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Rifle Scope Mount Product Details
WEAVER Base Top Mount – 410S
Weaver Thompson/Center Encore & Omega 48452 Top Mount Scope Base Aluminum. Hunting Scopes Mounts. Made of the highest quality materials
Rifle Scope Mount Product Features
Hunting Scopes Mounts
Top mount aluminum base
Machined to tight tolerances for a custom fit
For detachable and adjustable rings
Aluminum bases offer maximum strength for rings to hold tight
About the WEAVER Company
WEAVER is a premium manufacturer for long gun scopes, optics, mounts, and other components used for firearms like rifles and long guns. They create and manufacture their scopes and related products making the most of materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the WEAVER Base Top Mount – 410S by WEAVER. For more shooting products, visit their site.
Glass Facts
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly aim a rifle at various targets by lining up your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through magnification by utilizing a series of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s positioning can be dialed in for consideration of many ecological things like wind and elevation to account 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 seeing through the optic as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern-day rifle scopes have about 11 parts which are arranged inside and externally on the optic. These scope parts consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, windage turrets, focus rings, and other components. See all eleven parts of optics.
About Optic Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The type of focal plane a scope has establishes where the reticle or crosshair is located in relation to the scopes zoom. It literally indicates the reticle is behind or in front of the magnifying lens of the scope. Picking the most reliable style of rifle optic depends on what style of shooting you intend on undertaking.
Info About First Focal Plane Optics
First focal plane optics (FFP) feature the reticle ahead of the magnifying lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based on the extent of magnification being used. The result is that the reticle measurements are the same at the enhanced range as they are at the non amplified distance. One tick on a mil-dot reticle at 100 yards with no “zoom” is still the very same tick at 100 yards by using 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, far away kinds of shooting
- Shooting scenarios where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who know their target “hold over” plus “lead” ratios for their firearms
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and uses up more visual eyesight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Scope Details
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the magnification lens. In the FFP example with the SFP scope, the 5x “zoom” 100 yard tick reticle measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Long distance kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within much shorter distances and ranges
- Shooters who select a clearer optic sight picture without space taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Ins and Outs of Rifle Scope Magnification
The quantity of scope magnification you require depends upon the form of shooting you desire to do. Practically every kind of rifle scope delivers some degree of magnification. The quantity of zoom a scope supplies is established by the size, thickness, and curvatures of the lenses within the rifle scope. The zoom of the optic is the “power” of the opic. This suggests 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 Single Power Lens Glass
A single power rifle scope uses 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 zoom of this kind of optic can not adjust considering that it is set from the factory.
Variable Power Lens Optics
Variable power rifle scopes can be tweaked between magnified settings. The power adjustment is achieved by using the power ring part of the scope near the rear of the scope by the eye bell.
Glass Power and Ranges
Here are some recommended scope power settings and the ranges where they could be effectively used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as efficient as lower powered rifle scope glass because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same idea goes for longer ranges where the shooter needs sufficient power to see where to best aim the rifle.
About Lens Coating
All cutting-edge rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens covering is a vital element of a rifle when looking into high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Rifle Optic Lens Coatings
Some rifle glass manufacturers additionally use “HD” or high-def lense coverings which apply various procedures, rare earth compounds, aspects, and polarizations to draw out separate color ranges and viewable target visibility through lenses. This high-definition coating is normally used with more costly, high density glass which decreases light’s potential to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope manufacturers use “HD” to refer to “ED” indicating extra-low dispersion glass. ED handles how colors are represented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration which is also called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be visible around things with hard shapes as light hits the object from particular angles.
Rifle Scope Lens Single Finishing Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can likewise have different coatings applied to them. All lenses normally have at least some type of treatment or covering used to them prior to being used in a rifle scope or optic.
This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while reducing glare and other less beneficial things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the scope. The quality of a single layered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you paid for it.
Some scope makers similarly make it a point to define if their optic lenses are layered or “multi” coated. Being “better” depends on the maker’s lens treatment technology and the quality of materials used in building the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Lens 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 scope makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic covering which is water repellent.
Choices for Mounting Rifle Optics on Firearms
Mounting solutions for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These different kinds of mounts also generally can be found in quick release variations which use throw levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly install and dismount the scope.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
Basic, clamp-on design mounting scope rings use hex head screws to install to the flattop style Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use double independent rings to support the scope, and are usually constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for far away accuracy shooting. This kind of scope mount is effective for rifle systems which are in need of a resilient, hard use mount which will not move despite how much the scope is moved or abuse the rifle takes. These are the type of mounts you really want to have for a dedicated scope setup on a reach out and touch someone scouting or competition firearm which will rarely need to be changed or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used on the mount’s screws to keep the hex screw threads from backing out after they are installed firmly in place. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm style from the Vortex Optics company. The set usually costs around $200 USD
Rifle Optic Mounts with Quick-Release Cantilever Rings
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly connect and take off 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 design mount. These types of mounts are handy for long guns which are transferred a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for optics which are used between several rifles.
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can mess up a day of shooting and your pricey optic by resulting in fogging and making residue inside of the scope’s tube. A lot of scopes protect against moisture from going into the scope tube with a series of sealing O-rings which are waterproof. Typically, these water resistant optics can be submerged within 20 or 30 feet of water before the water pressure can push moisture past the O-rings. This should be sufficient wetness avoidance for standard use rifles for hunting and sporting purposes, unless you anticipate taking your rifle aboard a watercraft and are worried about the optic still functioning if it goes overboard and you can still retrieve the firearm.
Rifle Glass Gas Purging
Another element of preventing the accumulation of moisture within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Since this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature level changes and pressure differences from the outside environment which might possibly enable water vapor to seep in around the seals to fill the vacuum which would otherwise exist. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
