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Pm'ed youFor what?
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See, I am thinking I need to buy another one to make it 15...I'd take one to get you down to Taylor's favorite #
Just what LRH friends do...
I would go Nightforce NX8 over any scope out there. It's bomb-proof and the turrets are guaranteed to always get you back to zero. I could seriously throw my rifles off of a cliff and would be 100 percent confident that they are still zeroed. The glass is amazing, I like the dot in the center for target shooting, and the green/red illumination is awesome for low light hunts. I have quite a few of them and plan on buying more. It's Nightforce or nothing for me. ATACRs are a good option too but I prefer the 2.5-20 zoom and the 4-32 zoom of the NX8s
I think it's a safe bet that the truth is somewhere in the middle! I don't pound nails with my scopes but I've also never had any of my good ones move from "normal" use and abuse. I don't even own any NF. Just lowly old Leupolds, Zeiss, and Steiner. I must just be lucky….We have some saying that a simple car ride screws up their scope, and then another who can throw his off a cliff and its still perfect.
I want to go with both sound like they are made up.
You'd throw it off a cliff: how far to the bottom and what's at the bottom: sand, rocks a grove of old growth pines?I would go Nightforce NX8 over any scope out there. It's bomb-proof and the turrets are guaranteed to always get you back to zero. I could seriously throw my rifles off of a cliff and would be 100 percent confident that they are still zeroed. The glass is amazing, I like the dot in the center for target shooting, and the green/red illumination is awesome for low light hunts. I have quite a few of them and plan on buying more. It's Nightforce or nothing for me. ATACRs are a good option too but I prefer the 2.5-20 zoom and the 4-32 zoom of the NX8s
If you want the top quality glass of NF without 2 extra lbs, try Swarovski
This is truly a joke. I had four z5 5-25X52 ($1500) and one Nightforce 12-42X56 ($1400). The glass is not even close to the Nightforce. Here's an example. At 521 yards the Swarovski needed16 ½X to show the same detail as the Nightforce on12X.
We have some saying that a simple car ride screws up their scope, and then another who can throw his off a cliff and its still perfect.
I want to go with both sound like they are made up.
You'd throw it off a cliff: how far to the bottom andYou'd throw it off a cliff: how far to the bottom and what's at the bottom: sand, rocks a grove of old growth pines?
I don't care who manufactures the scope it's not bombproof - just strap a stick of Dynomite to a high-end scope and light the fuse.
The probability any scope would hold zero after a drop of a couple of hundred feet, or even 50 feet onto a bolder field is as likely as finding a unicorn or RL 26: again, doesn't matter the manufacturer.
I get a lot of people are huge NF fans, others swear by Leupold and still others have a different brand that is all they'll buy and use.
I have scopes from a myriad of manufacturers, some specific to the gun and what I am hunting with it, others because the price was too good to pass up and had a gun that needed a scope.
My opinion is there's a lot of hype but not a lot of difference when you get into the upper end scopes: they just work. The class/coatings, and build quality make them well worth the price, especially if they have a really good lifetime warranty.
I know a few folks that work in sporting goods retail (gun counter) and some that volunteer at a local rifle range. They see all kinds of issues with scopes and not surprising, NF, Leupold, Zeiss, Swaro, Leica and Meopta are ones they see the least number of issues with and/or being returned for warranty work.
If NF works for you, buy it. If it's another brand that you've had good luck with, buy that.
I have my dad's custom Mauser action in 270 Winchester built in the 60s still wearing the original Leupold 3-9 scope on it. the class is still good, and the cross hairs still move accurately when the dials are turned. That hasn't made me a diehard Leupold fan, but it is one of the first scopes I'll look at when considering a new
LOL! Yes, I understand what you are getting at: I'd put my Leupold, Zeiss.... against any scope out there as well.Come on...I hope you realize when people call something "bomb-proof" they don't actually mean you can tape dynamite to it lol. I wouldn't actually throw my rifle off a cliff either, I'm saying I have been through hell and back (again, this doesn't mean I actually went to hell) and my scopes have never lost zero. I even flipped my 4 wheeler backwards on a butte in South Dakota, watched it roll down, with the gun flipping off the back about half way down, beat the crap out of the 4 wheeler to the point I couldn't use it but rifle/scope were still zeroed and the hunt continued. In no way do I baby my gear but that's also because I know my scopes can handle it. They have proven it time and time again. I would put NF durability against any scope out there