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Rifle Scopes
A rifle scopes is a piece of equipment that magnifies distant the targets and surrounding objects appears to be larger or to what you want to aim. It is recommended for a safer, more accurate shooting in the field that deals on the range. There are different types of rifle scopes that are used nowadays. Here are some descriptions of the type of Rifle Scope:
Compact Rifle Scope: If you are the type of person that wants lesser weight to bring, this one is suitable for you. It is light weight and compact rifle scope, this one is even in sizes less than 9 inches. The size doesn’t affect its efficiency. It is great accessory for handguns and mini-rifles.
Sniper Rifle Scope: If you are aiming to shoot targets from long distance, this one is good for you. It is a specialized telescope containing components that lay targeting reticule over the amplified image, to focus on where you want the shot to hit while taking into account many different variables.
Laser Rangefinder Rifle Scope: With this type of rifle scope, there is no confusion about the distance between you and your target. This popular and innovative scope measures the distance between you and your target.
Pistol Scope: If you like to get precision with their shots, pistol scope is popular for hand gun users. It is a low magnification power scope used for close range of pistols with enhancing features.
Advantages of Using a Rifle Scope
If you are a hunter: It is every hunter’s duty to shoot rapidly. Rifle scope can help you at the range or in the field. It brings distant targets and surrounding objects up close allowing you to shoot safe and accurately.
You are a sport shooter: It’s easier for you to target what you needed. A rifle scope is a bullet’s point of impact and makes distant targets and surrounding objects appear closer. A rifle scope is recommended for safer, more accurate shooting in the field and on the range.
You are defending your house and family: Of course you might need this to defend your family. It can help you target the alleged person without harming the person, shooting him on the right places, and hinting any of the people around you or one of the members of your family. You just position the target and then you shoot.
You want to replace a new scope: Rifle scope manufacturers don’t make scopes like they used to. Modern manufacturing have made today’s scopes cheaper, more reliable, and with better lens coatings. In deciding what rifle scope you want depends on the type of range you’re aiming. There are types of rifle scopes that can help you choose the right one.
For close combat shooting: a tactical scope is best for you. Magnification is not too strong, compact design plus wide field of view with less accuracy errors. For long distance shooting otherwise are two categories that are usually interchanged: targeting and hunting scopes,The two are nearly identical but the targeting scope is more designed for longer ranges. A lot of adjustments involved especially with parallax and MOA. Designed to be very long with consequences like versatility. If this is too much, you can always settle with its younger sibling the hunting scope.
Changing Magnification Range
There are 2 kinds of best rifle scope in terms of magnification: fixed and variable. People prefer variable since it has lesser moving parts and is simple though you don’t have the ability to adjust your magnification.
The more complex one, the variable is usually written like this: 5-12×42. This means that this has a magnification range between 5x to 12x and has an exit lens of 42mm.
Changing your magnification is hard especially that it is tricky which one to use. A 3-9x scope is standard if you are hunting a deer though you can go as much as 14x in wider open plains. For smaller games like prairie dogs, you need to maximize about up to 25x to assure a good shot.
Light Transmission and Eye-relief
Theoretically, you can only achieve 98% of maximum light transmission and this is available in the market but comes with an expensive price. There are also ones that have an effective transmission of only 95%, they are cheaper and is already great for its performance.These specifications though are hard to find and the average light transmission capability for most scopes is 90%, give or take. It is also important for the eye to be distant from the scope as guns have recoils. Eye-relief as it is called is the maximum distance between the eye and the scope that still gives the viewer a complete image. The stronger the magnification, the lesser the eye-relief.
Parallax
Parallax is not always present and can only be found with scopes that have a higher magnification power being usually prominent when going beyond 10x.
Turret Adjustments and Minute of Angle (MOA)
No matter how high-powered your gun is going to be, it will never break the laws of physics. For one, wind strongly affects the behavior of the bullet and despite the effective range of your scope, it will definitely be off your target. This is when turret adjustments come into action.These are small knobs on the scope that click and are used to adjust the center of the scope and where the bullet lands. It is necessary to have these in your scope if you plan to hunt on varying environments though it will take up some time to learn these.
Infrared Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes are the easiest sights to use. Equipped with scopes, shooting becomes even closer to being just “point and shoot.” Shooters need only to place the crosshairs onto the desired point of impact and pull the trigger. The destination of the bullet is clearly marked by the scope.Still scopes are about the slowest sight you can use. More accurately this means the total time from sighting the target, taking aim, and firing is a lot longer compared to other sights. Peep sights, like the typical iron sights, are the fastest to use. Although they are quickest, they have no special features and put more strain on older shooters.
Kinds of Rifle Scopes
There are many different types of rifle scopes. If divided by their imaging process, they can be grouped into normal scopes, night vision scopes, and thermal or infrared scopes. Normal scopes take in normal amounts of normal wavelengths of light and magnify vision. Night vision scopes amplify light besides allowing magnification. Thermal or infrared rifle scopes detect infrared light, which is given off in differing amounts by all things, aside from magnification functions.
The best type of scope to use depends on the conditions you plan to use it under.
Normal scopes are the cheapest and will serve you well under normal and reasonably low-light conditions. Night vision scopes are useful only in extreme darkness. Thermal or infrared scopes can be used in both light and dark but do not provide as much distinction between objects as the other two kinds.
Infrared rifle scopes are mostly used in situations with low visibility. Where night vision rifle scopes amplify light, these detect infrared light. Night vision optical devices are pretty much useless in dust clouds and fog while infrared optics is unhindered by such conditions. Infrared optics can also be used in brightly lit areas.
Infrared rifle scopes can also see through some covers and camouflage. Thin covers will still allow traces of heat to be detected. Sparse covers like grass and brush will also be ineffective against infrared imaging. The heat will be seen through the gaps of the cover.
Using Infrared Rifle Scopes
If you are planning to buy and use thermal or infrared optics for your guns, it would be best to check with the regulations concerning them first. Most areas are very tight about these things. Designated hunting hours also usually end by the end of the day. Only a few places allow nighttime hunting.
Thermal or infrared rifle scopes tend to be heavier when compared to normal rifle scopes. A heavier firearm means more strain on your arms. This makes carrying and handling the weapon more difficult. Make sure you make the proper adjustments when switching to infrared optics.
Electricity is required to run thermal or infrared rifle scopes. This means they have batteries in them. Therefore there is a limit to the duration of their functionality. Extra battery packs increase use duration but increase the weight of your pack. There is also the added task of switching batteries in not-so-perfect conditions.
Types of Infrared Rifle Scopes
There are 2 types of infrared weapon sights. They can either be stand-alone thermal scopes or clip-on thermal scopes. Stand-alone thermal scopes are very much like the normal scopes except offer an infrared view. These are dedicated scopes that can be attached via the rail system onto your firearm.
The other type of thermal optics is the clip-on scopes. These work exactly as their name suggests, clipped onto the gun. They are placed in front of a normal scope and turn it into a thermal scope. This is among the newest technology in rifle scopes.
Stand-alone thermal scopes, just like normal scopes, need to be zeroed in with the rifle their attached onto to ensure accuracy when firing. This is good and all but what if you want to use a normal scope? The thermal scope would have to be removed and the replacement normal scope attached. The normal scope will then need to be zeroed in as well, as with the thermal scope when it is put back on the gun.
Here are some of the best
Burris XTR II
Available with an MOA reticle and MOA turrets that offer an astonishing 25 minutes of elevation per rotation, the latest version of the XTR II is a fantastic precision scope for competitors, hunters, and precision riflemen of all disciplines. Its turrets’ zero-stop-type mechanism is rock solid and allows unlimited upward rotation; the reticle offers MOA holdover/holdoff tics and is in the front focal plane; and Hi-Lume multi-coated lenses provide superb light transmission. Magnification offers “five-times zoom,” and is available in 2-10x 42mm; 3-15x 50mm; 4-20x 50mm; 5-25x 50mm and 8-40x 50mm in the MOA variants. All are built on ultra-durable 34mm tubes. Light they are not, but they’ll go the distance and offer refined features coveted by the most discriminating long-range riflemen.
Bushnell Elite One-Mile CONX
This powerful rangefinder pairs via Bluetooth with a Kestrel windmeter/weather unit, wirelessly importing critical data such as air pressure, temperature, and similar factors that affect bullet drag. Best yet, it calculates the effect and provides corrected holdover info in inches, MOA or mils. Plus, it calculates wind holds derived from the Kestrel-provided data. Don’t have a Kestrel? No worries, pair it with your smart phone and import data run with your favorite ballistic app. Multiple firearm/ammunition profiles may be entered and saved in the unit.
Leica
Leica is building hunting scopes in the U.S.A. Worry not: they’re still engineered in Germany. Sleek and beautifully built, they cost significantly less than the classic German-built lines. Several magnification ranges are available: 1-5x 234mm; 1.5-8x 32mm; 2-10x 50mm; 3-15x 56mm; 4-20x 50mm and 5-25x 56mm. Various versatile reticles may be chosen as well.
Meopta
Traditionally made in the Czech Republic, Meopta optics often fall beneath the shadow of Europe’s “big three” optic manufacturers, but many knowledgeable sportsmen consider them to be premium glass at a sub-premium price.
Zeiss
While perhaps the greatest new Zeiss product is the Victory SF binocular, the biggest departure from the norm is the Terra XB75 crossbow scope. Parallax adjusted for use inside of 100 yards, it is fitted with a special reticle with holdover tics for 20 to 75 yards in five-yard increments. Best of all, the 2-7x magnification ring is marked with a velocity scale from 275 to 425 fps, so you can dial it to match the speed your crossbow provides and thus match the trajectory of your bolt to the second-focal-plane reticle. Windage and elevation adjustments are in .25-MOA clicks, and the scope is nitrogen filled and waterproof.
Leupold
In a complete departure from anything we’ve seen, Leupold introduced the D-EVO (Dual Enhanced View Optic). Using a dog-leg shape that offsets the objective lens, the D-EVO is a 6x magnified optic with a ballistic reticle that—when paired with a reflex optic such as Leupold’s Delta Point or Trijicon’s RMR—enables the shooter to use both optics without moving his or her head. As it’s a first-time-ever concept it’s a bit hard to explain. Suffice it to say that you owe it to yourself to get to the nearest gun shop and check one out.
Yukon NVRS titanium 1.5×42 night vision rifle scope
Its the smallest and lightest rifle scope in the company’s line of titanium models. Its body is made entirely of titanium so durability is pretty much guaranteed. It is also made with multicoated optics which is great. It needs 2 AA batteries and will give it enough juice to keep going for up to 50 hours.
A rifle scopes is a piece of equipment that magnifies distant the targets and surrounding objects appears to be larger or to what you want to aim. It is recommended for a safer, more accurate shooting in the field that deals on the range. There are different types of rifle scopes that are used nowadays. Here are some descriptions of the type of Rifle Scope:
Compact Rifle Scope: If you are the type of person that wants lesser weight to bring, this one is suitable for you. It is light weight and compact rifle scope, this one is even in sizes less than 9 inches. The size doesn’t affect its efficiency. It is great accessory for handguns and mini-rifles.
Sniper Rifle Scope: If you are aiming to shoot targets from long distance, this one is good for you. It is a specialized telescope containing components that lay targeting reticule over the amplified image, to focus on where you want the shot to hit while taking into account many different variables.
Laser Rangefinder Rifle Scope: With this type of rifle scope, there is no confusion about the distance between you and your target. This popular and innovative scope measures the distance between you and your target.
Pistol Scope: If you like to get precision with their shots, pistol scope is popular for hand gun users. It is a low magnification power scope used for close range of pistols with enhancing features.
Advantages of Using a Rifle Scope
If you are a hunter: It is every hunter’s duty to shoot rapidly. Rifle scope can help you at the range or in the field. It brings distant targets and surrounding objects up close allowing you to shoot safe and accurately.
You are a sport shooter: It’s easier for you to target what you needed. A rifle scope is a bullet’s point of impact and makes distant targets and surrounding objects appear closer. A rifle scope is recommended for safer, more accurate shooting in the field and on the range.
You are defending your house and family: Of course you might need this to defend your family. It can help you target the alleged person without harming the person, shooting him on the right places, and hinting any of the people around you or one of the members of your family. You just position the target and then you shoot.
You want to replace a new scope: Rifle scope manufacturers don’t make scopes like they used to. Modern manufacturing have made today’s scopes cheaper, more reliable, and with better lens coatings. In deciding what rifle scope you want depends on the type of range you’re aiming. There are types of rifle scopes that can help you choose the right one.
For close combat shooting: a tactical scope is best for you. Magnification is not too strong, compact design plus wide field of view with less accuracy errors. For long distance shooting otherwise are two categories that are usually interchanged: targeting and hunting scopes,The two are nearly identical but the targeting scope is more designed for longer ranges. A lot of adjustments involved especially with parallax and MOA. Designed to be very long with consequences like versatility. If this is too much, you can always settle with its younger sibling the hunting scope.
Changing Magnification Range
There are 2 kinds of best rifle scope in terms of magnification: fixed and variable. People prefer variable since it has lesser moving parts and is simple though you don’t have the ability to adjust your magnification.
The more complex one, the variable is usually written like this: 5-12×42. This means that this has a magnification range between 5x to 12x and has an exit lens of 42mm.
Changing your magnification is hard especially that it is tricky which one to use. A 3-9x scope is standard if you are hunting a deer though you can go as much as 14x in wider open plains. For smaller games like prairie dogs, you need to maximize about up to 25x to assure a good shot.
Light Transmission and Eye-relief
Theoretically, you can only achieve 98% of maximum light transmission and this is available in the market but comes with an expensive price. There are also ones that have an effective transmission of only 95%, they are cheaper and is already great for its performance.These specifications though are hard to find and the average light transmission capability for most scopes is 90%, give or take. It is also important for the eye to be distant from the scope as guns have recoils. Eye-relief as it is called is the maximum distance between the eye and the scope that still gives the viewer a complete image. The stronger the magnification, the lesser the eye-relief.
Parallax
Parallax is not always present and can only be found with scopes that have a higher magnification power being usually prominent when going beyond 10x.
Turret Adjustments and Minute of Angle (MOA)
No matter how high-powered your gun is going to be, it will never break the laws of physics. For one, wind strongly affects the behavior of the bullet and despite the effective range of your scope, it will definitely be off your target. This is when turret adjustments come into action.These are small knobs on the scope that click and are used to adjust the center of the scope and where the bullet lands. It is necessary to have these in your scope if you plan to hunt on varying environments though it will take up some time to learn these.
Infrared Rifle Scopes
Rifle scopes are the easiest sights to use. Equipped with scopes, shooting becomes even closer to being just “point and shoot.” Shooters need only to place the crosshairs onto the desired point of impact and pull the trigger. The destination of the bullet is clearly marked by the scope.Still scopes are about the slowest sight you can use. More accurately this means the total time from sighting the target, taking aim, and firing is a lot longer compared to other sights. Peep sights, like the typical iron sights, are the fastest to use. Although they are quickest, they have no special features and put more strain on older shooters.
Kinds of Rifle Scopes
There are many different types of rifle scopes. If divided by their imaging process, they can be grouped into normal scopes, night vision scopes, and thermal or infrared scopes. Normal scopes take in normal amounts of normal wavelengths of light and magnify vision. Night vision scopes amplify light besides allowing magnification. Thermal or infrared rifle scopes detect infrared light, which is given off in differing amounts by all things, aside from magnification functions.
The best type of scope to use depends on the conditions you plan to use it under.
Normal scopes are the cheapest and will serve you well under normal and reasonably low-light conditions. Night vision scopes are useful only in extreme darkness. Thermal or infrared scopes can be used in both light and dark but do not provide as much distinction between objects as the other two kinds.
Infrared rifle scopes are mostly used in situations with low visibility. Where night vision rifle scopes amplify light, these detect infrared light. Night vision optical devices are pretty much useless in dust clouds and fog while infrared optics is unhindered by such conditions. Infrared optics can also be used in brightly lit areas.
Infrared rifle scopes can also see through some covers and camouflage. Thin covers will still allow traces of heat to be detected. Sparse covers like grass and brush will also be ineffective against infrared imaging. The heat will be seen through the gaps of the cover.
Using Infrared Rifle Scopes
If you are planning to buy and use thermal or infrared optics for your guns, it would be best to check with the regulations concerning them first. Most areas are very tight about these things. Designated hunting hours also usually end by the end of the day. Only a few places allow nighttime hunting.
Thermal or infrared rifle scopes tend to be heavier when compared to normal rifle scopes. A heavier firearm means more strain on your arms. This makes carrying and handling the weapon more difficult. Make sure you make the proper adjustments when switching to infrared optics.
Electricity is required to run thermal or infrared rifle scopes. This means they have batteries in them. Therefore there is a limit to the duration of their functionality. Extra battery packs increase use duration but increase the weight of your pack. There is also the added task of switching batteries in not-so-perfect conditions.
Types of Infrared Rifle Scopes
There are 2 types of infrared weapon sights. They can either be stand-alone thermal scopes or clip-on thermal scopes. Stand-alone thermal scopes are very much like the normal scopes except offer an infrared view. These are dedicated scopes that can be attached via the rail system onto your firearm.
The other type of thermal optics is the clip-on scopes. These work exactly as their name suggests, clipped onto the gun. They are placed in front of a normal scope and turn it into a thermal scope. This is among the newest technology in rifle scopes.
Stand-alone thermal scopes, just like normal scopes, need to be zeroed in with the rifle their attached onto to ensure accuracy when firing. This is good and all but what if you want to use a normal scope? The thermal scope would have to be removed and the replacement normal scope attached. The normal scope will then need to be zeroed in as well, as with the thermal scope when it is put back on the gun.
Here are some of the best
Burris XTR II
Available with an MOA reticle and MOA turrets that offer an astonishing 25 minutes of elevation per rotation, the latest version of the XTR II is a fantastic precision scope for competitors, hunters, and precision riflemen of all disciplines. Its turrets’ zero-stop-type mechanism is rock solid and allows unlimited upward rotation; the reticle offers MOA holdover/holdoff tics and is in the front focal plane; and Hi-Lume multi-coated lenses provide superb light transmission. Magnification offers “five-times zoom,” and is available in 2-10x 42mm; 3-15x 50mm; 4-20x 50mm; 5-25x 50mm and 8-40x 50mm in the MOA variants. All are built on ultra-durable 34mm tubes. Light they are not, but they’ll go the distance and offer refined features coveted by the most discriminating long-range riflemen.
Bushnell Elite One-Mile CONX
This powerful rangefinder pairs via Bluetooth with a Kestrel windmeter/weather unit, wirelessly importing critical data such as air pressure, temperature, and similar factors that affect bullet drag. Best yet, it calculates the effect and provides corrected holdover info in inches, MOA or mils. Plus, it calculates wind holds derived from the Kestrel-provided data. Don’t have a Kestrel? No worries, pair it with your smart phone and import data run with your favorite ballistic app. Multiple firearm/ammunition profiles may be entered and saved in the unit.
Leica
Leica is building hunting scopes in the U.S.A. Worry not: they’re still engineered in Germany. Sleek and beautifully built, they cost significantly less than the classic German-built lines. Several magnification ranges are available: 1-5x 234mm; 1.5-8x 32mm; 2-10x 50mm; 3-15x 56mm; 4-20x 50mm and 5-25x 56mm. Various versatile reticles may be chosen as well.
Meopta
Traditionally made in the Czech Republic, Meopta optics often fall beneath the shadow of Europe’s “big three” optic manufacturers, but many knowledgeable sportsmen consider them to be premium glass at a sub-premium price.
Zeiss
While perhaps the greatest new Zeiss product is the Victory SF binocular, the biggest departure from the norm is the Terra XB75 crossbow scope. Parallax adjusted for use inside of 100 yards, it is fitted with a special reticle with holdover tics for 20 to 75 yards in five-yard increments. Best of all, the 2-7x magnification ring is marked with a velocity scale from 275 to 425 fps, so you can dial it to match the speed your crossbow provides and thus match the trajectory of your bolt to the second-focal-plane reticle. Windage and elevation adjustments are in .25-MOA clicks, and the scope is nitrogen filled and waterproof.
Leupold
In a complete departure from anything we’ve seen, Leupold introduced the D-EVO (Dual Enhanced View Optic). Using a dog-leg shape that offsets the objective lens, the D-EVO is a 6x magnified optic with a ballistic reticle that—when paired with a reflex optic such as Leupold’s Delta Point or Trijicon’s RMR—enables the shooter to use both optics without moving his or her head. As it’s a first-time-ever concept it’s a bit hard to explain. Suffice it to say that you owe it to yourself to get to the nearest gun shop and check one out.
Yukon NVRS titanium 1.5×42 night vision rifle scope
Its the smallest and lightest rifle scope in the company’s line of titanium models. Its body is made entirely of titanium so durability is pretty much guaranteed. It is also made with multicoated optics which is great. It needs 2 AA batteries and will give it enough juice to keep going for up to 50 hours.