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Advice on hunting scopes with quality turrets
luvmystang67:
This is actually a thread I’m very interested in. Has anyone tried the SWFA scopes for hunting? They seem to be popular with people doing long range shooting, but I don’t see them brought up much for hunting applications. Maybe the FFP is just less desirable or the glass is too poor compared to other options? They’re affordable and seem to have a strong track record.
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b23:
--- Quote from: zwickeyman on April 11, 2024, 08:18:52 PM ---Right now I am torn between 2 pretty different scopes
Leica Amplus 3-18x44 with the l-4A retical. Tracks perfect, amazing glass and great reticle
Night Force NXS 3.5-15x50 MOAR. Tracks perfect, good glass and ok reticle
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When you say "ok reticle" what do you not care for that makes it just "ok"? All of my NF have either a NP-R1, NP-R2, MOAR, or MOAR-T. The very first NF I ever bought was a NXS 3.5-15x50 w/NP-R1 reticle. Coming from mostly scopes with either a single target dot or duplex the NF reticle at first glance seemed busy as hell and all cluttered up. Honestly, I thought oh crap I've made a big mistake buying this kind of scope and it's going to be a real problem for me as a hunting scope. I couldn't have been more wrong about that because in no time at all I didn't even notice all the extra in the reticle and instead came to love all that extra and quickly found out it made my holdover shooting so much better because I now had reference marks instead of just guessing at them. Then there is the whole consistent reliable tracking every time all the time with NF scopes but that's already been stated plenty so there's not much reason to get in to that again, just know, it's real and once you start using one and dialing with it up and down over and over and having the confidence it tracks properly and always returns to zero is huge.
I don't know if all the extra in a MOAR reticle is causing your concern but if it is, don't let it be. If you're coming from mostly or only using a duplex reticle to something like a MOAR reticle you will get used to it very quickly and before you know it you won't even notice it and you'll be looking right through it as if it wasn't even there.
Antlershed:
--- Quote from: zwickeyman on April 07, 2024, 04:19:23 PM ---Thanks for all the input guys
How would you compare the glass on the SHV vs VX5?
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I went from a VX-5, to a Zeiss V4, to a NF SHV F-1, to now an NX8. I’d say the glass between a VX-5 and SHV are comparable. If it’s in your budget, just go straight to the NX8. If it’s not, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a SHV again.
zwickeyman:
--- Quote from: b23 on April 12, 2024, 09:39:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: zwickeyman on April 11, 2024, 08:18:52 PM ---Right now I am torn between 2 pretty different scopes
Leica Amplus 3-18x44 with the l-4A retical. Tracks perfect, amazing glass and great reticle
Night Force NXS 3.5-15x50 MOAR. Tracks perfect, good glass and ok reticle
--- End quote ---
When you say "ok reticle" what do you not care for that makes it just "ok"? All of my NF have either a NP-R1, NP-R2, MOAR, or MOAR-T. The very first NF I ever bought was a NXS 3.5-15x50 w/NP-R1 reticle. Coming from mostly scopes with either a single target dot or duplex the NF reticle at first glance seemed busy as hell and all cluttered up. Honestly, I thought oh crap I've made a big mistake buying this kind of scope and it's going to be a real problem for me as a hunting scope. I couldn't have been more wrong about that because in no time at all I didn't even notice all the extra in the reticle and instead came to love all that extra and quickly found out it made my holdover shooting so much better because I now had reference marks instead of just guessing at them. Then there is the whole consistent reliable tracking every time all the time with NF scopes but that's already been stated plenty so there's not much reason to get in to that again, just know, it's real and once you start using one and dialing with it up and down over and over and having the confidence it tracks properly and always returns to zero is huge.
I don't know if all the extra in a MOAR reticle is causing your concern but if it is, don't let it be. If you're coming from mostly or only using a duplex reticle to something like a MOAR reticle you will get used to it very quickly and before you know it you won't even notice it and you'll be looking right through it as if it wasn't even there.
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You nailed it exactly. Ill put more thought into how it worked out for you
Thanks
zwickeyman:
--- Quote from: Antlershed on April 12, 2024, 10:00:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: zwickeyman on April 07, 2024, 04:19:23 PM ---Thanks for all the input guys
How would you compare the glass on the SHV vs VX5?
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I went from a VX-5, to a Zeiss V4, to a NF SHV F-1, to now an NX8. I’d say the glass between a VX-5 and SHV are comparable. If it’s in your budget, just go straight to the NX8. If it’s not, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a SHV again.
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I think the same thing on glass between the VX5 and SHV and if those 2 were my 2 options I would definately go with the SHV
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