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XS Sights Standard Dot Tritium 24/7 Express Set for Springfield Armory EMP Pistols
The XS Sight Systems Standard Dot Tritium 24/7 Express Set is designed for Armory EMP Pistols. XS Express Sights are made for fast sight acquisition in all light conditions. Sights feature a low profile, snag free design and are easily installed. Includes a Tritium green dot front and a white vertical line rear sight. Tritium inserts are surrounded by a thin white line for enhanced use in daylight, Big Dot versions have a larger white outline on the front sight surrounding the tritium insert.
Handgun Sight Product Features
Compatibility: Springfield Armory EMP Pistols
About the XS Sight Systems Company
XS Sight Systems is a premium producer for rifle scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other add-ons used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and make their scopes, mounts, and related products by making the most of elements which are long lasting and durable. This includes the XS Sights Standard Dot Tritium 24/7 Express Set for Springfield Armory EMP Pistols by XS Sight Systems. For additional shooting items, visit their site.
Facts About Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes permit you to specifically aim a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target at range. They accomplish this through magnification by employing a set of lenses within the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for the consideration of separate natural factors like wind speed and elevation increases to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to understand exactly where the bullet will land based upon the sight picture you are viewing using the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended point of impact. Many modern-day rifle optics have around 11 parts which are located internally and outside of the scope. These optic pieces consist of the rifle scope’s body, lenses, elevation dials, objective focus rings, and other elements. See all eleven parts of a rifle optical system.
About Rifle Scope Styles
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” style of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the optic’s magnifying adjustments. It literally means the reticle is situated behind or before the magnification lens of the optic. Looking for the most reliable form of rifle glass is based upon what variety of shooting or hunting you intend on doing.
About First Focal Plane Scopes
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the magnification lens. These kinds 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 sight room than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Optic 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 measurement would be 1/5th of the non “zoom” tick.
- Far away kinds of shooting where shooters have additional time to make ballistic calculations
- Shooting where most shots occur within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who select a clearer optic picture without space taken up by the enlarged FFP reticle
Zoom for Scopes
The extent of scope magnification you need on your glass depends on the form of shooting you choose to do. Just about every style of rifle optic provides some amount of zoom. The level of zoom a scope supplies is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The magnification of the optic is the “power” of the glass. This implies what the shooter is aiming at through the scope is amplified times the power aspect of what can usually be seen by human eyes.
About Single Power Lens Rifle Scopes
A single power rifle scope uses a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the magnification power of the scope is 4x power and the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this kind of optic can not change considering that it is a fixed power optic.
Variable Power Lens Glass Info
Variable power rifle scopes can be adjusted between magnification power levels. It will list the zoom degree in a configuration such as 2-10×32. These numbers suggest the magnification of the scope could be adjusted between 2x and 10x power. This also includes 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.
Rifle Glass Power Level and Range Correlation
Here are some advised scope powers and the distances where they can be effectively used. High power scopes will not be as beneficial as lower powered glass because too much zoom can be a bad thing. The same concept relates to extended ranges where the shooter needs to have sufficient power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle.
About Rifle Glass Lens Finish
All state-of-the-art rifle scope and optic lenses are coated. Lens finish is a vital aspect of a rifle when purchasing high end rifle optics and scope systems.
HD Versus ED Lens Coatings
Some optic makers additionally use “HD” or high-def glass coverings which make the most of different processes, polarizations, elements, and chemicals to draw out various colors and viewable definition through lenses. This high-definition finish is normally used with more costly, high density lens glass which decreases light’s potential to refract by means of the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to refer to “ED” suggesting extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how certain colors are presented on the chroma spectrum and the chromatic aberration or difference which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration is often visible over objects with well defined outlines as light hits the object from certain angles.
Single Covering Versus Multi-Coating for Rifle Optics
Different optic lenses can also have various finishes applied to them. All lenses usually have at least some kind of treatment or finish applied to them before being used in a rifle scope or optic assembly. This is because the lens isn’t just a raw piece of glass. It is part of the finely tuned optic. It needs to have a finish applied to it so that it will be efficiently functional in lots of kinds of environments, degrees of light (full light VS shade), and other shooting conditions.
Single layered lenses have a treatment applied to them which is usually a protective and boosting multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can preserve 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 covered lens depends on the scope maker and just how much you spent on it. Both the manufacturer and amount are indications of the lens quality.
Some scope makers likewise make it a point to define if their optic lenses are covered or “multi” coated. This means the lens has numerous treatments applied to them. If a lens receives several treatments, it can indicate that a manufacturer is taking numerous actions to combat different environmental elements like an anti-glare covering, a scratch resistant anti-abrasion coating, followed by a hydrophilic finishing. This additionally does not necessarily indicate the multi-coated lens is much better than a single covered lens. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment techniques and the quality of products used in building the rifle glass.
Hydrophobic Rifle Scope Lens Finishing
Water on a lens doesn’t assist with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Numerous top of the line and military grade optic makers will coat their lenses with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic finishing.
Rifle Glass Mounting Options
Mounting approaches for scopes are available in a couple of options. There are the standard scope rings which are separately mounted to the optic and one-piece mounts which cradle the scope. These various kinds of mounts also normally can be found in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle operators to quickly install and remove the glass.
Hex Key Rifle Optic Ring Mounting Solutions
Standard, clamp style 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 developed for long distance accuracy shooting. This type of scope install is excellent for rifles which require a durable, rock solid mounting solution which will not move no matter how much the scope is moved or abused.
Rifle Scope 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. If they all use a comparable style mount, a number of scopes can often be switched in the field. The quick detach design is CNC machined from anodized 6061 T6 aluminum and the mounting levers connect securely to a flat top style Picatinny rail. This enables the scope to be sighted in while on the rifle, taken off of the rifle, and remounted while keeping the original sighting settings. These kinds of mounts are useful and convenient for shooting platforms which are moved a lot, to take off the optic from the rifle for protection, or for sight systems which are adopted between a number of rifles. An example of this mount type is the 30mm mount designed by Vortex Optics. It usually costs around $250 USD
Rifle Scope Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Moisture inside your rifle optic can destroy a day of shooting and your pricey optic by causing fogging and creating residue inside of the scope tube. Most scopes prevent wetness from entering the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are waterproof.
Optic Gas Purging
Another component of avoiding the accumulation of wetness within the rifle scope tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is already occupied by the gas, the optic is less impacted by temperature level alterations and pressure variations from the outside environment which may possibly permit water vapor to permeate in around the seals to fill the void which would otherwise be there. These are good qualities of a good rifle scope to look for.
