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Tell me more about this scope, good bad and ugly. Looking for a scope in this power range, rock solid zero retention and adjustments needed. I also am looking at the 3-9 SWFA but prefer a duplex reticle
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Stop your search and just order the SHV
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Tell me more about this scope, good bad and ugly. Looking for a scope in this power range, rock solid zero retention and adjustments needed. I also am looking at the 3-9 SWFA but prefer a duplex reticle Exactly what I was looking for and there is no bad or ugly to this scope that I have found. Buy with confidence.
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Stop your search and just order the SHV Take dv's advice. I have one on a Ruger Hawkeye, and have shot it to 500+ yards, tracking is unquestionable and glass is as good as a VX-3i (my best comparison). Minor complaints are: no zero-stop and a capped Elevation dial. Just silly little items that didn't deter my decision to buy one. I used it this year. Mine is a non-illum. ForcePlex reticle. Deer hate it.... Ruger with SHV, Remington with NXS. Both are .308s.
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You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it. A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck. Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.
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Great hunting scope. The Forceplex is (for my use) by FAR the best hunting reticle that NF makes. I prefer the 3-10 SHV to the 2.5-10 NSX when not dialing....I've been dialing with it and if it had the same exposed, zero-stopped elevation turret as the NSX it would win for dialing as well.
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Stop your search and just order the SHV This. ^^^^^^ I bought one to try on my Kimber Montana 308. I quickly ordered a second. The only down side is weight. They will weigh 21 oz give or take. Compared to a Leupy, they seem like anchors. But rock solid performance is the trade off. You dial 2-10-50 'clicks' (MOA) and it moves 2-10-50 units. I banged mine around on 2 elk hunts and several weeks of deer hunting last year. Zero hasn't changed.
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Yeah, a bit beefy, but rock solid. I like mine. This one on a M-700/Creed/Shilen in a McWoody Mtn rifle stock. Gun is light enough that the scope weight isn't really noticed. Still fast handling. DF
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Ruger with SHV, Remington with NXS.
How do those two compare? DF
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For hunting, the SHV gives up nothing.
I would declare it perfect if it had, as JMCUBIC stated, the NXS turret.
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Thank you sir. Those two rifles did all the work this year, accounting for deer and coyotes.
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Thank you sir. Those two rifles did all the work this year, accounting for deer and coyotes. But my SHV won the dinkathon
My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan"
Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK
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The SHV with Forceplex is just about perfect for 98% of your big game hunting needs! Hard to beat!!!
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The SHV with Forceplex is just about perfect for 98% of your big game hunting needs! Hard to beat!!! +1 That’s what mine is. I like it. Glass is about like a Conquest, maybe not quite Alpha glass, but very good. DF
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Thank you sir. Those two rifles did all the work this year, accounting for deer and coyotes. But my SHV won the dinkathon To quote an esteemed colleague: " "
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You must have been bored...............
We are used to seeing something with substantial head gear. <G>
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Damn it! You guys are making me want one....or three!
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it. A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck. Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.
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I'll be the odd man here.
Keep in mind I don't own an SHV and have never shouldered a rifle with one mounted...
I had my mind set on one until I looked at a few in store. The scope just seemed it would be much harder to get behind than my 3-9 SWFA. Did not seem to have a near as forgiving eyebox. I could be wrong, like I said earlier, just my impression from looking through 3 of them in a store. Turned me off enough to just stay with SWFA.
FWIW, my heart was set on Nightforce, still might try one and give it a try. As for right now, and for my needs, the 3-9 SWFA is the best thing I've seen or used.
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Man, ya’ll have convinced me to try one, but darned if can figure what rifle it’d go to.
And, no, have too many irons in the fire to start another rifle right now. Anyway, have fun, boys!
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Will they fit on a Rem 700 long action?
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