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"A key priority for the folks at Nightforce is to foster the growth of shooting sports through high-quality competitive events like the Precision Rifle Series," says Nightforce Optics Director of Sales and Marketing, Gordon Myers. "It's no secret that PRS shooters frequently win matches with Nightforce on their rifles, so what better way to encourage their efforts than by backing their sport thro …

The first riflescope unveiled in the NX8 family is the new NX8 1-8x24 F1 optic. Specifically designed for short -to medium-range shooting, the compact NX8 1-8x24 F1 riflescope delivers trusted Nightforce performance to virtually any rifle platform, and boasts true 1x capability."Constructing such a small riflescope to surpass the performance of most larger scopes entails a solid commitment to inn …

One of the least understood, most abused topics in riflescopes is “light transmission.” You will find the truth quite…enlightening.It was a very large and very hungry lion, not forty meters from where we sat and sweated. I could hear meat tearing and bones breaking, and an occasional low growl as it dismantled a hapless native cow. I could see nothing, not even the outline of the acacia tree fro …

One of the great ironies of hunting is that it often seems the harder we try, the less success we have. Glassing the broad, green farmland at first light had revealed only does and a few small bucks. Ordinary mule deer were not what had brought me to western Colorado to hunt with Doyle Worbington of J&D Outfitters. Doyle had peaked my interest with reports of mule deer pushing 200 points in this v …