Author: Ernie Bishop
Subject: NIGHTFORCE SHV OR BURRIS XTR11
Posted: August/27/2015 at 22:43
V,
A newcomer (Bryan/MK19) to my yearly LR steel and pd shoot for handguns of all kinds (WY-SHOT) used my rear-grip 6XC that has the 8-40 XTR-II on it. He shot this SP all three days of the shoot. There is a video of him shooting further than he had ever attempted - 960 yards. On the SP forum a similar question was asked (S-III Sightron was also a part of the comparison) and this was his response on August 1st on the specialty pistol forum.
"Now I'm a optics nerd and I spent many years on the sales side of the sporting optics business so I have some strong opinions on optics, hopefully this will not be biased in any way.
If your looking for a full feature scope it would be hard to beat the XTR II for the money. Awesome 1/8th MOA adjustments, extremely clear optics and an incredible reticle make for a true winner. I spent some time behind a 8-40X56 at WY-Shot and I really fell in love with the scope, I have never been much of a Burris fan but this XTR II really won me over. The glass was so clear that I did not have to increase the power above 8X during the competition allowing me to engage the next target much faster and the reticle really helped with with adjusting for the wind, my next long range build will have this scope installed.
The Sightron is a great scope with incredible glass, my only issue comes down to the adjustments as they are not as quick as the XTR II, but for known distance shooting or bench shooting this would be my pick.
I have not been happy with the Nightforce SHV series, the glass quality on the one sample I looked over was not up to the quality I have seen in the BR or NSX series and I feel that it falls behind the quality of both the Sightron and XTR II. I would compare the SHV directly with the Vortex PST series and in that end up buying the PST due to the value of the scope. Now this was a early production sample SHV that I looked at so it may have been improved, but I will stand behind my statement until I see another sample."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD03Aqo_XfI&list=FLfEoqqK-q7iARmKwk742NZg&index=6
I hope this gives you some more information in your search for what you are looking for.
Subject: NIGHTFORCE SHV OR BURRIS XTR11
Posted: August/27/2015 at 22:43
V,
A newcomer (Bryan/MK19) to my yearly LR steel and pd shoot for handguns of all kinds (WY-SHOT) used my rear-grip 6XC that has the 8-40 XTR-II on it. He shot this SP all three days of the shoot. There is a video of him shooting further than he had ever attempted - 960 yards. On the SP forum a similar question was asked (S-III Sightron was also a part of the comparison) and this was his response on August 1st on the specialty pistol forum.
"Now I'm a optics nerd and I spent many years on the sales side of the sporting optics business so I have some strong opinions on optics, hopefully this will not be biased in any way.
If your looking for a full feature scope it would be hard to beat the XTR II for the money. Awesome 1/8th MOA adjustments, extremely clear optics and an incredible reticle make for a true winner. I spent some time behind a 8-40X56 at WY-Shot and I really fell in love with the scope, I have never been much of a Burris fan but this XTR II really won me over. The glass was so clear that I did not have to increase the power above 8X during the competition allowing me to engage the next target much faster and the reticle really helped with with adjusting for the wind, my next long range build will have this scope installed.
The Sightron is a great scope with incredible glass, my only issue comes down to the adjustments as they are not as quick as the XTR II, but for known distance shooting or bench shooting this would be my pick.
I have not been happy with the Nightforce SHV series, the glass quality on the one sample I looked over was not up to the quality I have seen in the BR or NSX series and I feel that it falls behind the quality of both the Sightron and XTR II. I would compare the SHV directly with the Vortex PST series and in that end up buying the PST due to the value of the scope. Now this was a early production sample SHV that I looked at so it may have been improved, but I will stand behind my statement until I see another sample."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD03Aqo_XfI&list=FLfEoqqK-q7iARmKwk742NZg&index=6
I hope this gives you some more information in your search for what you are looking for.