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Rifle Scopes 2.5-20x50 NX8 or 4-16x42 ATACR for 18” DMR

The reticle features won’t be useful below ~5x, no. But even if you only use them above 8x, you have all of 8-20x where you can use those features.
I guess this is where intended usage has to be considered. There are many instances where the user would not want to forfeit the FOV, larger exit pupil and brightness of the lower range.


Now, for SFP with the NX8 2.5-20, it will be MUCH more usable below 5x. BUT, there would be a lot of magnification range where you’d need to dial instead of using the reticle for drops. Personally, I wouldn’t want to be forced to stay at 20x in order to use the drops. It is not a usable magnification, particularly with how small the exit pupil is on that optic.
That's kinda my point.
It is sub-optimal on the high end and neutered on the low end.

You are getting a lot of compromises by going to a 1:8 ratio variable in the first place. Now you are giving away any benefit of FFP in the lower mags while getting an eye relief and exit pupil size that is not very user friendly on the higher mags.

That's an expensive optic to simply compromise on both ends of the mag range.


I suppose on the SFP version, it could be run at 10x, and then just double the mil values on the reticle in your head. But I’d rather have the reticle “on” at 10x. But then how do you ensure you’re actually at 10x when you have the magnification turned to what is labeled 10x.
Nobody is going to do that when in a hurry or under stress.
Not only will they likely forget to split the numbers, they would have to have the forethought to get the mag ring exactly on 10X to be accurate.

Verifying that 10X is accurately doubling the values would be easy to confirm on a fixed/known distance range against a known size object.
Something like this grid that I have been using in Basic classes will quickly verify.

Mil Grid.jpg


Ultimately, if NF put the FC-DMx reticle into the 2.5-20 NX8, that would be fantastic. It would be very usable across the entire range.
Agreed.
That would be a nice option for those insisting on an NX8.

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