Q&A on NF NX6 scope reviews

[Wprinkle]

That’s the SWFA Mil-Quad reticle. Is is very good.


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Well that's embarrassing..... Guess if I shot my hunting rifle every once in a while I would have picked up on that..........

 

[wind gypsy]

In what world is 15x too much magnification for longer shots? I have a few NX8 4-32s and most of my shots have been taken between 25x-32x with them. You are talking personal preferences and stating them as a universal fact.

In my world it is more magnification than ideal. Not saying it doesn't work but i dont want to be there unless i'm shooting a rifle that recoils very little and i'm shooting pretty far.

When under time stress, needing to locate moving critters, follow up quickly, spot impacts, etc high magnification is going to hurt way more than help most shooters.

There's some dudes that are wizards at getting behind a gun and getting the target in the scope pronto and being able to follow up quick. I and most everyone else that isn't spending a pile of time behind guns in dynamic situations isn't that.

 

[dreamingWest]

I don't have as much experience as quite a few fellow WKRs, but every shooting rodeo I've experienced has been due to narrow FOV (too much zoom).

I do think if you're not completely sold on Mils, the 2-12 SFP w/ MOAR is the best of this bunch. There was a time when that would have been an easy button for me.

 

[Formidilosus]

Well that's embarrassing..... Guess if I shot my hunting rifle every once in a while I would have picked up on that..........

Haha. I was like- “didn’t this MF’er shoot one for a week straight?”

 

[Marbles]

Haha. I was like- “didn’t this MF’er shoot one for a week straight?”

The reticle got out of the way so well he doesn't remember it. Boringly functional is a high complement.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Well that's embarrassing..... Guess if I shot my hunting rifle every once in a while I would have picked up on that..........

I thought you were trolling or baiting into why would folks need anything else kinda thing. Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[noKnees]

Is this a questions someone can answer or is it best to just ask Night Force? As it is my exact question. I like the 3-18 but in SFP MOA reticle and would like the capability of an Exposed Turret.

Here is a video from Nightforce on the fieldset turrets. Around 3/4 of the way through they show swapping out the capped turret to the exposed.

 

[WRO]

Mine is just the MOAR reticle, no christmas tree and pretty dang simple. I put two shots into an alaskan caribou this year at 375 yards. Zoomed into 32x and put it in both lungs. He jumped, I zoomed out, found him, zoomed back in and put another one in him even though I didnt need to. I didnt have a spotter. I am just saying there is more than one way to do something. I am pretty meticulous when it comes to getting steady and taking shots. I’ll pass if I don’t feel great about it or get myself in a different situation to where I am steady.

I bet your jerk off with your left hand just to make things interesting.

99 out of 100 times too much zoom makes follow ups hard, do it long enough shit goes sideways. At 375 yards shoot it at 6-8 power unless you’re just into calisthenics between shots.

 

[Marbles]

I bet your jerk off with your left hand just to make things interesting.

You made me laugh with that one, but I lack the dexterity to handle small objects with my left hand, so don't understand how others do it....

 

[Formidilosus]

For reals, this reticle-



Is obviously just as good for killing, as this-

5 yards-



35’ish yards 5x-

Mid 300’s, 7-8x-

1,280 yards, 12x-

 

[SDHNTR]

Question for those not fond of the NF reticles: does the 2nd focal plane w/MOAR not work?

As an example the NXS 3.5-50 w/MOAR works well for me at short ranges - and at 15 power for longer shots would the windage hashes not work fine?

It works, but borderline. To hold wind, you’d need to be at 15x which is right about where too much mag limits FOV to the point for not being able to easily spot hits and make follow up shots. Less of an issue with a well designed stock and minimal recoil, but still an issue.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

For reals, this reticle-

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Is obviously just as good for killing, as this-

5 yards-



35’ish yards 5x-

Mid 300’s, 7-8x-

1,280 yards, 12x-

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That second video is great. Which scope is that?

 

[SDHNTR]

For reals, this reticle-

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Is obviously just as good for killing, as this-

5 yards-



35’ish yards 5x-

Mid 300’s, 7-8x-

1,280 yards, 12x-

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Utter fail. So why did they give you a prototype and ask for your input if it was apparently completely ignored?

 

[SDHNTR]

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Ok. That's fair.

You buy them. I won't. At this point the Maven RS1.2 with the moa-2 reticle checks more boxes than anything NF makes, and Trijicon makes numerous scopes in the under-$1200 range that checks all the same boxes and also misses the reticle box. If I'm going to spend $1800+ and live with a reticle I don't like, I'll go with S&B.

Also, if Minox put their 'good' reticle in their 3-12 or 3-15 and it was reliable, that would absolutely be an option.

NF just doesn't bring anything to the table here that I value that I can't get elsewhere for less.

I found the Maven 1.2 moa reticle mostly worthless. Nearly invisible at low power. The NF SHV 4-14 with MOAR is way more usable. Not ideal, but head and shoulders above the Maven, imo.

I’m with you on the Minox. I have no use for a 5-25, but a 3-15 with a good reticle I can get down with.

 

[Castle Rock]

You're proving my point. If you have an optimized reticle, you rarely need illumination during legal hunting hours. And let's be honest, more often than not, hunters forget to turn it on, the battery is dead, or the illumination bleeds the animal/target out. So let's just start with a better hunting reticle.

This just has to be repeated.

 

[Dobermann]

It’s solid.
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And without the honkey 'donut of death' is likely better than 90% of what else is out there - @sndmn11, @BAKPAKR, @Macintosh, @Chris in TN.

The LRTS did away with the donut, but the thicker crosshairs became lots of verticle lines/stadia placed close together. I still have one for another application, but those lines are not as useful for hunting as the LRHS were. If only Bushnell had combined the best of both reticle, retained the 3-12, and not lost their key people who drove their reliability shift, they could have held a larger section of the market for far longer.

 

[SDHNTR]

Do nightforce and the like just assume illumination fixes all of that? Is that their logic?

I don’t think they’ve even given it any thought. And while it sucks, and it shouldn’t be a necessary solution, turning the light on does work, and it’s a trade off I’ve reluctantly resigned myself to accept.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I don’t think they’ve even given it any thought. And while it sucks, and it shouldn’t be a necessary solution, turning the light on does work, and it’s a trade off I’ve reluctantly resigned myself to accept.

I just hate having to rely on electronics. I hunted with a red dot on a revolver this year, and I pretty much hated every minute of it…

 

[streamerfish]

Yes. That is what they look like in person on low power.




Yep.




Sub 100yards and approx. 150 yards; 3x for both.




Oh it’s so much worse in the woods than they are in the store.

Yeah...so i looked. Couldn't see much of anything under 8x power even in the store unless I was looking at basically a white background. Even then, didn't seem very good at lower mag power.

Now, they didnt have batteries in them, so no idea how they look illuminated.

Otherwise seem like really nice scopes, but I can't see using them hunting personally.

I bet they are pretty sweet target scopes though.

 

[SDHNTR]

I just hate having to rely on electronics. I hunted with a red dot on a revolver this year, and I pretty much hated every minute of it…

I don’t like it either. But I don’t like a completely unusable reticle even more.