I have a nightforce 5.5-22x56 bought it for my 338 lapua. I had been on it for a while and I don't get to shoot the lapua a great deal. I had been running a valdata 10x on my 308. I didn't really get into this whole first focal versus second focal argument till the other day. I was going to the local match and decided that since I had a $1700 scope on a rifle i didn't shoot that much I would swap the NF from my TRG 42 to my 308, so i did and zeroed it. Now keep in mind I have been running a straight 10x. I got it zeroed and turned it back down to about 12x or so. We only shoot out to 400yds at the local match so when my turn was up I said well I'm just going to use the reticle[ npr1] for hold over. 1st shot 250yd miss second shot 250yd miss.....WTF I said well I'll dial up the 400yd shot ....HIT second 400yd HIT. Ok dialed back to 100yd zero and held over for 330 yd target...MISS you get the idea how this went. It took me a few minutes to figure out what had happened , talk about feeling like a FN dumbass. Needless to say I now fully understand the need for a FFP. The 338 and the Nightforce are now both leaving the collections. Which leads me to the real question. I'm liquidating the 338 and nightforce to fund a new scope, and use what ever money is left to start a new build. Is there any real pros or cons to the scopes on the USO and S&B level or is it all Ford and Chevy , or more appropriatly Rolls&Bently at that level of glass.
