Description
Rifle Scope Product Details
Zeiss Victory V8 1.8-14×50 T Riflescope Ill #60 ASV/BDC Turret (522119-9960-000
This compact all-rounder is suitable for many applications and offers maximum accuracy at any distance. Relaxed viewing and intuitive targeting fast and reliable shots. The large zoom range with parallax compensation makes this scope the ideal companion in any situation – from driven hunts to stalking and stand hunting in twilight.
Rifle Scope Product Features
Zeiss Victory V8 1. 8-14×50 60 Riflescope 5221179960
ZEISS T* COATING: Guaranteed brilliant, high-contrast images, particularly in adverse light conditions and twilight. The coating is tuned to each lens individually for maximum clarity.
A CLEAR VIEW IN ANY WEATHER: There are always exciting things to be seen in the world of nature, even in wet weather. ZEISS developed LotuTec as a coating for binoculars and scopes that enables a clear and unhindered view in all weather conditions.
THE WORLD’S FINEST ILLUMINATED DOT: With only a fraction of the thickness of a human hair, the fiber optics system in ZEISS riflescopes delivers the world’s finest illuminated dot – 3.3mm target coverage at 100m is the breathtaking result.
About the Zeiss Brand
Zeiss is a premium maker for firearm scopes, optics, mounting solutions, and other accessories used for guns like rifles and long guns. They style and make their products making the most of materials which are resilient and long lasting. This includes the Zeiss Victory V8 1.8-14×50 T Riflescope Ill #60 ASV/BDC Turret (522119-9960-000 by Zeiss. For additional shooting items, visit their website.
What You Need to Know About Optics
Rifle scopes allow you to exactly align a rifle at different targets by aligning your eye with the target over a range. They accomplish this through zoom by utilizing a set of lenses inside the scope. The scope’s alignment can be adjusted for the consideration of varied environmental factors like wind and elevation to account for bullet drop.
The scope’s purpose is to help the shooter understand exactly where the bullet will land based on the sight picture you are seeing with the scope as you line up the scope’s crosshair or reticle with the intended target. The majority of modern-day rifle optics have around eleven parts which are located internally and externally on the optic. These scope parts include the rifle scope’s body, lenses, adjustment turrets, focus rings, and other parts. See all eleven parts of a scope.
Rifle Optic Varieties
Rifle scopes can be either “first focal plane” or “second focal plane” kind of scopes. The style of focal plane an optic has determines where the reticle or crosshair is located relative to the scopes magnification. It simply indicates the reticle is located behind or in front of the magnification lens of the optic. Looking for the most effective kind of rifle glass depends upon what form of shooting or hunting you anticipate doing.
About First Focal Plane Optics
Focal plane scopes (FFP) feature the reticle in front of the zoom lens. This induces the reticle to increase in size based upon the level of zoom being used. The outcome 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 without “zoom” is still the very same tick at one hundred yards with 5x “zoom”. These kinds of scopes work for:
- Quick acquisition, long distance kinds of shooting
- Shooting circumstances where computations are very little
- Experienced shooters who understand their target “hold over” as well as “lead” ratios for their long gun
- Shooters who do not mind the reticle is bigger and occupies more visual eyesight space than a SFP reticle
Second Focal Plane Glass
Second focal plane scopes (SFP) include the reticle to the rear of the zoom 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 types of shooting where shooters have extra time to make ballistic computations
- Shooting where most shots take place within shorter ranges and proximities
- Shooters who choose a clearer optic picture without room taken up by the bigger FFP reticle
Zoom for Rifle Scopes
The amount of magnification a scope provides is identified by the diameter, density, and curvatures of the lenses inside of the rifle scope. The zoom of the scope is the “power” of the scope.
Fixed Single Power Lens Rifle Optic Info
A single power rifle scope and optic comes with a magnification number designator like 4×32. This implies the zoom power of the scope is 4x power while the objective lens is 32mm. The zoom of this type of optic can not change considering that it is fixed.
Adjustable Power Lens Rifle Glass
Variable power rifle scopes have adjustable power. It will list the magnification degree in a format like 2-10×32. These numbers imply the zoom of the scope can be changed in between 2x and 10x power. This also involves the powers in-between 2 and 10. The power adjustment is accomplished using the power ring component of the scope near the back of the scope by the eye bell.
Power Levels and Range Correlations
Here are some advised scope power levels and the ranges where they can be efficiently used. Highly magnified rifle scope glass will not be as useful as lower magnification glass given that too much zoom can be a negative aspect depending on your shooting distance. The same idea applies to longer distances where the shooter needs to have adequate power to see precisely where to properly aim the rifle at the target.
Info on Lens Coverings
All current rifle glass lenses are coated. Lens coating is an important element of a shooting platform when looking at high end rifle optics and scope equipment.
About Lens Coatings – HD Versus ED
Some rifle scope makers even use “HD” or high-def glass coatings that take advantage of different processes, chemicals, elements, and polarizations to enhance a wide range of colors and viewable definition through lenses. This high-definition finish is often used with more costly, high density glass which drops light’s potential to refract through the lens glass. Some scope producers use “HD” to describe “ED” signifying extra-low dispersion glass. ED deals with how colors are represented on the chromatic spectrum and the chromatic difference or aberration which is similarly called color distortion or fringing. Chromatic aberration can be obvious over objects with defined outlines as light hits the object from various angles.
Single Scope Lens Coating Versus Multi-Coating
Various optic lenses can also have different coatings used 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 improving multi-purpose treatment. This lens treatment can protect the lens from scratches while lowering glare and other less helpful things experienced in the shooting environment while sighting in with the optic. The quality of a single covered lens depends on the scope producer and how much you spent paying for it. Both the make and cost are signs of the lens quality.
Some scope manufacturers also make it a point to specify if their optic lenses are coated or “multi” coated. Being “much better” depends on the producer’s lens treatment innovation and the quality of materials used in constructing the rifle scope.
Hydrophobic Finishing for Glass
Water on a lens does not help with maintaining a clear sight picture through a scope at all. Lots of top of the line and high-end scope companies will coat their lenses with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating.
Glass Mounting Alternatives
Mounting options for scopes can be found in a few options. There are the basic scope rings which are individually installed to the scope and one-piece scope mounts which cradle the scope. These various types of mounts also usually come in quick release variations which use toss levers which enable rifle shooters to quickly install and remove the glass.
Glass Mounts with Hex Key Rings
Basic, clamp-on design mounting optic rings use hex head screws to mount to the flattop design Picatinny scope mounting rails on the tops of rifles. These types of scope mounts use double independent rings to support the scope, and are normally constructed from 7075 T6 billet aluminum or similar materials which are manufactured for far away accuracy shooting. This type of scope mount is effective for rifles which are in need of a long lasting, unfailing mount which will not move no matter just how much the scope is moved about or jarring the rifle takes. These are the design of mounts you should get for a devoted optics system on a far away scouting or competition long gun which will pretty much never need to be modified or recalibrated. Blue 242 Loctite threadlocker can additionally be used to protect against the hex screws from backing out after they are installed securely in position. An example of these mounting rings are the 30mm type from the Vortex Optics brand. The set generally costs around $200 USD
Quick-Release Cantilever Scope Ring Mounts
These types of quick-release rifle scope mounts can be used to quickly attach and remove a scope from a rifle before reattaching it to a different rifle. Numerous scopes can even be swapped out if they all use a similar design mount. These types of mounts come in handy for rifle platforms which are carried a lot, to remove the optic from the rifle for protecting the scope, or for scopes which are used in between multiple rifles or are situationally focused.
Info Around Rifle Optic Tube Sealing and Gas Purging
Wetness inside your rifle scope can ruin a day of shooting and your expensive optic by triggering fogging and producing residue inside of the scope tube. The majority of scopes avoid moisture from getting in the scope tube with a system of sealing O-rings which are water resistant.
Gas Purged Rifle Glass Tubes
Another part of preventing the buildup of wetness inside of the rifle optic’s tube is filling the tube with a gas like nitrogen. Considering that this space is currently taken up by the gas, the glass is less influenced by climate shifts and pressure differences from the outside environment which could potentially enable 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 seek out.
