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    If your ever in Auckland your welcome to have a look through my sightrons. 6-24x50 and 8-32x56. I personally think they are fantastic scopes, and for $1200 hard to beat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nibblet View Post
    If your ever in Auckland your welcome to have a look through my sightrons. 6-24x50 and 8-32x56. I personally think they are fantastic scopes, and for $1200 hard to beat.
    Will pm you I feel a road trip to do so is on the cards Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nibblet View Post
    If your ever in Auckland your welcome to have a look through my sightrons. 6-24x50 and 8-32x56. I personally think they are fantastic scopes, and for $1200 hard to beat.
    Is that the domestic price?

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    Na, when I got mine TBR was the only domestic retailer. Imported both. One from opticzone about a year ago and the other from 4scopes a few months back.

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    If only i could figure out how to post the picture of the nightforce scope with bullethole through it that still worked

    Hmmm probably not going to find many bambi's with AK47's shooting back though so the Sightron may do at a pinch
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    Get a SWFA they beat both sightron and nightforce optically + they are built like a tank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LJP View Post
    If only i could figure out how to post the picture of the nightforce scope with bullethole through it that still worked

    Hmmm probably not going to find many bambi's with AK47's shooting back though so the Sightron may do at a pinch
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    Try that with your Sightron
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    A Tasco would probably take that hit too (with good mounts). Thinner tube so less resistance. The hit is directly against the rear mount so that would minimize shock to the reticle and mechanics. All it would do is let the gas out? Just saying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    Get a SWFA they beat both sightron and nightforce optically + they are built like a tank.
    I bought your SWFA
    Its a nice scope but I don't feel its optically better than any of my nightforce scopes but for the price they are great
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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
    Try that with your Sightron
    Thats gud to no if there other hunter misses ya blaze beanie and hits ya N/F - lest ya can finnish that hunt in the next morning Great worth the money aye.lol
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    Nightforce gives you a lot more reticle choices. Its a pity the Sightron SIII Mildot reticle doesn't have 1/2 mil graduations like the Nightforce MLR. For the money the Sightron SIII with exposed turrets are pretty good but to my eyes I prefer my Nightforce. The overall build quality and "feel" is better on the Nightforce (and so it should be for what they cost). I've got a NSX 5.5-22x56 MLR and a Sightron SIII 8-32x56 Mildot/Mil. The sightron is slightly lighter. If I was after another long range targety scope I wouldn't go for a 8-32 Sightron. Where I shoot the mirage doesn't allow the use of much over 25x so would have been better with a 6-24. Due to the reticle choice I'd go with a 2nd hand Nightforce as I prefer Mil's.

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    If Sightron was a better scope than Nightforce you would still have a bunch of people swearing black and blue that the NF was "hands down better" and "no comparison". It's so they can justify to themselves that the extra money was worth it.

    The next lot of FFP sightrons have the mildot with 1/2 hash reticle. If only they done a zero stop.

    I wanted a setup that would do the job well everytime for as little money as possible, so I bought a Savage and put a Sightron 6-24x on it. From the little experience I've had with NF I don't think they are twice as good as a Sightron, I couldn't justify spending the extra money on such little improvement.

    However if the Sightron wasn't available then I would have bought a NF and it would have been justified to me. NF are great scopes but as for value compared to Sightron, no way.

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    Its a pity the Sightron SIII Mildot reticle doesn't have 1/2 mil graduations
    Thats the one dislike of my scopes. Half mil dashes would make ranging and adjustments so much more accurate.

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    Id like a S111 if anyone has an off cast

 

 

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