I am putting togeather a new long range rig in 6.5 and was wondering if anyone can give me some advise on scope choice. I hear good things about both IOR and Nightforce but dont know where to put my $$$ Does one have a quality advantage over the other?

Thank You

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Originally posted by Rice Protein:
I am putting togeather a new long range rig in 6.5 and was wondering if anyone can give me some advise on scope choice. I hear good things about both IOR and Nightforce but dont know where to put my $$$ Does one have a quality advantage over the other?

Thank You

I've hear that the IOR's are OK. I know that the Nightforces are very good - I have 3 of them. If I were choosing between them I'd go with another Nightforce since they are well proven and I know they are excellent.
The IOR's might or might not be just as good but they aren't as well known or as proven........................DJ

+1.What dj said..........

I've got a new 6.5 coming and have been looking hard at the Zeiss Conquest 4.5x14x44 with the Rapid Z 800. Looks like about $750.00.

Got any words of wisdom about that one dj?

Woods, I've got a 4.5x14 Conquest on a particularly lovely Sako 223. I like the scope much but it would be even better with the Rapid Z reticle.
That scope in particular is one of the reasons I'm not as big a fan of Leupolds as I used to be. I was off on a job and had brought a couple rifles with me to shoot on weekends off. I spent something like a 1/2 hour one day trying to get the Leupold (a Vari-x III) to focus properly, the Zeiss took about 2 seconds. The newer Leupy VX III's are a little better but that little Zeiss sure showed up the older ones.
I'm thinking that you'll really enjoy one...............................DJ

I love my NightForce & looking to buy another.

I have an IOR on an AR-15. I sure as heck am not worried about it breaking. Decent glass. I like it. I run a Kahles on my 6.5. Don't get me started on my 6.5.

I love my 5.5-22X56 NXS. It is a large scope though.

Perry

Here is the dope on the NXS line. You can find comparable and maybe even better glass, your eye wont be able to tell the difference though, but good glass along with durability, quality and user friendly...only the NXS.

Perry

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Originally posted by perry:
Here is the dope on the NXS line. You can find comparable and maybe even better glass, your eye wont be able to tell the difference though, but good glass along with durability, quality and user friendly...only the NXS.

Perry

The only Nightforce I have experience with just happens to rank with me as the clearest piece of glass I have ever looked through...and I've owned Zeiss, Meopta, Kahles, etc, etc.

By way of contrast, the several IOR scopes I've tried have been filthy inside...full of dust particles which looked like black lumps of coal attached all over the place at random.

I surely agree that may just be happenstance, but if I were offered a choice as to which I had to choose, I would take the NF, no contest.
YMMF

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Originally posted by perry:
I love my 5.5-22X56 NXS. It is a large scope though.

Perry

+1! NPR-2 Reticle.