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Posted on August 14, 2018September 27, 2021 by Nightforce Optics

Nightforce Optics a Sponsor of U.S. Rifle Team

“After twelve years of sponsoring the U.S. Rifle Team, Nightforce is proud to continue backing F-Class competitive shooting and the U.S. Rifle Team in their endeavor to bring home the gold again at the 2021 World Championships,” said Nightforce Optics Director of Sales and Marketing, Gordon Myers. “As Gold Medal partners, we’re more dedicated than ever to see the team achieve their goals and triumph in South Africa in 2021.”

“Ever since U.S. Rifle Team members collaborated with Nightforce design engineers to create the Competition™ 15-55×52 riflescope, that particular Nightforce optic has reigned as the dominant scope in worldwide F-Class competitions,” said Myers. “We’ve enjoyed a dynamic and constructive relationship with the Team for more than a decade, and look forward to supporting them in their next World Championships bid and beyond.”

“As a fantastic long-term partner, Nightforce continues to give back to the F-Class shooting community through their unprecedented support of our Team,” commented U.S. Rifle Team Captain, Phil Kelley. “Now in our fourth straight F-T/R World Championship cycle, we couldn’t be more appreciative of the past, present, and future support we enjoy from the folks at Nightforce. As competitors, we insist on the absolute best tools for our sport, and we’re delighted to voice that the world-class team, strong brand reputation, and stellar products developed by Nightforce are unsurpassed in every way.”

The U.S. Rifle Team fields three squads consisting of F-T/R, F-Open, and Under 25 shooters. The complete team is comprised of 60 members including competitors, coaches, and support staff for the three individual squads. “Every four years, the Team re-sets, much like with Olympic teams,” said Kelley. “We’ve been winning international competitions with Nightforce atop our rifles since 2009, and as we prepare for the next World Championship run in South Africa in 2021, Nightforce will be at the firing line with us again. The cost of success is significant to each shooter on the team, and it’s only through the support of loyal sponsors like Nightforce that we’ll continue as the best F-Class shooting team in the world,” added Kelley.

“From all of us at Nightforce, it’s an honor to assist America’s elite shooters on the U.S. Rifle Team,” said Myers. “By sponsoring the Team plus many other F-Class matches all over the world, we’re committed to enriching long-range, competitive shooting as a whole.”

To learn more about partnering with the U.S. Rifle Team as a sponsor, please visit www.usarifle2021.com, or visit their Facebook page.

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About the U.S. Rifle Team

The three-time, World Champion U.S. Rifle Team is proud to represent the United States and our F-Class competitive shooting. Representing all walks of life, team members are spread across the country. We compete regularly against teams from other nations, and at the 2017 World Championships in Ottawa Canada, close to twenty countries were represented.

Most team competitions are fired at targets 1,000 yards away with the inner-most scoring ring at five inches in diameter, and the next ring at ten inches. Rifles are custom-made and designed specifically for the sport. All rifles used in the F-T/R Class are chambered in either .308 Winchester or .223 Remington calibers. The rifles must weigh less than 8.25 kilograms and must use either a bipod or a sling as the front support. Competitors generally use handloaded ammunition. Anyone with a .308 or .223 rifle and a bipod can compete and have fun in this sport, and with local matches all over the U.S., anyone interested need only look for an NRA High-Power event, and register as an “F-T/R” competitor.

In the 1990s, a long-time target rifle competitor from Canada named George Farquharson lobbied the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association to allow competitors to use a bipod and a scope in addition to slings and iron sights for competition. The sport took off in the early 2000s and is now divided into two classes including F-T/R, and F-Open. F-Open allows for many different calibers, heavier rifles, and the use of machine-type bench rests to guide the rifle. Both competition classes shoot only from the prone position.

About Nightforce

As a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium sport optics and related products including riflescopes, spotting scopes and accessories, Nightforce builds the most rugged, reliable, and repeatable optics available. We are known for exceptional products, each built with painstaking craftsmanship. Each riflescope is crafted with such fanatical attention to detail it’s expected to hold up to the most punishing conditions and last for generations. The legendary Nightforce quality testing involves impact tests and follow up inspections that ensure the riflescope is ready to perform to customer expectations and more.

Based in Orofino, Idaho, Nightforce has established an industry benchmark for the highest performing products. Nightforce optics have accompanied elite soldiers into battle, world champion shooters to the winner’s podium, and helped hunters take the trophy of a lifetime.

Posted on April 9, 2018September 27, 2021 by Nightforce Optics

Nightforce Optics Named Top Tier Sponsor 2018 PRS

“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 through dedicated sponsorship?” he asked.

The Precision Ri?e Series is a championship-style point series race of the best precision rifle competitions and shooters in the nation. “PRS continues to reinforce the growth of competitive rifle sports and precision rifle matches, by featuring the finest matches and shooters the sport has to offer,” said Myers. “And because Nightforce offers the best riflescopes for long range shooting, including the ATACR®, NXS®, and SHV® product lines, it’s the perfect partnership for this class of shooters and the precision rifle discipline.”

PRS participants can expect to see Nightforce represented at all the PRS Bolt Gun Series including the Extreme Long Range (ELR), the Precision Rifle Series Finale, as well as the Gas Gun Series matches.

For more information on Nightforce Optics, please visit www.nightforceoptics.com, or email marketing, at marketing@nightforceoptics.com.

About Precision Rifle Series

Born out of military, law enforcement, and hunting scenarios, the practical application of the precision rifle is the underlying theme for all series. Whether you are looking for a local club to join, wanting to compete with America’s favorite rifle, the AR-10/15, or you want to test yourself against the best shooters in the nation and the world, the PRS has a spot for you. The Precision Rifle Series is a yearly point race for several series including the PRS Bolt Gun Series, PRS Gas Gun Series, and the PRS Club Series. The intent is to provide a national framework as the aggregation point for local, regional, and national matches; tracking scores and the growth of the practical, long-range rifle discipline. By providing structure and governance, the growth of the discipline has been exponential since the PRS was launched in 2011 thanks to the exceptional coalition of the match directors, shooters, and sponsors participating in the PRS. For more information visit precisionrifleseries.com.

About Nightforce

As a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium sport optics and related products including riflescopes, spotting scopes and accessories, Nightforce builds the most rugged, reliable, and repeatable optics available. We are known for exceptional products, each built with painstaking craftsmanship. Every riflescope is crafted with such fanatical attention to detail, it is expected to hold up to the most punishing conditions, and last for generations. The legendary Nightforce quality testing involves impact tests and follow up inspections that ensure the riflescope is ready to perform to customer expectations and more.

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Posted on March 23, 2017September 27, 2021 by Nightforce Optics

Nightforce Optics Sponsors USASOC Sniper Competition

Members of the MIL-GOV-LE team will be in attendance to exhibit products and provide support to customers and end-users. Products on display will include MIL-SPEC riflescopes and accessories, which are designed and built for today’s warfighter, and currently in-use around the globe.

This annual competition takes place during the week of March 20, 2017 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Teams from the United States and other allied special operations units will be tested in real-world based events designed by instructors of the Special Forces Sniper Course. Exhibitors will be located in a vendor tent on Range 37 on March 23-24, 2017.

Nightforce is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium sport optics and related products, including riflescopes, spotting scopes and accessories. We are known for our rugged, high-precision engineered designs that are capable of holding up to punishing conditions. Based in Orofino, Idaho, Nightforce has established a benchmark for high-quality, high- performance products that have accompanied soldiers into battle, world champion shooters to the winner’s podium, and helped hunters take the trophy of a lifetime.

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Posted on January 2, 2016September 27, 2021 by Dean Deturk

Choosing a Mid-Powered Optic For Competitive Shooting

Dean is a sponsored 3 gun shooter who is also an active long range and DMR competitor. He has been competing in national level matches for over 7 years and has numerous top 3 divisional finishes including: FNH, Blue Ridge, and The Hiperfire Rifle Challenge, and 3 Gun Nation. Dean also is an competitor within his homestate of Pennsylvania and has laid claim to the PA state rifle Championship numerous times. While not out on the range or competing, he can be found teaching high school social studies and also working in a custom gun shop. Dean is sponsored by a number of top companies within the industry including: Lancer Systems, Beck Defense, Trop Gun, Tru-Spec, MGM Targets, Nordic Components, Hodgdon Powders, Vigilance Tactical, Geissele, Patriot Cases and Wildear.

As the competitive shooting sports grow, so do the style and complexity of matches competitors will face. In the past, and for the shorter range matches, the competitor was faced with the problem of needing a true 1x scope that also allows them to shoot targets out to four or five hundred yards. With the growth of more matches that make the shooter engage targets at mid to long range, with minimal targets under twenty or thirty yards, new optics are being considered as top choices for these matches. I recently had the chance to use a Nightforce NXS 2.5x10x32 and the versatility this optic offers is certainly advantage.

I mounted this scope on my Lancer Heavy Metal .308 and took it out to do some practice for next season. The scope was exceptionally clear and, although slightly larger than the 1-6x scopes on the market, I felt the extra magnification more than justified a larger optic. I chose the MIL-R reticule since I am familiar with using mils, and find it the best reticle to use when the possibility of using the scope with different calibers is probable. I also chose the 32mm scope over the 42mm because of the fixed parallax it offers. While shooting an adjustable parallax scope in sniper or long range type matches will offer an advantage, for DMR, Two Gun, and extended range 3 gun matches, this can be more of a hindrance since ensuring parallax is always adjusted out can take too much time while on the clock. Throughout the testing which involved shooting targets from 10-600 yards I did not feel this was a disadvantage in any way.

The first drill I performed was shooting close targets inside of twenty yards and then transitioning to targets from 100- 250 yards. I did this drill with the scope on 2.5 then switching it to a higher magnification for the further targets. Times were comparable to using a 1-4 or 1-6 scope although the true 1x scopes did prove slightly faster on targets under 15 yards. I then performed the same drill using roll to side 45 degree offsets sights and started with the scope turned up to the desired magnification for the longer targets to start. After a few warm ups to get used to the offset irons I ran the drill again and was very impressed. Times were much better, not only did I save time not having to turn the scope to a higher magnification but the 2.5-10 NXS allowed me more magnification for smaller targets at distance.

The next drill I performed was where this scope really shined. I placed a number of targets across the range from 100-600 yards. I then shot all the targets from a few different positions as fast as possible, and then again using the fewest number of shots possible not worrying about the time. In both scenarios it was no surprise that the NXS 2.5×10 allowed me to shoot the stages a considerable amount of time quicker than the 1-6 I was using on the other identical rifle. The extra magnification made it much easier to engage the longer range targets and the MIL-R reticle made it easy to make quick adjustments for targets at different ranges. Although some may think the extra magnification which does lesson the field of view could be a disadvantage in finding targets on the range I did not see this displayed on the timer. The other big advantaged to the 10x scope was being able to see misses at extended ranges and being able to quickly make adjustments. Out past 300 yards or so the 6x scope made it difficult to see impact when missing targets due to wind, but with the 10x NXS this was not a problem. I would have loved to have the 2.5×10 on my rifle for the Hyperfire rifle match last year, as the extra magnification would have been a big help, and the tough weather conditions made it difficult to see impact on misses.

The last two drills I performed were a standard box test and then targets at extended yardages while dialing up and down instead of using the reticle. For the box test I shot the box drill two times and it was no surprise that the Nightforce performed excellent.

All four corners of the box were five shot groups at 100 yards under 1”. This drill was shot under less than ideal conditions as the 30 degree windy weather did not help my groups, and am sure they could have easily been much smaller. I then shot targets from 200-600 yards using my known dope and dialing up and down, shooting each target a few times. (never shooting the same distant target more than once at a time) I had no problems hitting 8” plates at all the distances and was even able to easily hit clay birds at 600 yards. I then returned the scope to zero and shot a group at 200 yards. (my initial zero) This group was within a 1/4” of the spot as the initial group, which very easily could have been shooter error.

As the popularity of 3 gun matches that make the shooter shoot the rifle like it was intended (from 50 yards and out), and the rise of DMR matches grow, I feel the mid level variable scopes like the NXS 2.5x10x32 will become more and more popular. I expect to have the scope mounted on my rifle for a number of matches next year and am anxious to take advantage of what it has to offer.