Nightforce New Scopes and Optics for 2020

What are the New Nightforce Scopes and Optics Launched in 2020?

The popularity of long-range and competition shooting is exploding. Keeping the increasing need for this market segment, Nightforce Optics has launched a new Nightforce Wedge Prism (100 MOA / 50 MOA) for extreme long-range (ELR) shooters in 2020 and two new exciting NF NX8 F1 Scopes (NX8 2.5-20×50 F1 and NX8 4-32×50 F1).

Nightforce has incorporated these new scopes, optics, and products with more power, target-style turrets, precision reticles, and illumination so that the shooters can get a better and top-notch optical device that is as transformed as the rifles they sit on.

Nightforce Optics Wins New SOCOM Military Contract

In fact, Nightforce Optics has again proved its mettle in the scoping and optical market by delivering quality products. Recognizing NF’s uncompromised quality standards, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) have chosen Nightforce Optics to deliver Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS) that cover both standard and long-range variants.

P-VPS requires a scope to deliver a visual magnification that ranges from 3x to 7x and continuous zoom up to 25x. The indefinite-delivery,  indefinite-quantity contract of around $54 million for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM’s) sniper rifles will require Nightforce to deliver Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscopes and Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l Riflescopes over a fixed 5-year period.

Their commercially available variants are:

• ATACR 5-25×56 F1 MRAD (TReMoR3, Mil-XT, H59, Mil-C) 

• ATACR 7-35×56 F1 MRAD (TReMoR3, Mil-XT, H59, Mil-C)

Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the new scopes and optics that Nightforce Optics has launched in 2020:

Nightforce Wedge Prisms: New for 2020

Who Should Buy?

Nightforce Optics has released a new product, Nightforce Wedge Prism, especially for the extreme long-range (ELR) shooters.

What’s so Special?

It has been seen that many long-range shooters complain that their riflescopes lack the necessary elevation travel. To do away with this problem, Nightforce Optics has released a new clip-on accessory called the Nightforce Wedge Prism.

The shooter can mount this accessory to a forward or continuous MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rail for increasing the effective elevation travel. When you use the Wedge Prism, it optically shifts the incoming image to the rifle scope by a precise elevation value. This directly adds elevation to the already to the available elevation travel within a scope.

Therefore, Nightforce Wedge Prism works with scopes for providing additional aiming offset, thereby allowing extreme long-range shooters with repeatable and successful target engagements beyond a riflescope’s internal adjustment alone. This new clip-on accessory not only provides a repeatable offset of the optical image but also minimizes the loss of image clarity, resolution, and quality.

These Wedge Prisms come with a quick-detach lever so that the shooters can quickly detach and remove them in the field easily and rapidly. When you attach Nightforce Wedge Prism to a rail, you’ll not experience any additional stresses on the riflescope.

Commercial Sales Manager of Nightforce Optics elucidated the importance of Wedge Prism with an example:

With this simple tool, a shooter can easily do the math to configure their rifle to hit their target… For example, if my .416 Barrett requires 124 MOA of drop at 3,000 yards, but my scope will only dial-up 90 MOA from zero, adding a 50 MOA Wedge Prism offsets the required dialing and only needs to be dialed up 74 MOA to reach the target and use the center aiming point of the reticle. This same principle works for .22 LRs past 300 yards, subsonic .300 Blackouts at 400 yards or when pushing any other cartridge beyond their normal limits.

What are Available Models?

Nightforce has launched Wedge Prism in two variants: 

1. 100 MOA / 29.1 MRAD 
2. 50 MOA / 14.5 MRAD

A shooter can either use an individual unit of Wedge Prism or combine models to personalize the amount of additional offset needed for reaching their target.

Specifications

New Nightforce NX8 F1 4-32×50 and 2.5-20×50 Rifle Scopes: Shipping to Dealers Started in 2020

Though Nightforce announced their new line-up of NX8 F1 4-32×50 and NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Rifle Scopes last year, they are having a victory lap with the announcement of shipping both of these scopes to the dealers at Shot Show 2020.

NX8 series is the newest family of riflescopes from Nightforce Optics. This series has evolved from the classic Nightforce NXS series. NX8 scope lineup comes with all the robust features of NXS lineup and in addition, offers a remarkable 8x zoom range (4-32x / 2.5-20x / 1-8x) as well as a razor-sharp optical resolution at every magnification setting.

New Nightforce NX8 F1 4-32×50 Riflescopes: Now Available from Dealers in 2020

Who Should Buy?

Nightforce Optics had NX8 1-8x scopes for quite a while in the market. However, to enable extreme long-range shooters to shoot at a longer range and provide them with more versatility and confidence in any situation, Nightforce had announced the new NX8 F1 4-32×50 Riflescopes last year. In 2020, they have started to ship this amazing scope to the dealers so that you can buy them at the best price.

What’s so Special?

While at 32x you can zero in on the smallest targets at extremely long ranges, at 4x you can hit up-close targets and rapidly moving targets easily. The vast magnification range along with amazing optical clarity and resolution across the magnification range provides more confidence as well as versatility.

Nightforce Optics has incorporated NX8 F1 4-32×50 Scopes with ZeroStop, DigIllum reticle illumination, and side parallax adjustment as standard features. It needs special mention that the engineers of Nightforce have packaged all these amazing features in a more compact (13.4 inches in length) and lightweight package (below 29 ounces).

What are Available Models?

There are 4 models of Nightforce NX8 F1 4-32×50 Riflescopes, depending upon the reticle used:

Specifications

New Nightforce NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Riflescopes: Now Available from Dealers in 2020

Who Should Buy?

Nightforce NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Scopes are one of the most variable-power rifle scopes launched for long-range shooters.

It is perfect for those tactical shooters who are looking for scopes that come with a never-changing zero and adjustments that are always perfectly spot on. With Nightforce NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Rifle Scopes, shooters can virtually shoot at any distance and in all shooting conditions/environment.

What’s so Special?

• Nightforce Optics has manufactured NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 riflescopes keeping in mind the needs of versatile shooting associated with the long-range shooters. That is why this scope line comes with a 8x zoom (2.5-20x) and exceptional optical clarity, resolution, and brightness across the entire magnification range. 

• Nightforce NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Rifle Scopes come with advanced DigIllum reticle illumination, ZeroStop technology, and MOA or MRAD adjustments.

• The best part of this scope line is that it packs all these amazing features within a compact package. It is just 12 inches in length.

What are Available Models?

There are 4 models of Nightforce NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Riflescopes, depending upon the reticle used:

Specifications

Nightforce wins New USSOCOM Military Contract in 2020

United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) has chosen Nightforce Optics to provide them with the Precision-Variable Power Scope (P-VPS). It will help USSOCOM in solving their precision weapon needs for Miniature Aiming Sight – Dayscope (MAS-D) family of optics.

Nightforce optics won the $53,735,930 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS) by competitively participating through the Federal Business Opportunities website. The contracting activity (N00164-20-D-JQ57) is at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana.

The Department of Defense (DoD) and USSOCOM has made the procurements for:

• P-VPS Standard
• P-VPS Standard, Long Range

Reports say that the work will be carried out in Orofino (Idaho) and is expected to be complete by the end of 2024 (December 2024). At the time of awarding the contract, $2,351,124 of Fiscal 2020 defense procurement funding will be obligated.

Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscope & 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l

Two Nightforce riflescopes chosen by SOCOM for:

• P-VPS Standard: P-VPS award are the MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscope 
• P-VPS Standard, Long Range: MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l

Both MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscope and MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l are manufactured by Lightforce USA Inc. (doing business as Nightforce Optics) exclusively for the military.

What’s so Special?

The P-VPS Dayscopes from Nightforce Optics help in improving detection and acquisition of targets. They also increase the probability of hitting targets both during day and night in the 0-1500m range. These rifle scopes feature  the Tremor 3 reticle.

When the P-VPS contract is awarded, it is given as a system. That’s why the Nightforce riflescope system also includes the Nightforce MIL-SPEC UltraMount, RAP-I Laser Range Finder attachment bridge, tool kit, and soft case.

Nightforce’s new SOCOM 7-35x56mm F1 Scope developed for the U.S. Military was also showcased at the Barrett booth during Shot Show 2020. This riflescope system featured an integrated top rail for mounting a laser as well as a Termor3 Reticle. It was mounted to the Barrett-built Mk22 Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR), a multi-caliber system that is capable of firing 7.62mm NATO, 300 Norma Mag and .338 NM.

Besides the scopes and mounts (NF UltraMount and RAP-i LRF Mount) from Nightforce Optics, the system comes with a Barrett-manufactured suppressor.

Commercial Availability

• The commercially available MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscope with Tremor3 reticle is: Nightforce ATACR 5-25×56 F1 ZS .1mrad Illum PTL TReMoR3 C574. 

• Other commercially available variants of ATACR 5-25×56 F1 Scopes are:
  • C616 (Mil-XT reticle)
  • C577 (H59 reticle)
  • C579 (Mil-C reticle)
  • C546 (Mil-R reticle) 

• The commercially available MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l with Tremor3 reticle is: Nightforce ATACR 7-35×56 F1 ZS .1mrad Illum PTL TReMoR3 C571. 

• Other commercially available variants of ATACR 7-35×56 F1 Scopes are:
  • C613 (Mil-XT reticle)
  • C604 (H59 reticle)
  • C578 (Mil-C reticle)
  • C570 (Mil-R reticle) 
  • C569 (MOAR reticle)

Nightforce Optics MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8×24 F1 Riflescope

United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) chose  the Nightforce Optics MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8×24 F1 as the FFP (First Focal Plane) selection for USSOCOM Miniature Aiming System-Day (MAS-D) Optics family’s Squad-Variable Power Scope component more than a year back.

The Nightforce Factory has started Full Rate Production of this new optic for the military and they will continue manufacturing it over the next few years.

The Squad Variable Power Scope has been designed for integrating into the list of weapons (both current and future anticipated) employed by US Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

Extreme Endurance: Over-engineered, Military-grade Features

The Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8x Scopes (as part of a life cycle replacement program for the SOPMOD Block II optic) provide the warfighters a new capability, enabling them to select constant variable power from 1x to 8x. These over-engineered, military-grade scopes are especially manufactured by Nightforce Optics by keeping the needs of the military’s extreme endurance in mind.

Some of the overbuilt features of Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8x Scopes are:

• Large Eyebox: For rapid engagement
• Power Throw Lever: For rapid magnification adjustments
• Shortest Length (in-class): For maximizing rail-space
• Fully, Multi-coated ED Glass: Provides amazing light transmission, brilliant image rendering, and exceptional color contrast, enabling warfighters to hit targets accurately.

Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8x Scopes can be used by the USSOCOM fighters along with the  venerable M4A1 and similar small arms systems. This riflescope brings in the required versatility required during today’s dynamic battlespace. Whether the need is to shoot at point-blank range or engaging targets at longer distances, these 1-8x Scopes will provide the warfighters the well-needed versatility.

Commercial Availability

The MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8x F1 scope has been manufactured solely for the use of USSOCOM. However, the commercially available option is: Nightforce ATACR 1-8x24mm F1 Riflescope FC-DM .1MRAD NVD Capped Adj PTL C597. It comes with the same 8x zoom (1-8x magnification range), unsurpassed optical quality, and advanced daylight illumination technology. Check out more at Nightforce ATACR 1-8×24 F1.

Final Words

In 2020, Nightforce Optics has focused mainly on scopes and optics that are best for the extreme long range (ELR) shooters.

To provide ELR shooters with extended elevation travel for hitting targets at extreme long ranges, they have launched the new clip-on accessory, Nightforce Wedge Prism (available in 100 MOA / 29.1 MRAD and 50 MOA / 14.5 MRAD variants).

Nightforce Optics has also started shipping their newest additions to the NX8 series (NX8 F1 4-32×50 and NX8 F1 2.5-20×50 Rifle Scopes), to the dealers in 2020. The extreme long range shooters can now extend their shooting range, right from close-to-medium range (2.5x / 4x) to extreme long range (20x / 32x).

The selection of Nightforce Scopes (MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscope, MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l, and MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8×24 F1 ) by USSOCOM is a recognition of NF’s uncompromised quality standards. To experience the similar versatility as the warfighters of the United States, you can check out the commercially available scopes.

The commercially available SOCOM scopes of Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 Dayscopes are C574 (Tremor3 reticle), C616 (Mil-XT reticle), C577 (H59 reticle), C579 (Mil-C reticle), and C546 (Mil-R reticle).

The commercially available SOCOM rifle scopes of Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 7-35×56 Long Range Dayscope l are C613 (Mil-XT reticle), C604 (H59 reticle), C578 (Mil-C reticle), C570 (Mil-R reticle), and C569 (MOAR reticle).

The commercially available USSOCOM riflescopes of MIL-SPEC ATACR 1-8x F1 Scope is Nightforce ATACR 1-8x24mm F1 FC-DM Riflescope C597.

If you are looking for extreme long range rifle scopes with added versatility, Nightforce has offered you a wide range of new high quality, rigorously tested, and proven line of products. You can select any one of these scopes or new optical accessories for enhanced precision at extreme longer ranges.