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29-04-2023, 08:22 AM
BRADS

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

To be honest all quality scopes are good enough, just some better than others
I used to rate the kahles but mate had trouble with his and two trips to europe and still not sorted.
I haven't played with the kahles latest offerings but no doubt they are very good as all tier one scopes should be.
I still have 6x24x56 15yearold zeiss diavari tactical.
It has its design faults but it is some of the most amazing low light Glass I have ever looked through ever.
Jury is out on what's tougher.
Send me a video of you smacking a spike into wood with your kahles and see how that goes.
Drunk one night I was smashing cans with a nxs crushing them.
Woke up inthe morning thinking what have idone but it was absolutely fine.
I have video some where.
On the piss after a gun buy back event.
We all have choices and choose what ever we perceive will do the job for what we need.

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I did see that video [emoji1787]

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29-04-2023, 09:53 AM
andyanimal31

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Originally Posted by BRADS

I did see that video [emoji1787]

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It must of been a big night for me to do that!

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29-04-2023, 09:57 AM
Moa Hunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

To be honest all quality scopes are good enough, just some better than others
I used to rate the kahles but mate had trouble with his and two trips to europe and still not sorted.
I haven't played with the kahles latest offerings but no doubt they are very good as all tier one scopes should be.
I still have 6x24x56 15yearold zeiss diavari tactical.
It has its design faults but it is some of the most amazing low light Glass I have ever looked through ever.
Jury is out on what's tougher.
Send me a video of you smacking a spike into wood with your kahles and see how that goes.
Drunk one night I was smashing cans with a nxs crushing them.
Woke up inthe morning thinking what have idone but it was absolutely fine.
I have video some where.
On the piss after a gun buy back event.
We all have choices and choose what ever we perceive will do the job for what we need.

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I agree with you that Zeiss are pretty amazing in low light. From ones I have compared / used I think that they beat all others. The East German Zeiss are quite something, made for shooting in darkness, as are their binos.
The glass on NF could be better imo. It is good but it is not the very best, not even as good as Delta and they come from the same factory. Perhaps it is not actually the glass but the coatings ? I dont know but I find the colour definition on some scopes - Leupold being the worst, is a bit washed out making it slower to see the animal against it's background. Target type scopes seem to be coated so that they are very clear and easy to see black on white but if used for hunting it is hard to see colours. This is where Swaro has the edge imo. Nightforce seem like a cross over Target / Hunting scope
29-04-2023, 12:59 PM
tikka

I highly rate them that much I’ve got two of them, parallax is handy for a 10 power scope, 2 illumination colours for day and evening shooting, bomb proof reliability as I’ve had mine bounce of the quad a couple of times. Probably one of the most reliable scopes that is versatile you can get for hunting within 600m. 400m is easy on deer with a 308. I just wish I had Mil-Mil now instead of Moa.

The twins on a 308 and a 300BLK.

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29-04-2023, 02:01 PM
HighlandsHunter

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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
29-04-2023, 02:12 PM
Hunter_Nick

Well I’ve managed to source one - 2.5-10 NXS that is, thanks to one of the members here.

Everything in life is a compromise, period. Like choosing a woman, it just comes down to what are your non-negotiables and what you can put up with. I fully accept that the NF glass won’t compare to whatever top tier euro you want to name, but that’s not on my essential list. It’ll be at least as good as the VX3s that I’ve used for years, so that’s all good. My non-negotiable is ruggedness and reliability. Certainly ticks that box! I have no need for 20x magnification -tick. No desire for a 50mm objective as they are just so bulky -tick. Yeah I’m going to lose out on a few minutes of shooting light, but I’m the very very slight chance that am actually in the position where I can’t shoot at my trophy of a lifetime because of low light- well he’s going to still be around tomorrow.
It would be great if it weighed 10oz, but as Boris the Blade once said ‘heavy is reliable. If it doesn’t work, you can always hit him with it’ and I’m happy with the 20oz that it is. It’s going to get used hard, and 4oz or so more to carry is the price I’m happy to pay for the confidence that it’ll be on zero every time I need it to be.

https://youtu.be/lX0MB7pJtKs
29-04-2023, 03:11 PM
tikka

The weight on the NXS 2.5-10x42 isn't that bad compared to the other bigger NXS nightforce scope.
30-04-2023, 10:20 AM
Moa Hunter

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Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

Well I’ve managed to source one - 2.5-10 NXS that is, thanks to one of the members here.

Everything in life is a compromise, period. Like choosing a woman, it just comes down to what are your non-negotiables and what you can put up with. I fully accept that the NF glass won’t compare to whatever top tier euro you want to name, but that’s not on my essential list. It’ll be at least as good as the VX3s that I’ve used for years, so that’s all good. My non-negotiable is ruggedness and reliability. Certainly ticks that box! I have no need for 20x magnification -tick. No desire for a 50mm objective as they are just so bulky -tick. Yeah I’m going to lose out on a few minutes of shooting light, but I’m the very very slight chance that am actually in the position where I can’t shoot at my trophy of a lifetime because of low light- well he’s going to still be around tomorrow.
It would be great if it weighed 10oz, but as Boris the Blade once said ‘heavy is reliable. If it doesn’t work, you can always hit him with it’ and I’m happy with the 20oz that it is. It’s going to get used hard, and 4oz or so more to carry is the price I’m happy to pay for the confidence that it’ll be on zero every time I need it to be.

https://youtu.be/lX0MB7pJtKs

AKA 'Boris the bullet dodger'

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