Gas Purging for Scope Tubes
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your costly optic by triggering fogging and developing residue inside of the scope tube. A lot of scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Scope Gas Purging
Another part of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less affected by climate shifts and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which could possibly permit 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.
