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I'm thinking of adding them to the store. What do you think about them? Good, Bad, Indifferent?

I have a NXS 2.5-10x24 on my AR and think NF builds a scope of unbelievable quality.

Lots of people like them. They are heavy.

best scope i've got by a long shot

zero stop
illuminated reticle
first focal plane
etc

I have a couple of NFs. They are well built. Their glass is not the best that I own, but overall I am pleased with the value of NF.

Mine are not safe queens either. Many may buy a top end piece of gear just to say they own brand x. Those people would be shocked to see the wear marks on some of my gear.

That being said, while there may be wear marks, I do not abuse my gear.

I guess you need to know your market to know if carrying NF is a smart move or not. Most in the gun community do not spin turrets or know a cosine angle from a spare tire, though if you read much on the net,it may seem like they do.

Dependable, but wouldn't want to drag my rig up and down valleys.

I believe the glass is better than my Leupold VX3 and Zeiss Conquest in comparison.


NFscoperings by wadevb1, on Flickr

I like the Nightforce BR scope that I had. Most of the benchrest and F-Class shooters I see at my club have NF scopes, or high-magnification Leupolds. They are quite heavy, though, and I wouldn't want to carry one around all day. I had a 5.5-22 BR model.

On my little Pierce 6.5x47 Lapua I run the 2.5-10x32 with the NP-R2 (2 MOA hash marks) reticle. I really like it. It's dead nutz reliable, returns to zero EVERY time. Will get me out further than I have any business shooting with a 140 VLD @ 2920 fps which is 1140 yds so far.




Back in September I won the Utah State Sniper Shoot with my BIG 6.5x47 topped with the 5.5-22x50mm with the NP-R1 (1 MOA hash marks). Same, same! Even better with the zero stop and now the newer scopes all come standard with the high speed elev turrets. Good enough to shoot 1/2 MOA groups and better out at 1k.

Alan

I see them sitting a long time in shops, the stock turn over is slow. The bigger ones I have no experience with, but I would buy a S&B before a NF. The smaller ones with the 24 and 32 mm objectives don't make sense because when you crank them up to 10X with a 2.4 or 3.2 mm exit pupil. I have a 1-4 and its a $900 scope not the $1200 or so they ask for it. It IS a true 1X and it IS very tough regards zero, the adjustments are accurate.

What kind of rings/mounts do you have on the Pierce rig? Nice rifles, btw!

I went ahead and closed the deal yesterday. This gun shop business sure is an education.

Nightforce is only about 50 miles down the road from the our shop. I get the scopes in used about every two months or so. The do not linger in the store. I hope to do as well with the new ones.

Wilson Combat is another upper end product we carry. They sit for a bit, but then somebody walks in and buys one. Even though I could turn over a dozen Jennings in the time it takes to sell one Wilson, I feel much better about being able to provide a quality item. So far, I have been able to avoid selling the lower end products.

The biggest obstacle with selling the good stuff is that I sell it for less than the lowest price I am allowed to advertise at. So a tip for all of you, make an offer on the upper end stuff. The dealer may be more than willing to deal, but he may also be hampered by the manufacture's lowest advertised price limit.

Both pics of the Pierce have Farrell 30mm alum rings. The difference is the first, full length pic has a custom Farrell 20moa steel picatinny base that was cut in two. I wanted lighter and so had Pierce, themselves, install their 20moa 1-pc alum picatinny rail.

Alan

good luck to you in your business!

I may be in the market for another used 3-15

eclectic,

I have had three Bushnell 6500 4 1.2-30X50 and four Swarovski z5 5-25X52 and one Nightforce 12-42X56.. There is no comparison. The Nightforce is head and shoulders better than either of the others in observing detail or low light when they are all on the same magnification setting. No compareison at all.

Interesting....


This guy ate it one minute before end of legal light using the aforementioned x32 at 10x last week in NE. 382 yards AMAX.





This one got it right at daylight about three or four minutes after legal light a couple days later also at 10x... 369 yards AMAX.



Either could have been killed on 6x. Sometimes using the item in question to kill things illuminates the subject far better then imagination....

Congrats on a couple of good looking bucks! Even more congrats wit the condition of that rifle was "earned" through honest hunting wear!

I appreciate it but that rifle has been abused. I'm not afraid to "test" equipment..... grin

Good on you! I hope to get to use some of my guns enough so that they show 1/2 that amount of wear! Gotta have goals...

Is the tape on the elevation turret for anything more than just more 'gription'?

It's marked in 100 yard increments for quick reference.