Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Vector Optics Continental 1.5-9x42mm 30mm Tube 1/4 MOA Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope
Specifications:
Magnification: 1.5-9x
Objective Lens Dia.:42mm
Tube Dia.:30mm
Adjustment Click Value: 1/4 MOA
Reticle: Etched glass german #4
Illumination: 6 gear
Field of View: 84-14 Feet @ 100 yards
Field of View: 28-4.6M @ 100 meters
Eye Relief: 100mm (4.0 inch)
Exit Pupil: 9.5-4.9mm
Parallax Setting: 100 yards
Elevation Range: 140 MOA
Windage Range: 140 MOA
Lens Coating: Fully multicoated
Length: 335mm (13.1 inch)
Weight: 580g (20.5 ounce)
Finish: Matte
Battery: CR2032(EXCLUDED)
Features:
Lifetime Warranty; The Continental 1.5-9×42 is One of Vector Optics Top Line Scopes Which Can Compete Worldwide Famous Brand Optics
30mm Tube with Fully Multi-coated Lens Increase Light Commission for Low-Light Conditions; Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Waterproof at 1m and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g
Capped Reset Turrets are Finger Adjustable with MOA Clicks that Can Be Reset to Zero After Sighting In; Turret Lock Feature: Press Down to Lock Without Click Movement
Two 30mm Scope Mount Rings Can Be Easily Mounted Onto Any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver Mount Rails
Package Includes:
– 1 x 1.5-9×42 Riflescope
– 2 x 30mm Mount Rings
– 1 x Allen Wrench
– 1 x Lens Cover
– 1 x Instruction
– 1 x Cleaning cloth
Note: We offer 5 YEARS WARRANTY. Please feel free to contact us if you have any interests or product issues, we are available 24/7 online.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Lifetime Warranty; The Continental 1.5-9×42 is One of Vector Optics Top Line Scopes Which Can Compete Worldwide Famous Brand Optics
30mm Tube with Fully Multi-coated Lens Increase Light Commission for Low-Light Conditions; Fast-focus Eyepiece for quick and easy reticle focusing
O-ring Sealed and Nitrogen Purged Ensure Waterproof at 1m and Fog Proof performance; Shockproof to 750g
Capped Reset Turrets are Finger Adjustable with MOA Clicks that Can Be Reset to Zero After Sighting In; Turret Lock Feature: Press Down to Lock Without Click Movement
Two 30mm Scope Mount Rings Can Be Easily Mounted Onto Any 20mm Picatinny or Weaver Mount Rails
About the Vector Optics Brand
Vector Optics is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They innovate and manufacture their scopes and related products working with building materials which are long lasting and durable. This includes the Vector Optics Continental 1.5-9x42mm 30mm Tube 1/4 MOA Second Focal Plane (SFP) Riflescope by Vector Optics. For more shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to precisely align a rifle at various targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They do this through magnification by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be dialed in to take into account numerous natural factors like wind and elevation decreases to make up for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help shooters understand precisely where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing through the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. A lot of contemporary rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are found inside and externally on the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation turrets, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of optics.
About Rifle Glass Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has decides where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes zoom. It actually implies the reticle is situated behind or in front of the magnification lens of the scope. Looking for the best sort of rifle glass depends on what type of shooting you intend on doing.
Info About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the zoom lens. These types of scopes are helpful for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are minor
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and “lead” ratios for their firearm
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and occupies more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
About Second Focal Plane Scopes
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) come with the reticle behind the magnifying lens. This triggers the reticle to remain at the same size in connection with the amount of magnification being used. The final result is that the reticle measurements evolve based upon the magnification applied to shoot over longer ranges given that the reticle measurements represent distinct increments which differ with the zoom level. 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 reticle measurement. These particular sorts of optics are handy for:
- Long distance styles of shooting where shooters have more time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture with less space taken up by the larger size FFP reticle
Glass Magnification
The extent of scope magnification you need on your scope depends upon the style of shooting you would like to do. Virtually every type of rifle optic provides some amount of magnification. The volume of magnification a scope gives is established by the size, thickness, and curves of the lens glass inside of the rifle scope. The magnifying level of the optic is the “power” of the scope. This signifies what the shooter is looking at through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
Fixed Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle optic uses a zoom number designator like 4×32. This suggests the zoom power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not change given that it is a set power scope.
Variable Power Lens Rifle Scope Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the magnification level in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This also involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is achieved utilizing the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Range Correlation
Here are some suggested scope power settings and the ranges where they may be efficiently used. Keep in mind that higher magnification glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level optics and scopes due to the fact that too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same idea relates to longer distances where the shooter needs to have increased power to see where to best aim the rifle.
Details on Lens Finishing
All modern rifle optic and scope lenses are coated. Lens finish can be an essential element of a shooting system when considering high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
About Rifle Optic Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens coverings which use various methods, aspects, chemicals, and polarizations 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 Rifle Glass
Different scope lenses can even have various coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some kind of treatment or coating applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic. Because the lens isn’t simply a raw piece of glass, they require performance enhancing coatings. It is part of the carefully tuned optic. It requires a coating to be applied to it so that the lens will be optimally usable in lots of types of environments, degrees of sunlight (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
This lens treatment can protect 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 maker and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” covered. This suggests the lens has several treatments applied to the surfaces of the glass. If a lens receives numerous treatments, it can show that a company is taking numerous steps to combat various natural elements like an anti-glare finishing, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion covering, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This also doesn’t always mean the multi-coated lens will perform better than a single layered lens. Being “much better” is dependent on the maker’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of components used in developing the rifle scope.
Glass Lens Hydrophobic Coating
Water on a lens doesn’t help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and military grade optic companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic finish.
Choices for Mounting Glass on Long Guns
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also normally are made in quick release versions which use throw levers which allow rifle shooters to rapidly mount and remove the scope.
Rifle Optic Mounting Solutions with Hex Key Rings
Normal, clamp design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope installation 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 are designed for long range precision shooting. This type of scope mount is fine for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mount which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Quick-Release Cantilever Optic Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to rapidly remove a scope from a rifle and reattach it to a different rifle. Several scopes can also be switched out if they all use a complementary designed mount. The quick detach design is CNC crafted from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers fasten securely to a flat top type Picatinny rail. This permits the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, removed from the rifle, and remounted while preserving precision. These types of mounts are useful and handy for rifles which are shipped a lot, to take off the scope from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are adopted in between several rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by bringing about fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. Many scopes avoid wetness from going into the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Info Around Rifle Scope Tube 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. Because this area is currently taken up by the gas, the optic is less affected by temperature changes and pressure differences from the outdoor environment which may potentially enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
