Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Visionking Rifle Scope 1.25-5×26 Red and Blue Illuminated Mil-dot Riflescope IR Hunting Riflescopes for Color Black
Descriptions:
The Visionking 1.25-5X26 rifle scope is with R/B illuminated target dot reticle, standard click value, and scope flip up covers. It is full filled Nitrogen and 100% waterproof.
Specifications:
Magnification: 1.25-5
Objective lens: 26mm
Coating: FMC Green
Field of View: 73.2 ~ 18.9(ft/100yads)
Exit Pupil (mm):21-5.2mm
Eye Relief (inch):4.3-3.0
Finish: Matte black
Waterproof: Yes
Nitrogen: Full filled Nitrogen
Tube Diameter: 30MM
Click Value: 0.25
Parallax: +0.22SD ~ -0.22SD
Reticle: Glass-etched Dual Illuminatied Red and Blue Mil-dot
Battery: CR2032 3V(No include)
Weight: 500g
Length: 280mm
Shockresistant:1000G
Rifle Scope Product Features
Magnification: 1.25-5
Dual illuminated
Fast-focus eyepiece
Water and fogproof,Shockproof
About the Visionking Manufacturer
Visionking is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They style and manufacture their scopes and related products working with building materials which are durable and long lasting. This includes the Visionking Rifle Scope 1.25-5×26 Red and Blue Illuminated Mil-dot Riflescope IR Hunting Riflescopes for Color Black by Visionking. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Information About Rifle Glass
Rifle scopes enable you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by lining up your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through zoom using a series of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adapted for the consideration of many ecological aspects like wind speed and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s function is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes have around 11 parts which are arranged inside and outside of the optic. These parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation dials, focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of scopes.
The Styles of Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” type of optics. Deciding upon the perfect type of rifle glass is based around what type of shooting you plan on doing.
First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) include the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds of scopes are useful for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance types of shooting
- Shooting situations where computations are minor
- Experienced shooters who have an idea for their aim point “hold over” and also “lead” ratios for their rifles
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is enlarged and requires more visual eyesight area than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane glass (SFP) come with the reticle to the rear of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to remain at the very same scale in relation to the amount of magnification being used. The outcome is that the reticle dimensions alter based on the zoom chosen to shoot over longer ranges given that the markings represent different increments which differ with the magnification level. 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 reticle measurement. These particular kinds of optics work for:
- Far away forms of shooting where shooters have increased time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most of the shots happen within much shorter proximities and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Optic Zoom
The amount of zoom a scope supplies is determined by the size, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope comes with a zoom number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The magnification of this kind of scope can not fluctuate because it is a fixed power scope.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass Facts
Variable power rifle scopes can be changed between magnification levels. These types of scopes will list the magnification degree in a configuration like 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the zoom of the scope could be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This additionally involves the power levels in-between 2 and 10. The power modification is achieved by employing the power ring component of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Power and Range
Here are some recommended scope power levels and the distances where they may be effectively used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as effective as lower magnification level scopes because too much magnification can be a bad thing. The same concept goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle.
About Rifle Scope Lens Covering
All contemporary rifle optic lenses are coated. Lens covering is an essential element of a rifle system when looking at high end rifle optics and scope setups.
Info on Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some scope brands also use “HD” or high-definition lens finishes which use different methods, elements, chemicals, and polarizations to draw out different colors and viewable definition through the lens. Some scope makers use “HD” to refer to “ED” meaning extra-low dispersion glass.
Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Optics
Various optic lenses can likewise have various finishings applied to them. All lenses typically have at least some type of treatment or finishing applied to them before they are used in a rifle scope or optic.
Single covered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can safeguard the lens from scratches while minimizing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single coated lens depends on the scope producer and how much you spent for it. Both are indicators of the lens quality.
Some scope producers also make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the manufacturer’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Info on Hydrophobic Finishing
Water on a lens does not help 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 hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing.
Rifle Glass Installation Alternatives
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the scope and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also normally can be found in quick release versions which use toss levers which allow rifle operators to rapidly install and dismount the glass.
Hex Key Glass Rings
Basic, clamp-on type mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mount rails on the tops of 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 designed for long distance accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is ideal for rifle systems which require a long lasting, hard use mount which will not change no matter how much the scope is moved about or abuse the rifle takes. These are the style of mounts you want for a specialized scope system on a far away hunting or competition firearm that will seldom need to be altered or adjusted. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can also be used on the screws to stop the hex screw threads from wiggling out after they are installed securely in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from Vortex Optics. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Rifle Scope Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Multiple scopes can also be switched out if they all use a similar style mount. These types of mounts are convenient for long guns which are carried a lot, to swap out the optic from the rifle for protection, or for scopes which are used in between numerous rifles or are situationally focused.
Info Around Rifle Glass Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your expensive optic by causing fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Rifle Glass Gas Purging
Another component of preventing the buildup of moisture inside of the rifle scope’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the glass is less impacted by climate changes and pressure distinctions from the external environment which might possibly enable water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
