Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Any love for the new NF SHV 4-14X50 F1??

I have a contact at SHOT right now that just swung by the Nightforce booth and toyed with one a second time at my request. Says it's a typical NF and everything looks and feels solid.

Lots of features in this scope for an MSRP of $1250 I think. ZeroSet, illum, FFP and MOAR reticle.

I strongly feel I will be investing in this scope. Rumors are they're available now.

Only thing I did not like was the specs state 2.7-3.1" of eye relief. Seemed incredibly shallow or short to me? Anyone see a real life issue with this?

Money IS an object to me. I simply can't swing for a Schmidt and Bender, or a Swarovski, etc. Even the NXS is a bit of a stretch at $1950

Think I'd feel better with the above than the Burris XTR II. No 34mm tube.

A friend bought one recently and I've put some time behind it. Nothing not to like except the price. The eye relief is adequate for me, like other NF scopes it is heavy. Clarity is good and the repeatability has been spot on so far. I have no experience with the Burris.

The brand new Front Focal plane F1? I don't think they're available to purchase yet...

Yep, Whittakers has them. The eye relief has me sitting on the fence still. That and another excellent range session today with 5 different SWFA scopes has me wondering why I need to spend more than $300 again....

I believe Europtic has them as well.

My bad. So is 3" enough for 260/243 type rifles?


The other SHV scopes are 3.5" relief I think. I compared them and the SFP are more forgiving. I honestly don't know what is enough from experience. They either suck or they don't. I can't help but think NF would put out only a solid product.

How do this compare to the NXS F1 line such as the 3.5-15x50? I'm curious as to glass comparison and tracking.

3" is good enough for a 22 rimfire; nothing else.

Called NF....scope is available for purchase and they did confirm that wasn't a typo. 2.8" to 3.1". I had a contact at SHOT. He mounted the scope up and handled it for a bit. He's a very accomplished LR shooter and didn't notice an issue with it at all.

Hmmmm

If its truly 3", that is really short in my opinion. Good for an AR, but thats about it.

To pucking funny 3 inches for a 260. No problem except for the puzz
ies on the site

Just got finished shooting one on a 7mag

POS

What was the problem with the scope? Personally I’m in the market for a nsx 2-10x42 but have considered the SHV.

I too am curious as to what you don't like about it. Was thinking of one for an AR. Have only looked at pictures of them on NF website. The way they are priced I realize they're not going to be close to what my BEAST is , but for an AR, wouldn't they work?

There isn't a leupold made other than the Mark 8 that can hang with nightforce...and they are $5000, lol!

The other one in my price w my preferred features is the Vortex Razor HD 5-20.

Not in stock till July tho

I've had the SHV F1 for almost 2 months now... Solid scope that works like it should...

I called NF and asked about the differences in SHV and NXS. They were very clear that if you intend to crank knobs, you need to step up to the NXS line. They turrets are not the same.

That was before the F1 new model, but I would assume they're the same given the price point.

I should have specified that the scope I used was the 5-20 model. Maybe the 4-14 is better.

The eye box was very unforgiving. A bit difficult to find the exact spot your eye HAD to be to get a sight picture. If you move even a skosh, you lose the entire picture.

Glass basically sucked. I realize this is a bottom-of-the-line Nightforce and that may be a place where they cut some cost.

The reticle was too thick for my liking. From the Nightforce website, I'm guessing it was the MOAR reticle, but can't really decipher it on the website; the pictures of the reticles aren't the greatest. This scope may have been an earlier model with a slightly different reticle.

As far as the scope's functioning, I don't know. I was simply shooting 100 yard groups to test ammo and barrel quality.


I would spend the extra money and get an NXS.

I doubt NF would put an exposed turret on a scope and not mean for it to be used...

I've 500+ rounds under the SHV F1 and every single round I've run the turret.... It's been on 3 different rifles and on each rifle I've run a tall target test... I've purposely run the turret up to 10+ mils and back to zero to test the longevity of the turret and its ability to RTZ... Thus far not a single problem...

On the 3-10x42 SHV's I've used the elevation turret extensively as well with no problems in tracking and RTZ... The 4-14x56 and the 5-20x56 SHVs I've done the same but not to the extent as the F1 and the 3-10x42s and have had no problems with them either....

The F1 appears to be a great choice for a guy who doesn't want to shell out the additional expense for a FFP NXS or to put together a PRS match rifle in the production class...

For those that are concerned with eye relief, I've not had a problem getting behind the scope and the eye box is fairly generous... A rifle should never move more than 1" during the recoil impulse and that includes the recoil pad compression... If your rifle does, then a guy needs to work on his shooting position and fundamentals verses worrying about eye relief on an optic...

YMMV....