Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics 6-24×50 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope with Red & Green Illuminated Reticle, 30mm Tube, 1/8 MOA Per Click Adjustment, Turret Lock System, Free Mount Rings, Honeycomb Sunshade
Specifitions:
Magnification: 6-24x
Objective Lens Dia.:50mm
Tube Dia.:30mm
Adjustment Click Value: 1/8 MOA
Reticle: MP
Illumination: Red & Green
Ocular Dia: 44mm(1.7 inch)
Ocular Length: 67mm(2.6 inch)
Field of View: 16.5-4.3 Feet @ 100 yards
Eye Relief: 80-100mm (3.1-3.9 inch)
Exit Pupil: 2.1-8.3mm
Elevation Range: 50 MOA
Windage Range: 50 MOA
Lens Coating: Fully multicoated
Length: 385mm (15.1 inch)
Weight: 755g (26.6 ounce)
Finish: Matte
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
Distance between objective lens part and middle turret: 60mm (2.4 inch)
Length of middle turret part: 61mm (2.4 inch)
Distance between middle turret part to power ring: 40mm (1.6 inch)
Diopter compensation from fast-focus eyepiece (+2 to -2.5)
Fetures:
5 Years Warranty
30mm Monotube. 1/8 MOA windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
The reticle is red and green illuminated along the second focal plane.
The illunimation has stepless brightness.
Turret lock feature: Pull to adjust, press to lock.
Side Focus starts at 15 Yard.
Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Water Resistance and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish.
Package Includes:
– 1 x 6-24×50 Riflescope
– 2 x 30mm weaver mount ring (default) or dovetail mount ring (on request only)
– 1 x Lens Cover
– 1 x Cleaning cloth
Rifle Scope Product Features
5 years warranty. 30mm Monotube. 1/8 MOA windage and elevation adjustments for fine-tuning accuracy.
The reticle is red and green illuminated along the second focal plane. The illunimation has stepless brightness.
Turret lock sytem. Pull to adjust, press to lock. Side Focus starts at 15 Yard.
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Water Resistance and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g.
Two 30mm scope mount rings can be easily mounted onto any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver mount rails.
About the Vector Optics Manufacturer
Vector Optics is a premium company for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their mounts and related products by choosing elements which are long lasting and resilient. This includes the Vector Optics 6-24×50 Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope with Red & Green Illuminated Reticle, 30mm Tube, 1/8 MOA Per Click Adjustment, Turret Lock System, Free Mount Rings, Honeycomb Sunshade by Vector Optics. For more shooting products, visit their site.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They do this through zoom by making use of a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in for the consideration of varied environmental factors like wind and elevation increases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are seeing via the optic as you align the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern rifle optics have about eleven parts which are arranged inside and outside of the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets or dials, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of scopes.
The Types of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Finding the perfect type of rifle scope is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optic Details
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are beneficial for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting situations where calculations are small
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and uses up more visual sight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick reticle measurement.
- Long distance types of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic estimations
- Shooting where most of the shots occur within shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who desire a clearer optic sight picture with less area taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Scope Magnification
The amount of scope magnification you need on your glass is based on the style of shooting you would like to do. Almost every kind of rifle glass supplies some level of magnification. The quantity of zoom a scope gives is identified by the dimension, density, and curvatures of the lens glass within the rifle optic. The magnification level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is observing through the scope is magnified times the power factor of what can normally be seen by human eyes.
Info About Fixed Power Lens Rifle Glass
A single power rifle scope comes with 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 kind of optic can not fluctuate since it is a set power scope.
About Variable Power Lens Scopes
Variable power rifle scopes use enhanced power. The power adjustment is performed by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the distances where they may be successfully used. Highly magnified optics will not be as effective as lower magnification glass considering too much zoom can be a bad thing. The exact same concept relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have enough power to see exactly where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Finishing
All contemporary rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. There are various types and qualities of glass lens finishings. When shopping for high end rifle scope devices, Lens finish can be an essential element of defining the capability of the rifle. The glass lenses are among the most vital parts of the scope since they are what your eye looks through while sighting a rifle in on the target. The finishing on the lenses offers protection to the lens surface area and even helps with anti glare from refracted daylight and color discernibility.
HD Versus ED Rifle Glass Lens Coatings
Some glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-definition lense coatings that apply different procedures, aspects, rare earth compounds, and polarizations to draw out numerous color ranges and viewable definition through lenses. This HD finishing is often used with more costly high density glass which reduces light’s opportunity to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope suppliers use “HD” to describe “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often obvious over items with hard outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Rifle Glass Lens Single Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have various coverings applied to them. All lenses generally have at least some kind of treatment or covering applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. 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 needs to have a coating put on it so that it will be optimally functional in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shaded), and other shooting conditions.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less helpful 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 you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. This suggests the lens has had numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives multiple treatments, it can indicate that a producer is taking multiple steps to combat different natural aspects like an anti-glare coating, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion finishing, followed by a hydrophilic finish. This also does not always indicate the multi-coated lens will perform much better than a single coated lens. Being “much better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of products used in creating the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Rifle Glass Lens Covering
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Many top of the line and high-end scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Rifle Optic Mounting Options
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a few options. 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 are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which permit rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Scope Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp-on style mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on rifles. These kinds of scope mounts use a pair of individual rings to support the scope, and are normally made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for long distance accuracy shooting. This form of scope mount is good for rifle systems which require a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not change no matter how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you should have for a specialized scope system on a far away scouting or interdiction long gun that will rarely need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the mount screws to prevent the hex screw threads from backing out after they are mounted tightly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style made by Vortex Optics. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Ring Mounts
These kinds of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle. A wide range of scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. The quick detach mount style is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers attach securely 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 retaining the original sighting settings. These types of mounts come in practical for shooting platforms which are moved a lot, to remove the scope glass from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are chosen for use in between a number of rifles. An example of this mount style is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It normally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Rifle Glass Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your costly optic by bringing about 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 waterproof.
Glass Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the buildup of moisture within the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already taken up by the gas, the glass is less altered by temp shifts and pressure variations from the outdoor environment which may possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to seek out.
