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Picture of my Huskemaw scope
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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 291517" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>bookworm</p><p></p><p>A couple of months ago, Ernie Bishop and I were hunting coyotes in WY. Near the end of one day, we compared the the glass of the Huskemaw and a Nightforce (and a couple of others). We could see no <u>practical</u> difference between the H and the NF starting at 45 minutes before dark and going right up to oh-dark-thirty. I am not saying there is definitely NO difference, I am saying IF there is a difference we could not tell it in normal hunting conditions without using laboratory testing equipment. Remember, neither of us is a trained optics professional. </p><p></p><p>Nightforce builds a fabulous scope. I love mine. I have killed lots of stuff at long range with a Nightforce NXS scope.</p><p></p><p>One personal conclusion that I reached that day is that the glass available today in the better scopes is so good that after a while for hunters it becomes almost academic as to which is the best. It's a little like asking top shooters which of the barrel makers is their preferred one. If you look at the rifle competition results, all of the better barrel makers are represented and there is no absolute consensus among the top 10% of winning competitors. And there is a 25% price difference between the most expensive and least expensive barrels.</p><p></p><p>So then with scopes it comes down to rugged reliability, reticle repeatability, other hunter/shooter features...and price. I have done the reticle box test numerous times, Huskemaw tells me they have had a very low rate of warranty returns. It looks to be quite rugged and I love the hunter/shooter features.</p><p></p><p>A Nightforce NXS with Zero Stop (which Huskemaw has) costs quite a bit more than a Huskemaw</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 291517, member: 1"] bookworm A couple of months ago, Ernie Bishop and I were hunting coyotes in WY. Near the end of one day, we compared the the glass of the Huskemaw and a Nightforce (and a couple of others). We could see no [U]practical[/U] difference between the H and the NF starting at 45 minutes before dark and going right up to oh-dark-thirty. I am not saying there is definitely NO difference, I am saying IF there is a difference we could not tell it in normal hunting conditions without using laboratory testing equipment. Remember, neither of us is a trained optics professional. Nightforce builds a fabulous scope. I love mine. I have killed lots of stuff at long range with a Nightforce NXS scope. One personal conclusion that I reached that day is that the glass available today in the better scopes is so good that after a while for hunters it becomes almost academic as to which is the best. It's a little like asking top shooters which of the barrel makers is their preferred one. If you look at the rifle competition results, all of the better barrel makers are represented and there is no absolute consensus among the top 10% of winning competitors. And there is a 25% price difference between the most expensive and least expensive barrels. So then with scopes it comes down to rugged reliability, reticle repeatability, other hunter/shooter features...and price. I have done the reticle box test numerous times, Huskemaw tells me they have had a very low rate of warranty returns. It looks to be quite rugged and I love the hunter/shooter features. A Nightforce NXS with Zero Stop (which Huskemaw has) costs quite a bit more than a Huskemaw [/QUOTE]
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