Thread: Nightforce 2.5-10x42

Originally Posted by Gkp

Andy is the nx8 1-8 usable in the lower mag. I.e can you see the reticle?
I was thinking this would be a good option myself

I have two 1-8 FC-MOA reticle scopes, use them a lot. I don't use the hashes, just dial to 500m on animals. When I'm walking I put the throw lever vertical at 3x and the reticle is very fast to acquire, the lines and hashes become like crosshairs also. Only criticism is when the light is dull the scope can be hard to use past 6x. I do most longer range shooting at 6x and only use 8x in bright light. 6x is excellent. Yes the reticle is fat at 8x but I don't have a problem with it, prefer it to the newer DMX reticle which I don't think performs as well at low mag. I also am not interested in the christmas tree in the DMX. I use 1x with the illum on every now and again when I sneak up on animals. The red dot performance is a bit more picky with your head position but if you shoot with a good cheek weld it works fine. Not as good as a Razor 1-6 which you can see the dot even when the image is black due to your head not being centered.

I have a couple of SHV 3-10 which I prefer to the NXS 2.5-10 due to the german 4 reticles, capped windage, no parallax and price. I dial with them no problem but wouldn't recommend the dialing with an inexperienced shooter due to no ZS. If they put the ZS turret on the SHV I don't think they would sell many NXS 2.5-10.

Cheers,

Mark