Re: Night Force NSX vs Vortex Razor
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LibertyOptics</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
rksimple,
Killing me man, but your feedback is welcome.
Scott </div></div>
Lol. I know it Scott. I wanted one bad...thought it was going to be my end all. But the reticle is poorly executed IMO. Its almost there, but the little dots for holdoffs are useless. Especially when you're using it in a dynamic multiple target/multiple distance scenario. They're just too small. The numbers on the reticle as you go down are too far off to the side to be seen quickly unless you are prone and have time. In an unupported position, trying to hold the damn rifle still, while trying to identify targets, holdover, beat the timer, etc, the numbers need to be right next to the hash mark a la Gen II XR. For that reason alone, I'd be more likely to go with the EBR1 reticle when it comes in that scope. The reticle is a bit thick for my tastes. I loved the thickness of my P4 Fine at .04 mils (except for the 4 months I didn't have it while it was in Germany getting fixed
). It was just right for competition and not too fine to lose it while hunting in low light (which is my main complaint of all the NF reticles).
The trashcan elevation knob was OK, clicks felt decent, and the zero stop was pretty solid. At 15-20x, the eye box was a little small. Correct eye relief and position was critical to not get shadowing. Not too big of a deal as I rarely shoot past 15x, but it was a little annoying. Granted, it may not make a huge difference as when one is shooting at high mag, mostly they are prone and steady. In positional work, typically I have the mag turned down to 8-12x, and the eye relief is more forgiving.
Really, I think it was a decent scope, but I've had enough of getting in on the ground floor with new scopes just to have them all go tits up on me...in the middle of out-of-state multiple day matches...no bueno. I'll give the Razor another year or two of people beating them up. See what kind of changes the company makes with the scope after some feedback. Then I just may buy one. With a nice reliability track record, a couple tweaks here and there, the 2k price tag will be well worth it, IMHO.
Now don't get me started on the PST's....
