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Rifle Scopes Hensoldt 4-16 NH1

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Jul 15, 2007
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I got this scope from Santa, courtesy of a Eurooptic.com
Eric sold me this scope and accommodated my anal petty BS requests.
Fantastic service. This is my second Zeiss scope from them and will definitely buy again.

I mounted it on my TRG22 and went to sight it in this morning. I printed out the Finnaccuracy resolution chart but the calibration scale came out smaller, about 9.5 cm. The test took place at 0730 in the harsh morning light. It was cold so there was no mirage. My Henny perfectly resolved the #10 line on the B/W chart. But I think that better eyes would say it can resolve #11. My vision would change from clear to slightly blurry with each beat of my heart. So I could see #11 inbetween heartbeats, but not continuously. I was wearing brand new prescription glasses, btw.

I dialed in the elevation adjustment from the old Zeiss and fired a shot using a pulled 150 FMJ I found at the range previously. I loaded it over 45grs of Varget to an OAL of 2.750". It impacted 2 mils left. So I moved it 1.5 mils and fired the second shot which consisted of a pulled 165 Trophy Bonded over 44grs of Varget. That one impacted exactly 1.5 mils from POI. So I added another half a mil and fired my third shot, a pulled 168 HPBT I found on the ground using the same load. That one impacted right over the dot I was aiming at. Why all this stupid minutiae? Cuz I think it is interesting that three different random loads are able to impact so close to one another. That's all it took, 3 random shots.



That NH1 reticle is real nice. You can use the tip of the vertical crosshair to aim at the base of a small dot.

So I shot some groups. This is the 10-shot one:



I did not do a ladder test. I did not throw the scope down range. I did not drop the rifle off a building. So I can't say it is better than something else. But it worked today and I'm very happy. No buyers remorse at all.

Here are some rocks 100 yards out:



iPhone5 handheld.
 
Santa was good indeed

I've got mil-dot in my 4-16, & cannot tell you how much I WISH it was the NH 1..! (Were none available when I ordered) Awesome scopes regardless.. you'll find it hard to pick up your old ones after spending much time behind that Henny*

...should ask, is that the new model 4-16 with locking turrets already & zero stop, or still the original type? I've been wondering whether any new models have hit the ground ?? Haven't seen or heard of them circulating yet*
 
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No it's the old style. The new one has a gen2 style reticle with a zillion hash marks and I didn't like it. I wanted this one because for all these years I found it hard to aim a cross hair precisely. It is either too thick or too thin. With this one I can aim at bullet holes.
 
Very good.

I blame the Desert Monkey for putting me on the path to Hensoldt scopes (I've been accumulating NH-1's).

Have been worried about Customer Service, but EuroOptics (as announced on 01/11) is now the place to go.

After S&B and Hensoldt the rest seems like..............less......
 
Ya I'm glad Euro is taking care of the warranty after my nightmare with Zeiss early 2013.
 
Exactly.........am sure I was not the only one that wondered how your repairs would be taken care of.

And have been wondering since then if they (Hensoldt) would ever get their shit squared away so that we could rely on them for service.
 
What was wrong with the henny Poison 123

It decided it no longer wanted to track i.e. dial past about 1mil 2 stages into a 20 stage match.

The CS was a goat fuck at best and I've completely sworn off Henny(with the exception of my spotter 60) since it happen. Personally I spent about 20 mins looking at the 7k one at shotshow....anyone who buys that is insane. Glass is better on the NF Beast.