Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Zeiss V4 or V6

Not sure if there's a definitive "made in..." for the Nightforce line of scopes over the years. Seems to change with time. For a time period the NXS compacts were labeled USA while the other NXS scopes were Japan. Not sure if that holds true currently.

Of the NF scopes I have (as labeled on the optic):

3.5-15x50 NXS MLR (Japan)
3.5-15x50 NXS Mil-R (Japan)
5.5-22x50 NXS MOAR (Japan)
3.5-15x50 F1 NXS NP-RF1 (USA)
3.5-15x50 F1 NXS MD2.0 (USA)
2.5-10x32 NXS compact MOAR (USA)
2.5-10x32 NXS compact MOAR (USA)
2.5-10x42 NSX compact IHR (USA)

4-16x42 ATACR F1 Mil-XT (USA)
5.5-25x56 ATACR Mil-R (Japan)
5.5-25x56 ATACR F1 Mil-R (USA)

3-10x42 SHV MOAR (Japan)

My NSX says Made in Japan. Clearly it’s been a fluid situation over the years.

Back to the original subject - the V4 to my eyes is too close to the V6 to make a difference worth the additional cost.

Again to my eyes & some others on the forum the V4 glass is clearer/better than more than one model Nightforce.

In my experience hunting in snow/rain/thick brush & heavy recoil the conquest line of scopes has been reliable. I’ve broken or knocked other scopes off zero with my normal clumsy but not deliberately abusive use.

As always your mileage may vary & you can get lucky or unlucky with any individual scope from any manufacturer.