Rifle Scopes Vortex Razor Gen 2 verses Nightforce NXS 8-32 MOAR T zero stop

[dreever]

I'm up in the air about this so asking for opinions.

 

[Rob01]

One is FFP and one is SFP. Figure which you want first and then look for the scope.

 

[schlaiek]

Other than weight or the desire to have a second focal plane scope I don’t see why you’d choose this nightforce over the razor.

let me add a bit. there is nothing wrong with the Nightforce NSXs and if you can get one at a screaming deal then go for it. technology has simply moved past the NSX lineup imo. with a MSRP over $2000 you can get a lot more features from other manufacturers that might not have the width of Nightforce's history, but have proven themselves in the past decade as first or at least second tier operations.

if you are set on going with a nightforce, and there is no reason not to, the SHV F1 scopes are a great value and the ATARC lineup is considered by many to be world class, only eclipsed by optics costing much more. if you want a SFP nightforce for f-class, take a look at the competition model - it's basically the same MSRP as the NSX 8-32.

 

[dreever]

One is FFP and one is SFP. Figure which you want first and then look for the scope.

i think I'll stick with SFP since my old eyes have a problem with seeing the reticle on FFP scopes at the lower powers. So that eliminates the Razor.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[schlaiek]

what type of shooting are you looking to do? knowing that will garner you more input.

 

[Rob01]

i think I'll stick with SFP since my old eyes have a problem with seeing the reticle on FFP scopes at the lower powers. So that eliminates the Razor.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

All well and good but you have to realize if you buy a 4.5-27x scope to use it on 4.5x then you chose the wrong scope. Need to figure the most used power you will be using and for what it will be used. I am rarely below 8x in my 4.5-27s and you can see the reticle hashmarks and use it fine there and the whole reticle as an aiming point down to 4.5x. Also with a SFP you won't be using the reticle for holds at the lower powers anyways as the reticle won't subtend correctly.

So what is the end use?

 

[dreever]

I'm looking for a scope my son and I can use on a dual purpose rifle. He's young (21) and wants to start shooting PRS. I'm old (real old 70!) and do most of my shooting in bench steel and ground hog matches out to 800 yards or so. Our 6.5 Creedmoor rifle is a custom on a AI 1.5 chassis.
I realize the FFP would be better for the PRS side of things and the SFP would be better for me since PRS is more of a young mans game.
I really don't want the hassle and cost of switching two scopes and rings back and forth even though I could using Seekins rings on the Badger rail that's on the rifle.

 

[Rob01]

If he will be shooting PRS than a FFP is basically a must have. For what you are doing the FFP won't hurt either. You won't be on 4.5x for any of that or even down low at all. You will be on the higher powers and have no issues seeing the reticle. You both would be better off with the FFP.

 

[flatland1]

I bought my first ffp scope in late 2013, after screwing around during PRS-type with a few of the sfp scopes I'd owned for years. It hadn't taken long to realize that a ffp scope would be a lot less hassle when shooting movers & using the reticle for ranging, but it took longer to decide which scope to buy. However, once I got used to mil vs moa, and how much it helped being able to use the reticle for making corrections (when I could see the impact of my misses), I started buying nothing but ffp scopes, and now have more of them than sfp optics. It only takes a few shots with one of the few remaining sfp scopes to remind me why I switched, and how much better off I am with ffp optics. That, and the memory of losing track of my 100yd zero on a couple of scopes w/o zero stops, and I seriously doubt I'll ever buy another sfp scope.