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Nightforce SHV 4-14X56 Riflescope Review
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<blockquote data-quote="777dogman" data-source="post: 1037391" data-attributes="member: 65635"><p>I purchased the SHV 4-14X56 with illuminated moar reticle from LRH and had the opportunity to compare it to one of my Leupold 4.5-14X50 with illuminated mildot reticle while hunting deer last weekend. I took two rifles with these scopes to my box blind and did the comparison under low light conditions the last fifteen minutes of legal shooting hours. We are allowed to hunt 30 minutes after sundown and that particular evening was cloudy with little ambient light available. I was spotting deer from 200 to 600 yards with my 8.5x42 Swarovsky EL binoculars and using the two scoped rifles to determine if any were shooters. The NF definitely gathered more light than the Leupold and offered a clearer image than the Leupold. I did my comparison with both scopes set on the same power of magnification. My biggest disappointment came when I illuminated the center of the crosshairs of both scopes. The NF flooded the image with too much illumination, even on the lowest setting. The Leupold allowed the image to remain clear and visible with the illumination on either the lowest or the second illumination setting. If I had seen a shooter buck I would have been forced to use the Leupold scoped rifle to take the shot, since I could not see the black crosshair against the distant body of the deer and only the Leupold allowed a low level of illumination that did not blind me. I emailed NF customer service to inquire what (if any) options I have to reduce the brightness of the illumination, but have nor received a response. VERY DISAPPOINTED!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="777dogman, post: 1037391, member: 65635"] I purchased the SHV 4-14X56 with illuminated moar reticle from LRH and had the opportunity to compare it to one of my Leupold 4.5-14X50 with illuminated mildot reticle while hunting deer last weekend. I took two rifles with these scopes to my box blind and did the comparison under low light conditions the last fifteen minutes of legal shooting hours. We are allowed to hunt 30 minutes after sundown and that particular evening was cloudy with little ambient light available. I was spotting deer from 200 to 600 yards with my 8.5x42 Swarovsky EL binoculars and using the two scoped rifles to determine if any were shooters. The NF definitely gathered more light than the Leupold and offered a clearer image than the Leupold. I did my comparison with both scopes set on the same power of magnification. My biggest disappointment came when I illuminated the center of the crosshairs of both scopes. The NF flooded the image with too much illumination, even on the lowest setting. The Leupold allowed the image to remain clear and visible with the illumination on either the lowest or the second illumination setting. If I had seen a shooter buck I would have been forced to use the Leupold scoped rifle to take the shot, since I could not see the black crosshair against the distant body of the deer and only the Leupold allowed a low level of illumination that did not blind me. I emailed NF customer service to inquire what (if any) options I have to reduce the brightness of the illumination, but have nor received a response. VERY DISAPPOINTED! [/QUOTE]
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