| | | Hunting Scopes | A telescopic sight, also known as a scope is a long
range aiming device which is commonly attached to
weapons that allow the user of the weapon to make more
accurate shots at a greater distances than are
possible with iron sights. While these devices are
typically used with rifles, they have been known to be
used with air guns, paintball guns, and crossbows as
well.
Telescopic sights have been employed, in some facets,
since before the American Civil War on long range
rifles. Due to their fragility, and their
susceptibility to condensation, breakage, and damage
from dirt, they were used very sparingly. Up until the
last twenty years, in fact, the American military only
issued them to elite sniper units. Some snipers
through history have opted against using the delicate
telescopic sites for several reasons. One of these
could be that it adds weight and size to the rifle.
Another reason is that the adverse conditions of the
theater of war in question are not suitable for the
device. Still others choose to use the iron sites
simply because the light reflecting off of the glass
lens might possibly give up the sniper's position to
enemy troops.
Telescopic sights are classified by a two number
system, in which the first number represents the
magnification power of the scope, and the second
number represents the size of the objective lens. (The
objective lens is is the lens that receives the first
light rays from the target.) For example: If a
telescopic lens is described as a 15x60, this would
imply that the scope magnifies the target fifteen
times it's viewing size, and has a objective lens
diameter of sixty millimeters.
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