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Nightforce FC-3G (NXS 1-4x24)

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.

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Nightforce FC-3G (NXS 1-4x24) — second focal plane, MOA subtensions, 1–4×

Framed to about 40 MOA — the part of the reticle you aim with. This reticle carries marks out to 100 MOA; the rest sits beyond the edge of this drawing.

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

The numbers

Manufacturer
Nightforce
Reticle
FC-3G (NXS 1-4x24)
Focal plane
second focal plane
Units
MOA
Magnification
1–4×

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 FC-3G reticle sheet (FC3G_Reticle_Sheet_Final, 2013 1/13) page 2, all 23 letters in MOA: A=200 bar ends, B=10 segmented circle (outer), C=4.0 bar at its outer end, D=1.0 bar at its tip, E=5.0 centre to bar tip, F=95 bar length, G/H/I=7.29/5.65/4.29 the 600/500/400 yd lines, J=2.0 numerals, K=3.5 numeral to line, L=0.3 stadia, M=2.0 intermediate marks, N=2.69 stem start, O=4.27 / Q=8.0 / S=12.42 intermediate marks, P=6.04 (4), R=10.06 (5), T=14.96 (6) below centre, U=1.5 illuminated centre dot (illumination is centre dot only), V=4.0 gap in the circle (four gaps, on the axes), W=1.0 circle line. BDC for a 200 yd zero with the .223/5.56 and .308/7.62 loads listed on the sheet; 10 mph wind at the line tips. Bars are drawn as a 1.0 post plus a 4.0 taper (the app has no trapezoid), so between tip and end they render up to .75 MOA thinner than the sheet; no hold depends on it. Second focal plane, true at 4x (Nightforce's NXS ranging-power table: 1-4x @4x).

How this one was checked

Verified 9 Oct 2026 against Nightforce FC3G_Reticle_Sheet_Final.pdf page 2. Every dimension is the lettered table (all 23 letters represented and asserted present in the page text). The drawings are NOT to scale - the main view and the BDC inset disagree on scale - so only structure was taken from them: three heavy bars' worth of geometry left/right only (no top or bottom bar), a segmented circle with a centre dot, a stem below centre carrying intermediate / 4 / intermediate / 5 / intermediate / 6 marks in that order (matching N..T top to bottom), and the 4/5/6 line widths in the published 4.29:5.65:7.29 ratio (checked on the vectors to 2%). Reference 4x from Nightforce's NXS ranging-power table (ReticleManual.pdf p.1).

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.