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Nightforce MIL-R 5 mil SFP (ATACR 5-25x56 SFP)

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 MIL-R 5 mil SFP (ATACR 5-25x56 SFP) — second focal plane, MRAD subtensions, 5–25×

Framed to about 12 MRAD — the part of the reticle you aim with. This reticle carries marks out to 18 MRAD; the rest sits beyond the edge of this drawing.

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

The numbers

Manufacturer
Nightforce
Reticle
MIL-R 5 mil SFP (ATACR 5-25x56 SFP)
Focal plane
second focal plane
Units
MRAD
Magnification
5–25×

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 MIL-R reticle sheet (NFO_MILRsheet_20160114, 2016) page 2 (second focal plane, 5 Mil-Radian version per the sheet's version chart), MRAD: A=10, D=.5 post, E=.5 / F=1.0 pitches, I=.2 gap to the post tips, K=.6 whole-mil and L=.2 half-mil vertical marks (centred), M=2.0 bar at -5, O=2.0 inverted-T base, P=.2 / Q=.1 fine graduations, H=.189 numerals, N=.016 T-scale line. Per model ('ATACR 25x SFP' row): B=0.035 line, C=0.073 post rail. Horizontal marks hang below the line: whole .3, half .1, and .1 marks at 4.2-4.8 (measured on the to-scale drawing). Vertical +5 / -5 with .2 marks alternating every .1 from -4.1 to -4.9. Inverted-T ranging scale at (3.43, -5.01): 0-2 mil up the stem and +/-1 along the base, alternating .1 marks every .1. Posts at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock, tips at 5.2, solid from 7. Illumination standard; the sheet does not mark which parts of the SFP version are lit. Second focal plane: true at 25x (the sheet's ATACR 25x SFP row).

How this one was checked

Verified 9 Oct 2026 against Nightforce NFO_MILRsheet_20160114.pdf page 2 (the lettered SFP drawing), read as VECTOR at 22.50 pt/mil: A=10 and +5/-5 reproduce to 0.1%, K .6, L .2, M 2.0, O 2.0, D (rail outer edges), I (tip gap 0.21) all measured on the drawing. Every mark transcribed onto the 0.1 mil grid (worst deviation 0.016; the T-scale relative to its own measured origin). Weights B and C are the 'ATACR 25x SFP' row; the drawing uses one weight. Cross-checked by overlay. Reference 25x as stated in the notes.

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.