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So fellow dudes, I have a question due to my limited experience with the specific model I am about to inquire on:
If you could snag a 7-35 ATACR for $2,530ish, what would be the best competitive option in that price range? Or should I jump on it. It is NIB.
I am a hobbiest. This is probably NOT going on my AT-X (I have a Razor Gen 3 on there...and you can quit "ewww"ing already). My only experience with the German stuff is a 5-25 S&B PMII that I had on loan for several months, and it is fantastic compared to everything made 10 years ago...but not so much now IMO.
What else should I expect looking at in this range?
Thanks.
If you could snag a 7-35 ATACR for $2,530ish, what would be the best competitive option in that price range? Or should I jump on it. It is NIB.
I am a hobbiest. This is probably NOT going on my AT-X (I have a Razor Gen 3 on there...and you can quit "ewww"ing already). My only experience with the German stuff is a 5-25 S&B PMII that I had on loan for several months, and it is fantastic compared to everything made 10 years ago...but not so much now IMO.
What else should I expect looking at in this range?
Thanks.
Get that 735 that’s a deal. Hopefully mil xt
Or spend a lot more and don’t compromise
I have several SB 5-25s, a SB 6-36, and 7-35 ATACR. I think the SBs have a little edge in image quality, and I like the turrets a little better, but the 7-35 really holds its own pretty well. I have no intention of ever selling it. That’s a great price IF it has the reticle you want. If not, pass on it. A “great deal” is never worth living with a reticle you don’t like.
Edit: agree with @BurtG on the Mil-XT, but that’s a personal preference for me
I’d take a Vortex before a shit and bender.
Had a 545 and 525. Both awful and other people looked through them and agreed. Add in the failures that people have.
No way
I agree on the 545 colossal failure. The 525s and 520us I have are nothing short of phenomenal glass.
@diggler1833 that is a great price for a 735. The 735 NF has the best glass of all the atcr line...probably made in the same outfit doing the gen 3 razor outta Japan. Gen 3 razors would probably be the next best easy button under 2500
I knew I'd get better responses in here than in the general optics subforum. A question like that would have the monkeys throwing shit in about five minutes. 
I love mine. It sits on my AT. It has a MIL-C reticle which I also love.
NIB for $2530 is smoking...I would jump on it.
Order placed. $2,520 for the black , $2,590 for the FDE...Mil XT, 7-35. It was $2,770ish with the tax and shipping.
If you want to know where and qualify for the typical discount stuff, message me.
If you want to know where and qualify for the typical discount stuff, message me.
Yea man pretty solid scope I wish they would get rid of the rotating ocular and get some updated turrets either like SB dtii or the tangent tooless.
I've actually never played with one. I know that it is Japanese made, and my closest "guess" is that it is possibly just a hair better/worse than the new G3 Razors... with probably a little more track record of durability.
Now that Vortex upped their prices, you can get the ATACR for less. That was the selling point for me. If I hate it, I can probably recoup every dollar I invested in it.
That’s a great deal on the ATACR 7-35. I have two of them on my rifles. When I moved my SB 535 PM2 to my AI AW, I could have gotten anything I wanted and I went with a ATACR 7-35 Mil-XT because I just think it’s a great bang for the buck. I don’t think I am really giving up anything vs other scopes. For the price offered, that’s a fantastic deal for one that isn’t all beat up. I bought all of my Nightforce scopes here on the Hide through CSTactical who I think is wonderful to deal with.
The rotating ocular is a bit of a miss. Not a fan. Solid criticisms here
You’ll be happy. I have both the 7-35 Mil XT and ZCO 527. ZCO controls for the zoom (non rotating ocular) and the illumination I like a touch more.
But that’s a damn good price for the NF especially new. Not sure what the terms of the sale are but you’ll get your money back in the px here if you don’t care for it
Mil XT is my favorite reticle. I’m not sure if they make a F2 with mil XT. They have moar T and Mil C for sure. The F2 is second focal plane and $500 cheaper new than the F1 models. Just fyi when deal shopping
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I checked my Only Fans account today, and I earned another 38 cents selling photos of my leather cheerio...so this scope is a done deal.
It took a little longer, but it still happened here anyway.I knew I'd get better responses in here than in the general optics subforum. A question like that would have the monkeys throwing shit in about five minutes.
Yes, but in the AI thread the shit is "fancier".
I just be one of the few who Actually like the rotating ocular of the NF scopes. It's a bit of a pain with scope caps but I like being able to grab a handful of scope and twist.
Both of my USO FDNs have large knurled areas and I can grab a lot of the occular housing — no throw lever needed. It is nice.
-Stan
If you run the tenebraex covers it makes it almost a non issue.
If you were making adjustments on the clock especially with the bolt open you could run the bolt into the cap if not rotated out of the way quick enough
If you don’t run scope caps or a triggercam the rotating ocular is really a non issue and can be a benefit if you like the added real estate for grip
If you were making adjustments on the clock especially with the bolt open you could run the bolt into the cap if not rotated out of the way quick enough
If you don’t run scope caps or a triggercam the rotating ocular is really a non issue and can be a benefit if you like the added real estate for grip
most of my tenebraex caps can be completely removed in an instant on the ocular. so if i think its getting in the way, i do that. its really a non issue, but i dont have too many nightforces anymore.
There is a reason why it is like it is. They told me why but it was a while ago and I can't recall.
I like the rotating ocular. I use Tenebraex covers so it is a non-issue
I use the NF covers on my atacr which I think are tenebrex and I just peel off the rear before I shoot and put it back on when I'm done. My nxs I just use the bikini cover and almost prefer those even more for how I use them.
Yea money not cocaine yes totally what I was thinking too
Totally would never use it, just like the smell of it...
I have already lost two NF occular caps, 1 time hunting the other in a match. The rotating occular is (was) a pain in the ass to deal with. I will say since I got the One Hundred Concepts scope cap with the shock collar, the cap never gets in the way, and I dont mind the rotating occular now. If you have an ATACR, I highly recommend those scope caps.
Love my Aadland’s don’t think they would get in the way either. Fold flat is great
I have Aadlandss on a couple of scopes. They are great but the nice thing about the NF covers is the cap can be rotated. The Aadland doesn't offer that unless you don't tighten the retaining screw.
Ok people keep saying Tbrex covers make it a non issue like a coping mechanism here.
Try taking off those non issue covers and see how much they actually impact your view; especially running gunning. Big bulky covers, ewwwwww
Now; the only reason 90% end up with 7-35 is because NF does not have anything worth a dime in the lower range; with one exception, the 4-16x which is my favorite optic. However that does not meet the zoom range and most would agree. 5-25x atacr is a giant piece of crap.
Would i buy one at $2350.00 new; probably… Next step up is A LOT more.
Sorry to interfere the nightforce group therapy here.
Try taking off those non issue covers and see how much they actually impact your view; especially running gunning. Big bulky covers, ewwwwww
Now; the only reason 90% end up with 7-35 is because NF does not have anything worth a dime in the lower range; with one exception, the 4-16x which is my favorite optic. However that does not meet the zoom range and most would agree. 5-25x atacr is a giant piece of crap.
Would i buy one at $2350.00 new; probably… Next step up is A LOT more.
Sorry to interfere the nightforce group therapy here.
I think I'll survive with the rotating ocular. Really eager to put this against my G3 Razor for an unbiased opinion.
Here's the point where I get "boo'ed" even worse and state that I frequently use neoprene covers. Not only does it help to prevent dings on my expensive Fudd long guns sitting in the back of the safes, but they are cheap and just as easy to remove.
My "Just as guuuud" Burris XTR III and Pro keep shitting the objective cover off during recoil. Kind of a pisser. I do like the new Vortex ones though.
Here's the point where I get "boo'ed" even worse and state that I frequently use neoprene covers. Not only does it help to prevent dings on my expensive Fudd long guns sitting in the back of the safes, but they are cheap and just as easy to remove.
My "Just as guuuud" Burris XTR III and Pro keep shitting the objective cover off during recoil. Kind of a pisser. I do like the new Vortex ones though.
I can get behind the ATACR easier then the g3. The Nightforce 7-35 is better then the 5-25, but not by much. If the 7-35 is 100% the 5-25 is 97%.
The Gen3 6-36 is nice and Gen2 4.5-27 are both nice as well.
Pics since it's a AI thread.
The Gen3 6-36 is nice and Gen2 4.5-27 are both nice as well.
Pics since it's a AI thread.
Y’all know these things have switch barrel capability?
NF good.
Good NF Good.
Others bad.
Only losers no like NF.
Those who no like rotating ocular because hand too weak to turn.
Girl hands.
Fin.
-A NF Shill (me)
#NotSponsored
#Yet
#HMUNightforce
Good NF Good.
Others bad.
Only losers no like NF.
Those who no like rotating ocular because hand too weak to turn.
Girl hands.
Fin.
-A NF Shill (me)
#NotSponsored
#Yet
#HMUNightforce
zco came from ex NF ppl. So it’s like Nightforce. But without compromises
I might try a ZCO one day, but I need a couple hunting scopes next. For my shooting a Nightforce isn't going to hold me back at all.
Speaking of BurtG poking us in the eye, this dang cat/Q stock is the new R700-in-an-AICS, ain’t it?
AIAX LE, ZC 5-27, MK Machining caps, RRS tripod… Plays well together.
One step closer to spare breech/lock rings for the AT. The part # is 20261.
I just ordered 3 of them to have. It’ll be ~12 weeks it sounds like.
I just ordered 3 of them to have. It’ll be ~12 weeks it sounds like.
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