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Rifle Scope Product Details
US Optics TS 1-6x24mm; 30 mm Tube; Digital Red Riflescope TS-6X-MS2-USO
U.S. Optics TS-6X Riflescope, 1-6x24mm, 30mm Tube, First Focal Plane, Digital Red Illuminated MS2 Reticle, Matte Black, TS-6X MS2
Rifle Scope Product Features
Product Type: Sporting Goods
Package Height: 3.0 Inches
Package Length: 15.0 Inches
Package Width: 3.0 Inches
About the U.S. Optics Brand
U.S. Optics is a premium maker for rifle scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and build their scopes and related products choosing materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the US Optics TS 1-6x24mm; 30 mm Tube; Digital Red Riflescope TS-6X-MS2-USO by U.S. Optics. For more shooting products, visit their website.
About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes enable you to precisely aim a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnifying the target using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted to take into account many ecological things like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will hit based on the sight picture you are viewing via the scope as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern rifle optics have around eleven parts which are found within and outside of the scope body. These optic pieces include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, objective focus rings, and other components. Learn about the eleven parts of glass.
Rifle Scope Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of scopes. The form of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the optic’s magnification. It simply indicates the reticle is situated behind or before the magnifying lens of the scope. Selecting the most reliable style of rifle glass depends on what sort of hunting or shooting you plan on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are marginal
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) feature the reticle behind the zoom 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.
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic sight picture with less room taken up by the larger sized FFP reticle
Magnification for Optics
The amount of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This means the magnification power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of optic can not adjust since it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Optic Details
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power change is performed by 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 ranges where they may be effectively used. Bear in mind that higher magnification optics will not be as practical as lower magnification level scope and optics since excessive magnification can be a detractor. The same concept goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see exactly where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Finish for Rifle Glass
All current rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens coating can be a vital element of a rifle when considering high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Details on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands likewise use “HD” or high-definition lens coatings which use different procedures, polarizations, aspects, and chemicals to draw out separate colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” to signify the lens has extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Glass
Various optic lenses can likewise have various coverings used to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or coating applied to them before being 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 protect the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single covered lens depends upon the scope designer and how much money you spent on it. The scope’s maker and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This means the lens has had multiple treatments applied to the surfaces. If a lens gets numerous treatments, it can prove that a manufacturer is taking multiple actions to fight various natural aspects like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finish, followed by a hydrophilic coating. This additionally doesn’t necessarily imply the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single coated lens. Being “better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment solutions and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle optic.
Anti-water Rifle Scope Lens Covering
Water on a lens does not assist with preserving a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering which is water repellent.
Options for Mounting Rifle Optics on Firearms
Installing options for scopes come in a couple of choices. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also generally come in quick release versions which use manual levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly mount and dismount the scopes.
Hex Key Optic Rings
Normal, clamp style mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mount rails on rifles. These types of scope mounts use two different rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which are created for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is excellent for rifles which need a long lasting, sound mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary style mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect firmly 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 maintaining accuracy. These kinds of mounts are useful and beneficial for rifles which are moved around a lot, to take off the glass from the rifle for protection, or for optics which are utilized between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount from Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle scope can wreck a day of shooting and your highly-priced optic by inducing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Most optics prevent wetness from entering the optical tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Usually, these scopes can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be more than enough wetness prevention for standard use rifles, unless you intend on taking your rifle on a boat and are concerned about the scope still functioning if it is submerged in water and you can still find the gun.
Rifle Optic Gas Purging
Another part of avoiding the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is already taken up by the gas, the scope is less influenced by temperature alterations and pressure variations from the external environment which could 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 seek out.
