Nightforce NX8

[BluMtn]

Several NX8, 2.5x20 and 4x32 SFP and have yet to have a problem killing stuff. Also several Trijicon Ten-Mile 5x25's SFP and again no problem killing stuff.

 

[justin davis]

Awesome scopes! I’m a big fan of them

 

[Kurts86]

I’ve had 3 of them and they are almost all I’ve used hunting over the last 4 hunting seasons. The low light clarity is quite good, I’ve shot right up to the last minutes of shooting light in the 10-15x magnification range. I don’t have a lot to say beyond they just work for a lot of hunting applications that aren’t just timber hunting inside of 100 yards.

 

[SDHNTR]

All my nightforces are SFP with the exception of the ATACRs. Love the SFP for hunting and have never had a problem killing animals at long distance.

Ok. Picture this. You are hunting solo. 520 yd shot. Cross canyon. 10-15 mph crosswind. Buck is in a small clearing in hillside, surrounded by thick cover. What do you do?

 

[voltage]

The worst part about the NX8s is trying to keep all the women away from you since your rifle will look so cool.

 

[voltage]

This year, I used a 4-32 NX8 on a 625 yard shot on an elk with a low sun in my face. I was at 16x and was able to spot the impact. My buddy was using a Zeiss V6, and was unable to see the bull with the sun at that angle.

 

[HuntHarder]

Ok. Picture this. You are hunting solo. 520 yd shot. Cross canyon. 10-15 mph crosswind. Buck is in a small clearing in hillside, surrounded by thick cover. What do you do?

Dial 520 yards, hold the wind and send it. What am I missing?

 

[HuntHarder]

This year, I used a 4-32 NX8 on a 625 yard shot on an elk with a low sun in my face. I was at 16x and was able to spot the impact. My buddy was using a Zeiss V6, and was unable to see the bull with the sun at that angle.

Funny, I shot a deer this year at 645 yards with my NX8 2.5-20 and looked after the shot and I was on 18x. Very similar to your situation. I watched the vapor trail and impact, no problem, shooting a 6.5.

 

[43.6N]

4-32 nx8 ffp. Rode out two hunting seasons. First on 6.5prc. Then 22creed. I also put it on my 223 trainer briefly while working out some load development.
No issues.
I definitely prefer it on a low recoiling setup.

My use case case been picking out legal mule deer in antler restriction units. Once I’ve confirmed the animal is the same one I saw in my spotter, magnification gets dialed down to 8-10x in order to keep fov and awareness through recoil.

 

[SDHNTR]

Dial 520 yards, hold the wind and send it. What am I missing?

On what power?

 

[HuntHarder]

On what power?

If it's sfp, and top end power is 32x, id shoot it at 16x and double the value of the wind hold moa marks. If it says hold 4 moa, half max power hold is 2moa.
I prefer FFP, but killing with sfp is easily accomplished.