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The weird thing is I did replace the battery and it worked right away. But the next day it again wouldn't illuminate. I did double ck the battery direction and its correct. Makes me wonder if the light can short out or has a loose connection. Sent email to NF waitng for response

Yes I did think of that too and tried adjusting it in a very dark room and I couldn't get any illumination at any setting change of the set screw. I will contact NF and see what they think

Purchased new NF 5.5 x 22 x 56 and when it arrived the reticle wouldnt illuminate. I attempted to adjust the setting, but still no change. After installing a new battery the reticle lit up immediately--I assumed problem solved. The next day I mounted the scope and again pulled the knob to...

Thanks for your thoughts, this 7 stw will currently shoot 0.5 inch groups with a 168 grain bergers with 77 g Retumbo, and 0.70 inch groups with a 160 grain accubond with74 g H-1000 combinations. I dont have a chrono to ck velocity but will work on finding that out. What speed should I strive...

Thanks for response much appreciated. In your experience do you prefer the 140 g to larger grain bullets for tighter groups and long range shooting?

First time longrangehunting.com, First time thread, thanks for having me! I'm fairly new to reloading, and have been tinkering with a 7 stw and found it to like the berger 168's with retumbo, and sierra 160s with H1000. I am curious to hear about anyone elses experience reloading their 7...