If you were buying a Nightforce scope - 6.5CM recommendation

[thunderchicken21]

Say you have a Sig Cross Sawtooth in 6.5 CM and wanted to top it with a Nighforce. What scope are you buying, and secondarily, what reticle? Rifle used for hunting only.

 

[T_Widdy]

C552

 

[huntnful]

Right now for me personally, especially with a 6.5 CM meant strictly for hunting, I’d do the NX6 2-12X42

 

[gr8fuldoug]

Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50 F1 (First Focal Plane)​

• Why it fits the Cross: At only 12 inches long and 28.3 ounces, the NX8 delivers a massive 8x magnification range without making your rifle top-heavy or awkward to carry. It balances beautifully on the Cross chassis. The 2.5x low end is wide enough for fast shots in dense timber, while 20x gives you all the magnification you need to confidently stretch out a 6.5 Creedmoor.
• The Reticle: Mil-XT (for Mils) or MOAR F1 (for MOA).
  
  • Why: The Mil-XT offers a clean, highly usable grid with a floating center dot. While FFP reticles can get thin at low magnification, the daylight-bright DigIllum illumination solves this, essentially giving you a bright red dot for fast, close-range target acquisition.

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[waspocrew]

My Sawtooth 6.5 CM wears an NX8 2.5-20 FFP. Moar reticle for me (but a MIL-C would be fine). I like my set up quite a bit.

 

[PantherCity]

The new NX6 are awesome. For hunting I’d choose the 3-18 mil-c.

I don’t like the NX8s especially the 2.5-20, very tight eye box

 

[Jordan Smith]

Right now for me personally, especially with a 6.5 CM meant strictly for hunting, I’d do the NX6 2-12X42

This, with the FC-DMx.

 

[Huntnpack 2]

NX8 C641

NX6 C739

 

[packgoatguy]

I like a lightweight scope for a lightweight rifle... hard to beat the 20.5oz NXS 2.5-10x42. Ive got my 6.5cm sig cross down to 5lbs 4oz... and that's with the factory steel barrel. With the carbon fiber barrel on the Sawtooth, you could get a bare rifle cross under 5lbs.

 

[43.6N]

C552

Agree.

https://www.eurooptic.com/nightforce-atacr-4-16x42mm-f1-zerohold-1-mil-radian-digillum-ptl-mil-r-c552?srsltid=AfmBOoqj_ewXJhJqmfu-_seF2coBMFfl5vVJmPM6D-6KC_QTTOSTt8vs

 

[skierjt]

The new NX6 are awesome. For hunting I’d choose the 3-18 mil-c.

I don’t like the NX8s especially the 2.5-20, very tight eye box

Sold my NX8 last year and switched to the NX6 mil-c on my 6.5 Tikka and couldn’t be happier.

 

[acochran]

Right now for me personally, especially with a 6.5 CM meant strictly for hunting, I’d do the NX6 2-12X42

Agreed. While the 2.5-20 and 4-16 would also work well, with a 6.5 CM I’d be saving some weight and using the 2-12.

 

[Dave Thomas]

Baby atacr with mil r. Would like to see the nx6 3x18.

 

[T_Widdy]

Agree.

https://www.eurooptic.com/nightforce-atacr-4-16x42mm-f1-zerohold-1-mil-radian-digillum-ptl-mil-r-c552?srsltid=AfmBOoqj_ewXJhJqmfu-_seF2coBMFfl5vVJmPM6D-6KC_QTTOSTt8vs

Baby atacr with mil r. Would like to see the nx6 3x18.

Get them while you can, Mil-R is discontinued

 

[Chris in TN]

I do not believe that a 2x-12x or 3x-18x magnification range, per se, buys me a single thing, on a hunting rifle, beyond what is afforded by a SHV in the 4x-14x range, or the SHV in 3.5-15x.

Further, while the basic reticles available in the SHV kinda suck in low light, the options available in the nx6 or nx8 are no better.

I'd infinitely rather have the SHV or NXS than to spend the extra coin on a NX6 or NX8. Use the difference for practice ammo and you'll be miles ahead of the guy that buys the more expensive model and doesn't practice with it.

Of course in saying that, I recognize that if budget isn't a major consideration, what I just said might not carry much weight. YMMV, a lot.