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Nightforce CTR-3 (Competition Fixed 42x44)

Drawn to scale from Nightforce’s own specification sheet, and checked mark by mark by a person. This is the same geometry Harson Ballistics draws your holdover on.

Nightforce CTR-3 (Competition Fixed 42x44) — second focal plane, MOA subtensions, 42–42×

Drawn from Nightforce Optics, Inc.’s published specification.

The numbers

Manufacturer
Nightforce
Reticle
CTR-3 (Competition Fixed 42x44)
Focal plane
second focal plane
Units
MOA
Magnification
42–42×

In the second focal plane the subtensions are only true at one magnification — check your manual for which, and dial there before you hold.

Subtensions

Nightforce Competition reticle sheet (CTR-2/3, DDR-2, FCR-1; 2019 8/19) page 2, 'Reticle subtensions in MOA: CTR-2, CTR-3', Fixed 42x (@42x) column: A=32.89 (the crosshair runs edge to edge of the field, A across), B=0.016 crosshair; CTR-3 has no centre dot. Non-illuminated, second focal plane; subtensions true at the fixed 42x. The sheet offers CTR-2 and CTR-3 only in the Fixed 42x44.

How this one was checked

Verified 9 Oct 2026 against Nightforce NFO_Competition_ReticleSheet_0819.pdf page 2 (top drawing, VECTOR): exactly one horizontal and one vertical hairline crossing at a single dot and nothing else in the field (the drawing exaggerates the dot; sizes are from the table, not scaled off the art). All published letters represented: A as the line extent, B the weight; C is CTR-2 only and correctly absent. Reference 42x as printed in the table header.

Subtensions are published by the manufacturer and reproduced here for reference. Confirm your own dope on a range before you rely on any of it. Harson.ai is not affiliated with Nightforce.