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Haven't seen one word on this thread about the fine Nightforce scopes. More and more of these are showing up at IBS matches nowdays. Excellent optics coupled with amazing brightness. The weight is the only drawback to those wanting to shoot in the LV or Sporter class. (10.5 lbs.)
Probably because there's nothing bad to say about them! The only drawback as you mentioned would be the weight factor. A lot of competitors will use a single gun for LV, HV, and sporter because they find it easier to keep in tune. Tony Boyer told me that down at the 2005 Cactus when I was thinking about changing to another rifle for HV.
There are guys that have made weight with the Nightforce, but some of them are under the 5lb weight on their barrel which means they may be losing some fps by shooting a shorter barrel. The normal 5lb barrel is 20-22" long depending on blank size.
-MP
