Thread: March v Nightforce

Iv got both scopes your asking about and a 3-24x42 ffp March

The glass in the March is slightly better than the NF as far as I can tell
Eye box feel the same at = mag but gets tighter in the March up above 18
The March has a lot smaller black ring when looking through it than the NF
The size is almost the same the March is around 10mm longer in the objective bell area and a couple mm lower turrets
Turret feel is very close between them slightly bigger click to the NF which is nice but 10mil per rev vs 5mil for the NF makes March the better of the two
The zero stop on both is good but way easier to use on the March also the turrets don’t come off on the March and are zeroed with 3 set screws vs 1 on the NF
I hate how the illumination/parallax nob on both stick out so far so I got the March non illuminated with the low profile parallax nob which I’d rather have than the illumination.
Reputation of relialiablity goes to the NF but in saying that iv got another NF 2.5-10x32 that has developed a black spot on the lense and after struggling for over a year just to try get replacement turret screws for it I don’t think I’ll bother trying to get it fixed. The guy in nz that looks after March is very good to deal with and I don’t think there will be a problem sorting a scope issue

But if I was picking one the 3-24 ffp March wins
The reticle works well and the mil value is allways correct.
Dunno about price as I got the NF second hand. The non illuminated March was around $3100-$3200 new and illuminated is up around $3800 I think

I wouldn’t bother looking at other scopes if your after good mil-mil compact scope but if you don’t mind Moa then there are then there are a few others as pointed out.

I’m only up around matamata if you want to have a look through them