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Wait, wasn't that supposed to be the NX8?
I am a big fan of the 2.5-10x32 and like the NX8 a lot. It is much better, Just about perfect for clip on sights. I would like to try the ATACRMaybe the second focal plain scope will have a better FOV and better eyebox, as it is now, it is just not for me. Kind of like the old NXS 2.5-10 x 24 compact riflescope, for me, it is to much sacrifice just to get 8x and a small footprint.
I doubt it’s the sticker, it would have to be pretty thick to create that big of a difference. However I would just take it off. It’s kind of like leaving the designer tag on the sleeve of a new suit.Dialed my atacr 1-8 to 5 mil today. Moved back down to 1x and noticed how terrible the image was. Then I remembered I read I think somewhere in this thread that the 1x image degrades as you dial up. I dialed all the way down to zero and the image went back to perfect. I’m posting this because on both rifles that share this optic, they both require to be dialed to 2 mil and 3 mil in order to be properly zeroed. Because of that, the image isn’t as good as it could be at 1x. I feel like that’s a lot. 20-30 clicks of elevation to get zeroed. I do have the sticker still on. Dumb question maybe, but is it possible the sticker is causing that? One upper is a build, but the other is a KAC Mod 2. My lmt mrp which had also been zeroed with it only requires 0.7 mil adjustment to be properly zeroed. Anyone else run into this?
Dialed my atacr 1-8 to 5 mil today. Moved back down to 1x and noticed how terrible the image was. Then I remembered I read I think somewhere in this thread that the 1x image degrades as you dial up. I dialed all the way down to zero and the image went back to perfect.
ETA: In regard to your zeroing adjustment - the ATACR 1-8 on an LMT MWS with a 2.625" height over bore required 4.6 MIls of elevation for a 36yd zero.
Just as an FYI to your image quality issues, I sent my ATACR 1-8 back to NF, as the image resolution/focus/clarity was horrible at max magnification at around 125-150 yards and anything further. Oddly, at max magnification, I was able to clearly resolve and focus images as close as 17 yards with the reticle always in focus.
I compared the image to all my other scopes, including a Kahles K16i, and none of them exhibited this same issue. (Granted aside from the Kahles and an NX8, they're all ATACRs with higher magnification and parallax adjustment.) Looking through the Kahles at 6x, I could readily read/resolve wording on a range poster at 300 yards - not so with the ATACR 1-8 at 8x.
I messed with the diopter to verify that wasn't the problem, and it did not fix the issues. (I have 20/20 vision, and have never needed to adjust the ocular from factory settings on the 5 other NF scopes that I own.)
I couldn't really extract any specific info from NF about what they did, although they did agree the clarity they would have liked to see wasn't there, but they did *something* and now that I have it back, it's perfect. Images/focus/clarity are readily resolved at the closer 125+ ranges and to infinity. (within my eye's capability of course)
There is some glue reside at the objective lense seam - so I'm *assuming* they either replaced a lense, or adjusted the fixed parallax.
I came to find an answer on this. as the mag goes up, the image quality seems to get blurry in a hurry. I messed with the diopter and have it where I consider perfect. at 300 the target (a 10" plate) is easily visible and hitable but it is NOT a crisp clear circle as when viewed through a 1/3rd the price trijicon tr26 at 8 or 12x. anybody got input?
My bet (*assumption*) is on where they have the fixed parallax set.
I do recall the person I spoke with over the phone casually mentioning something about the optic being dialed more toward the red dot side of its intended use (as in closer distances)
If that is the case, it doesn't make much sense to me, as I'd prefer the farther distances/images with this optic usage to be what is clear and sharp. I don't need such to be perfect at CQ/red dot distances, and the image at the low end of the mag range wasn't the problem anyway - of course I also wouldn't be using the high end of the mag range or the reticle at closer distances.
I could also readily see whatever I was looking at, as in your example, but nothing at the distances I mentioned were ever anywhere near clear/sharp/perfectly focused at 8x.
With the way that it is now, after having received it back from NF, the clarity and focus at the close-in distances while on max magnification are still just as good, but focusing on the target/image that close in does make the reticle go slightly out of focus - but as aforementioned, at the distances I will actually be using the reticle on 8x, the clarity/focus of both the reticle and image are perfect, and I couldn't be more pleased.
This is exactly why I held out for the S&B dual CC.
Cc mode = 7 meter parallax and everything else is 100 meters.
Seems to solve a lot of this.
in closing, adjust your diopter at something far away. it was the difference between looking through some well used safety glasses and a microscope. literal 1000% improvement.