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50 or 56mm Nightforce
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 167914" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>What is your intended use and which features to you prefer?</p><p></p><p>Are you planning on shooting very long range in really low light?</p><p></p><p>Do you carry the rifle, hunt in thick stuff? </p><p></p><p>Do you care about the size/weight at all?</p><p></p><p>Do you prefer FFP or SFP?</p><p></p><p>Are you in a big hurry to get it?</p><p></p><p>Many different features that could sway you one way or the other--not because one thing is better than the other but you just may want something more. </p><p></p><p>For example if you want FFP, IOR is the only choice--for now, at least, I've heard rumors Nightforce is working on it. That's probably the biggest one.</p><p></p><p>There's a pretty big size difference between the 3-18 and a 5.5-22X56. This may matter to you or it may not. I guess if it mattered much to you you probably wouldn't be considering both.</p><p></p><p>If you plan to use the reticle mostly you may not care, but I mostly click elevation and really like being able to get to 1300-1400 yds on a single turn of the knob.</p><p></p><p>Nightforce has one hell of a reputation for toughness. Not that IOR's rep is bad, but I'd say not as good yet.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to me it's about getting the features you want. I think Nightforce scopes are absolutely wonderful. But I just really want FFP for many reasons which means they weren't in the running for me (when spending that much money). I'm just happy we have such choices now in this price range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 167914, member: 319"] What is your intended use and which features to you prefer? Are you planning on shooting very long range in really low light? Do you carry the rifle, hunt in thick stuff? Do you care about the size/weight at all? Do you prefer FFP or SFP? Are you in a big hurry to get it? Many different features that could sway you one way or the other--not because one thing is better than the other but you just may want something more. For example if you want FFP, IOR is the only choice--for now, at least, I've heard rumors Nightforce is working on it. That's probably the biggest one. There's a pretty big size difference between the 3-18 and a 5.5-22X56. This may matter to you or it may not. I guess if it mattered much to you you probably wouldn't be considering both. If you plan to use the reticle mostly you may not care, but I mostly click elevation and really like being able to get to 1300-1400 yds on a single turn of the knob. Nightforce has one hell of a reputation for toughness. Not that IOR's rep is bad, but I'd say not as good yet. Anyway, to me it's about getting the features you want. I think Nightforce scopes are absolutely wonderful. But I just really want FFP for many reasons which means they weren't in the running for me (when spending that much money). I'm just happy we have such choices now in this price range. [/QUOTE]
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