Thread: NX8 vs VX6 vs Z5

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Recently seriously considered the NX8 when looking for a scope to put on my "do it all" rifle but there were a few things that stood out to me that I didn't like about it as a dedicated hunting rifle optic. The first thing was its size and weight, when you see it in photos etc compared to other scopes in its class it doesn't actually seem all that big or out of place but in person it's just a brute of a thing. I didn't like the strange tube setup with bugger all tube in front of the turrets which means you would be restricted to mounting it on a rail (ie: no talleys etc)
The glass was good, but not amazing. And the final thing I didn't like about it was its sharp angles ie the turrets on it, it just screamed "I'm going to get all caught up in your pack straps when you're trying to pull your rifle out in a hurry" to me. Mag range is excellent but I don't think you need 20x on a real world hunting rifle (or 50mm obj for that matter) and the build quality and robustness will be typical nightforce but with that comes the 800+ gram weight penalty it incurs. I ended up going swaro

You won't bend a nightforce like swaro can!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

You won't bend a nightforce like swaro can!

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That's interesting because literally the only scope I have seen bend was a Nightforce lol also seen one with crushed tube from rings that weren't even torqued to spec when it happened, it didn't just put a wee mark in it either it proper collapsed

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

That's interesting because literally the only scope I have seen bend was a Nightforce lol also seen one with crushed tube from rings that weren't even torqued to spec when it happened, it didn't just put a wee mark in it either it proper collapsed

Must of been a fake as buzzman has never managed to crush a nf scope and beleive me he tries!


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