Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics 8-32×50 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: 8-32x
Objective Lens Dia.:50mm
Tube Dia.:30mm
Adjustment Click Value: 1/8 MOA
Reticle: Etched Glass MP Reticle
Illumination: Red & Green
Ocular Dia: 37.5mm
Ocular Length: 62mm
Field of View: 16.5-3.3 Feet @ 100 yards
Eye Relief: 78-100mm (3.5-4.3 inch)
Exit Pupil: 6.2-1.5mm
Elevation Range: 45 MOA
Windage Range: 45 MOA
Lens Coating: Fully multicoated
Length: 405mm (16 inch)
Weight: 780g (27.5 ounce)
Finish: Matte
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
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 10 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 1000g.
High quality 6061 T6 aircraft grade aluminum alloy with durable black matte finish.
Package Includes:
– 1 x 8-32×50 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 10 Yard.
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Water Resistance and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 1000g.
Two 30mm scope mount rings can be easily mounted onto any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver mount rails.
About the Vector Optics Company
Vector Optics is a premium manufacturer for firearm scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and build their scopes and related products working with building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Vector Optics 8-32×50 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 goods, visit their site.
About Rifle Optics
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically align a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They do this through zoom by employing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for consideration of varied environmental elements like wind speed and elevation increases or decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand precisely where the bullet will hit based upon the sight picture you are viewing via the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many contemporary rifle optics have around 11 parts which are found internally and on the exterior of the scope. These parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of an optic.
Rifle Optic Types
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The kind of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair lies relative to the scopes zoom. It literally suggests the reticle is behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the optic. Choosing the most effective kind of rifle optic is based on what sort of hunting or shooting you plan on undertaking.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the amount of magnification being used. The benefit is that the reticle measurements are the same at the amplified distance as they are at the non amplified range. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards without “zoom” is still the exact same tick at 100 yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes are valuable for:
- Quick acquisition, far away types of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where calculations are low
- Experienced shooters who understand their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” correlations for their weapon
- Shooters who don’t mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic Info
Second focal plane optics (SFP) feature the reticle behind the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away styles of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots happen within much shorter ranges and spaces
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without space used up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Glass Magnification
The quantity of scope zoom you need depends upon the sort of shooting you choose to do. Virtually every kind of rifle scope supplies some amount of zoom. The level of zoom a scope offers is identified by the size, thickness, and curves of the lenses within the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is checking out through the scope is amplified times the power element of what can typically be seen by human eyes.
Info on Fixed Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this type of scope can not change considering that it is fixed.
About Adjustable Power Lens Glass
Variable power rifle scopes use variable power levels. The power modification is achieved using the power ring part of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Scope Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope powers and the distances where they may be efficiently used. Highly magnified scopes will not be as efficient as lower magnification glass considering too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see where to best aim the rifle at the target.
Lens Covering for Optics
All contemporary rifle scope and optic lenses are layered. There are different types and qualities of lens finishes. When considering luxury rifle targeting setups, Lens coating can be a very important aspect of defining the capability of the rifle. The glass lenses are one of the most important components of the scope considering that 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 exterior and helps with anti glare capabilities from refracted sunrays and color exposure.
HD Versus ED Lenses
Some glass producers additionally use “HD” or high-def lens finishes which apply various processes, polarizations, rare earth compounds, and aspects to draw out numerous color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-def covering is normally used with increased density lens glass which brings down light’s chance to refract through the lens glass. Some scope corporations use “HD” to refer to “ED” implying extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic deviance or aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration may be visible around things with hard edges and shapes as light hits the object from specific angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have various coatings used to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is normally a protective and enhancing multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve 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 coated lens depends upon the scope maker and how much money you spent paying for it. The scope’s maker and cost are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in developing the rifle scope.
Anti-water Lens Coatings
Water on a lens doesn’t help with keeping a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finish.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Scopes on Firearms
Installing approaches for scopes are available in a few 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 usually are made in quick release versions which use manual levers which allow rifle operators to quickly install and dismount the optics.
Hex Key Rifle Scope 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 a couple of separate rings to support the optic, and are made from 7075 T6 billet aluminum which is developed for long range accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is perfect for rifles which require a resilient, sound mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes.
Glass Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly detach a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched 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 attach tightly to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted back on the rifle while retaining the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts come in beneficial for shooting platforms which are shipped a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are used in between multiple rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It generally costs around $250 USD
Sealing and Gas Purging for Optic Tubes
Moisture inside your rifle scope can wreck a day on the range and your pricey optic by causing fogging and creating residue within the scope’s tube. The majority of optics protect against moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant. Normally, these scopes can be immersed within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can force moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient wetness avoidance for basic use rifles, unless you plan on taking your rifle sailing and are worried about the scope still performing if it falls overboard and you can still recover the rifle.
Rifle Glass Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the accumulation of moisture inside of the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Given that this space is currently occupied by the gas, the scope is less altered by condition alterations and pressure distinctions from the external environment which might potentially permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
