The numbers
- Manufacturer
- Nightforce
- Reticle
- MIL-XT
- Focal plane
- first focal plane
- Units
- MRAD
- Magnification
- 2.5–36×
In the first focal plane the subtensions hold true at every magnification, so a hold is a hold wherever the zoom ring sits.
Reticle library · Nightforce
Nightforce MIL-XT
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.
Drawn from Nightforce Optics, Inc.’s published specification.
Scopes with this reticle
- ATACR 7-35x56 F1
- ATACR 5-25x56 F1
- ATACR 4-20x50 F1
- ATACR 4-16x42 F1
- NX8 4-32x50 F1
- NX8 2.5-20x50 F1
- NX6 3-18x50 F1
- NX6 5-30x56 F1
- NX6 6-36x56 F1
Other Nightforce reticles
Subtensions
Official NF specifications.html. Published: A=See Chart; B=0.05 mil (center dot — matches product-page 0.05 MRAD floating center); C=0.1; D=0.2; E=1; F=0.4; G=0.5; H=0.2; I=0.6; J=0.2; K=0.2; L=0.05; M=0.1; N=0.05. Line thickness chart: ATACR 7-35 .033; ATACR 5-25 .030; ATACR 4-20 .040; ATACR 4-16 .040; NX8 4-32 .036; NX8 2.5-20 .041; NX6 3-18 .042; NX6 5-30 .036; NX6 6-36 .034. Product page: marked 0.2 MRAD hashes. Elements use ATACR 7-35 0.033 fine weight and 0.2 increment hashes on primary stadia. Christmas-tree / hold grid dots are drawn on catalog and product art but individual (x,y) are not in the lettered table — not invented (see incomplete). MIL-XTs spotting-scope variant is a different drawing (CFS 6-36x50 F1) and is not this record.
How this one was checked
Rebuilt and confirmed against Nightforce's MIL-XT reticle sheet rendered at 400 dpi (90.9 px/mil, calibrated on the +/-10 mil windage scale). The FLOATING CENTRE DOT the old record was flagged for missing is there: the crosshair arms stop 0.11 mil short of centre and a 0.05 mil dot sits alone in the gap - measured off the pixel run through the centre. Axes carry a tick every 0.2 mil, and the sub-ticks alternate sides on purpose: horizontally .2/.8 hang 0.2 below and .4/.6 rise 0.2 above with a 0.5 mil tick hanging below at the half, vertically .2/.8 point left and .4/.6 right; whole units are symmetric at +/-0.3. Hold grid: dots every 0.2 mil (0.1 dia on the whole mils, 0.045 between), rows every mil to 13, half-mil rows carrying dots on the half mils out to 0.5 short of the row above (checked at 0.5/4.5/5.5/9.5/12.5). STEPPED extents +/-3 (rows 1-4), +/-4 (5-8), +/-5 (9-13), read row by row - the old record drew a uniform rectangle. Numerals appear on BOTH sides with the even rows larger, which is Nightforce's 'intelligent numbering'. Bars start at 10.3 mil. Illumination follows the sheet's own note that red marks the lit parts: centre dot, vertical spine and horizontal stadia; the grid dots stay black.
Use it on your own rifle
Harson Ballistics draws this reticle at your magnification with your holdover marked on it, from your rifle, load and conditions. Works with no signal and no account.
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.