Here's a first look at mine next to a few other scopes (NX8, ATACR, LRHS, AMG). I sold a March that I wish I still had for comparisons.
My first impressions thus far before mounting are mostly positive. Power ring and parallax both turn easy and smooth. Turrets feel nice. It's a Nightforce. I still remember the first one I had and being in awe how my bullet actually moved exactly how I dialed it. I love that the ocular doesn't rotate with the power ring like the ATACR, it's really annoying with caps on.
The finish is different than the ATACR. The ATACR has more of smooth/shine finish where the NX8 is more rough/dull. Just a personally preference I like better on the ATACR. I'm not sure why they changed the reticle up, but I wish they hadn't. I'm running MOAR on both it and the ATACR. The NX8 runs 40 moa left and right compared to the 20 moa on the ATACR. That I am fine with; however, concerning elevation it continues to give readings well past 100 moa on the bottom. The problem is that you aren't really able to start making out those numbers until 6-8x. I would have much preferred it to read out to only 50-60 moa at most, thus making the reticle more hunter friendly at low mag IMO.
My last gripe is the awkward look with the dials being pushed towards the objective lens. Trying to mount it up on a few of my rifles has shown that not only does it look off, but I also need different ring heights on some.
Now I know some of this may have come across as being a Debbie downer. Outside of those gripes you can see the comparison footprint wise with the other scopes. It's an awesome scope! Optically it seems impressive. Take that with a grain of salt as I've not been outside with it yet. It is the only scope that's able to focus down to the distance in my house. I don't see any issues eye box wise. It's been smooth from bottom to top.
All in all I was trying to keep my hopes low, but I was still pretty excited. I have no doubt this will be a great scope after my initial hands on impression. The reticle and turret locations are the only things that are really keeping my excitement from soaring right now.
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Edit to add:
Took it out and shot it on my 7mm-08. Tracks well, zero stop works great. Glass has a distortion ring (lack of better terminology, CA maybe?) around the edges in the mid range section that gets better or worse depending on eye alignment. Never seen anything like it before. The PTL and bolt handle clash on max power.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a NF fanboy so I'm going to hold my tongue some until more users get their hands on it. But......
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