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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1221768" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>When I compared my Nightforce 12-42X56 with my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 side by side looking at pine needles and twigs about 150 yards away I couldn't tell any difference. Then I purchased a Swarovski z5 5-25X52. At that time I made a line "chart" with about 1/4" lines and spaces. There is a world of difference in the lines and the twigs. Since the Nightforce glass is so much better I had to go over 500 yards before I had to move the magnification off 12X. At 521 yards the Swarovski was on 16 1/2X, the Bushnell was on 15 1/2X and the Nightforce was on 12 1/4X.</p><p></p><p>I returned the Swarovski for a refund and purchased another. It was not as good as the first and the same with the third one. The forth was about the same as the first one so I kept it because it is four ounces lighter than the Bushnell. I bought a Leupold VX-6 4-24X52 and discovered it was about the same as the Bushnell which made it barely better than the Swarovski. But it weighs more than the Bushnell so I sold it.</p><p></p><p>For low light testing I set some antlers in the woods about 131 yards away. When I could not longer distinguish them well enough to fire if they were attached to a deer I called the time. All though the Nightforce blew them all away for low light performance, the other three were about the same and very good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1221768, member: 70559"] When I compared my Nightforce 12-42X56 with my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 side by side looking at pine needles and twigs about 150 yards away I couldn't tell any difference. Then I purchased a Swarovski z5 5-25X52. At that time I made a line "chart" with about 1/4" lines and spaces. There is a world of difference in the lines and the twigs. Since the Nightforce glass is so much better I had to go over 500 yards before I had to move the magnification off 12X. At 521 yards the Swarovski was on 16 1/2X, the Bushnell was on 15 1/2X and the Nightforce was on 12 1/4X. I returned the Swarovski for a refund and purchased another. It was not as good as the first and the same with the third one. The forth was about the same as the first one so I kept it because it is four ounces lighter than the Bushnell. I bought a Leupold VX-6 4-24X52 and discovered it was about the same as the Bushnell which made it barely better than the Swarovski. But it weighs more than the Bushnell so I sold it. For low light testing I set some antlers in the woods about 131 yards away. When I could not longer distinguish them well enough to fire if they were attached to a deer I called the time. All though the Nightforce blew them all away for low light performance, the other three were about the same and very good. [/QUOTE]
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