Re: New Nightforce FFP Super Scope coming soon!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BigJimFish</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Nightforce booth was a bit of a bummer at Shot this year. I was hoping to see at least a prototype of the high power ffp scope if not the final version. All they had to show was their new MOAR reticle. Not a bad reticle, is has fine hash marks, every 1 MOA. I prefer marks every 1 MOA as it makes range estimation much finer and easier for a person accustomed to reading the finest gradation and making one additional guess digit. Remember significant figures in high school science class?
Now for some total speculation (really, I have no inside track here.) I would be very surprised to see the new scope before Q4 of 2012. If they had a final gen (same as production) prototype I would have expected them to show it and think it would have been very unwise not to. S&B, PR, USO, and even Leupold have all showed prototypes that were not even final gen. I didn't even do a Shot Show write up for Nightforce this year because there really wasn't anything to say.
Perhaps threads like this create the buzz they are looking for, but I tend to think that a thread with some actual pics of a prototype and some information would create more action. I think that SWFA defined masterful PR with the roll out of their 1-4x line. They had here and AR-15.com buzzing for months about a mil hash reticle 1-4x scope that, I suspect, is made by Light Optic. A quality product to be sure, but not an earth-shattering leap forward in rifle scope design.</div></div>
Sounds exactly like a guy not invited behind the curtain... LOL
NF has never been known to show the public any prototype scope, to include the F1 in the early stages. Forget the fact several of us have seen the scopes, because not "everyone" has, it must be buzz only.
But hey run with it, if you're interested I am open to taking a 4th Qtr bet versus the May speculation for an unveiling.
Most of you are overlooking the fact a lot changed at NF in the last few months, so those changes are just slow to trickle down. And the fact more and more of their offerings are coming online with the "Made in USA" label which also has changed the game a bit. </div></div>
When I talked with our NF sales rep at SHOT I asked him about the 'Beast' and his impressions of it. The answer was basically, "I haven't been told much about it, and they haven't even let me see it yet - half of us in the company haven't seen it, and only a handful of outsiders like Frank".
On the delivery side of things, it does seem like they're getting at least slightly better at delivering on time or faster, and I've also been told to expect the MOAR in the June/July timeframe. We'll see what happens...