Nightforce's long awaited 5-25x FFP tactical scope made it's appearance at this years Shot Show. It has many of the features found on newer high-end tactical scopes such as an illuminated reticle, zero stop, locking turrets, in addition to a few new features.
The one unique and noticeable feature on the elevation turret is the 0.1 mil lever. The elevation turret on this scope is 0.2 mils per click. This is done in order to provide 20 mils of elevation travel per rotation in order to be able to dial out to extreme distances more rapidly. Engaging the 0.1 mil lever simply adds a +0.1 mil offset to the value shown on the turret. Another way to look at it is: if the lever not engaged, the clicks will be even (0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, etc..), but if it is engaged, they will be odd (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, etc...).
The turret also has a locking feature. To engage it, you push it down and turn it CCW. To release it, you push it down and turn CW. I found it somewhat cumbersome to use and even the sales rep. sometimes struggled to engage and disengage it. Zeroing is done using a hex key, similar to how it is done on the NXS series.
The windage turret is in 0.1 mil clicks and the lock on it is far easier to use. The turret is by default locked, and to move it you just need to push on the red button while you turn.
The reticle illumination functions much like the illumination on the Leupold VX-R scopes. You press the button on the side of the parallax dial once to turn it on and then a number of times to increase the intensity. Holding the button for 3 sec. causes the color to change from red to green or vice-versa.
Changing magnification causes the entire eyepiece to turn.
MSRP is $3400
Update:
Well, I went by the booth again today (2 days after OP) and none of the turret locks on any of the B.E.A.S.T. scopes work anymore. They didn't on the B.E.A.S.T. scopes that were on AI's rifles either. So, I walked over to Leupold and S&B's booths to see how thier locking turrets were holding up and none of them seem to be broken.
The one unique and noticeable feature on the elevation turret is the 0.1 mil lever. The elevation turret on this scope is 0.2 mils per click. This is done in order to provide 20 mils of elevation travel per rotation in order to be able to dial out to extreme distances more rapidly. Engaging the 0.1 mil lever simply adds a +0.1 mil offset to the value shown on the turret. Another way to look at it is: if the lever not engaged, the clicks will be even (0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, etc..), but if it is engaged, they will be odd (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, etc...).
The turret also has a locking feature. To engage it, you push it down and turn it CCW. To release it, you push it down and turn CW. I found it somewhat cumbersome to use and even the sales rep. sometimes struggled to engage and disengage it. Zeroing is done using a hex key, similar to how it is done on the NXS series.
The windage turret is in 0.1 mil clicks and the lock on it is far easier to use. The turret is by default locked, and to move it you just need to push on the red button while you turn.
The reticle illumination functions much like the illumination on the Leupold VX-R scopes. You press the button on the side of the parallax dial once to turn it on and then a number of times to increase the intensity. Holding the button for 3 sec. causes the color to change from red to green or vice-versa.
Changing magnification causes the entire eyepiece to turn.
MSRP is $3400
Update:
Well, I went by the booth again today (2 days after OP) and none of the turret locks on any of the B.E.A.S.T. scopes work anymore. They didn't on the B.E.A.S.T. scopes that were on AI's rifles either. So, I walked over to Leupold and S&B's booths to see how thier locking turrets were holding up and none of them seem to be broken.
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