Lightweight build - optic

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Looking for a light weight hunting optic for an ultralight build. Rifle is superlight Tikka action with UM action lightening, XLR chassis (maybe rokstok if they come in stock), 20” steel barrel, 6.5 PRC. Gun should finish right around 7.2lbs including rings and optic.

Hoping to get a few opinions, my priorities are reliability>weight>glass. My local range is 600, but I wouldn’t realistically shoot at an animal above ~450.

I would like something I can reliably dial, under 20oz, and ideally FFP, MIL, minimum of 8x and with a parallax adjustment. Otherwise I have a BDC Swaro Z5 3.5-18 that has been great in the past.

I’ve been looking at these scopes, mostly based on reviews here:
1) Maven RS.2 - 2-10X38 - 12.4oz (no parallax adjustment, SFP)
2) Nightforce NX8 1-8x24mm - 17.6oz (small exit pupil, not a great hunting reticle)
3) Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x42 - 20.5 oz (no need for ranging scale and SFP)
4) Swarovski Z6 2.5-15x44 - 19.6oz (dialing reliability reviews, SFP).
5) Razor HD LHT 3-15x42 -19.1 oz (SFP)

Are there optics I haven’t considered, but should? I have always used Zeiss or Swaro BDC riflescopes but I would like to start dialing for this build (mostly to learn). Budget around 2K.
 
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LightFoot

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NF NXS would be a great scope.

Since you like Swaro, the new Z5+ line may fit your requirements.

I have the Trijicon 3-18x44 on mine and really like it.

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Tahoe1305

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NF NXS would be a great scope.

Since you like Swaro, the new Z5+ line may fit your requirements.

I have the Trijicon 3-18x44 on mine and really like it.

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>>>——JAKE——>
Just thinking same! I had to google weight real quick but for 4oz penalty seems like checking a lot of your boxes.
 
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