Rifle Scopes Dumb question about Nightforce reticle?

[regency]

I bought a used older nightforce MOA/MOA w/ NPR2 reticle, I've searched around and maybe I am not putting in the right key words.

What power does the scope need to be on to properly use the reticle hash marks for bullet drop? It is a second focal plane, right?

 

[secondofangle]

I bought a used older nightforce MOA/MOA w/ NPR2 reticle, I've searched around and maybe I am not putting in the right key words.

What power does the scope need to be on to properly use the reticle hash marks for bullet drop? It is a second focal plane, right?

Those scopes range at half power. There's a dot on the magnification ring to indicate where 11.5 power is.

Some of the new ones (eg C432 MOAR) range at full power.

 

[Pfiddy]

If you are asking how to use your reticle to find the range for a target of known size, then you need to have your scope on max magnification unless you have a scope that goes past 22x. Then use the 22x magnification. Once you have your range, do your math from there. Is that what you were asking?

 

[nfoley]

You are correct - it is a second focal plane scope. If you are at max power each hash mark represents 2 moa on the vertical axis.
I have not heard that older scopes with NPR2 reticles range at the half power mark.

 

[secondofangle]

Well, I just checked and I can't figure out why I thought that or how I was wrong about it, but I was. It is true that the higher magnification NXS and BR scopes range at 22x not their highest power. SEE: http://nightforceoptics.com/pdf/ReticleManual.pdf

 

[ZiaHunter]

The NXS 3.5-15x50 and 5.5-22x50 range at max magnification. The 5.5-22 will have a mark at 11x as well. Best to check on a target at 100 yards with a target that has an MOA grid if you are not sure.

 

[RobertB]

Which scope is it?