Nightforce NX8

[Rock’N Tacos]

I couldn’t disagree more.

And I couldnt disagree more with your personal preference and bias. Its awesome we live in a country that makes it possible for us to have this interaction. Peace and love brother!

 

[BluMtn]

I guess my question for all you FFP scope guys, how would you have been able to hunt in the 60's and 70's with a SFP crosshair with no illumination or hash marks and if you were lucky you had a 3x9 or you spent big money on a 4x16. The scopes we have now are a thousand times better than what we had back then. Not everybody drinks the same koolaid as the FFP guy's.

 

[mddat]

I guess my question for all you FFP scope guys, how would you have been able to hunt in the 60's and 70's with a SFP crosshair with no illumination or hash marks and if you were lucky you had a 3x9 or you spent big money on a 4x16. The scopes we have now are a thousand times better than what we had back then. Not everybody drinks the same koolaid as the FFP guy's.

That’s kind of a goofy comparison, though. Most guys in the 60s and 70s weren’t shooting long range, holding wind, or dialing dope. They were shooting deer at 100–200 yards with a duplex and calling it a day.

Different era, different expectations, different skillsets. The fact that they did fine back then doesn’t mean those same setups make sense for guys who actually dial, hold, and shoot farther today. Comparing the two is apples to rocks. Both reticle designs work. It just depends on how you hunt and what you expect out of your setup

 

[Kyguy]

That’s kind of a goofy comparison, though. Most guys in the 60s and 70s weren’t shooting long range, holding wind, or dialing dope. They were shooting deer at 100–200 yards with a duplex and calling it a day.

Different era, different expectations, different skillsets. The fact that they did fine back then doesn’t mean those same setups make sense for guys who actually dial, hold, and shoot farther today. Comparing the two is apples to rocks. Both reticle designs work. It just depends on how you hunt and what you expect out of your setup

People have been shooting long range since the invention of black powder. The bison herds were decimated with 45/70 black powder cartridge rifles shooting long range. Black powder cartridge rifle competitions are shooting steel chickens at 500 yards or more..... With open tang sights. If you think people weren't shooting at 500, 600 yards or more with duplex scopes back in the 60's and 70's, you're foolish.. There just wasn't social media to talk about it.

 

[SDHNTR]

I'm in the camp of use what works for you. Many guys on here preach fixed 6 out to 700 yards. In my opinion, 6x is not used past 200-300 yards. I just prefer more power. The NF 2.5-20 ffp has 42' FOV at 100 yards. At 500 yards @ 20x it's 35'. Hardly a huge difference. I just haven't experienced a lot of issues doing what works for me. If someone shoots SFP and it works for them, I'm not going to try and talk them out of it.

People talk about NF reticles being terrible hunting reticles. I have yet to have any issues with the MOAR ffp. Green illumination solves the low power issues and it has wind moa marks. The THLR reticle, guys lose their minds about, looks busy and not useful to me. If they like them tho, use them. Our hunting styles are probably different. To each their own. Bottom line is NX8 scopes are great scopes and more than adequate for a hunting rifle.

We agree on that. I like the MOAR too and don’t understand the THLR hype either.