Riflescope Nightforce ATACR - 7-35x56mm

Product detailed description

Key Benefits

• Durability built for hard use – Nightforce checks finished riflescopes for forward and side impact and tests recoil resistance in multiple axes at accelerations exceeding 1,250 G. The rugged construction helps preserve zero through hard handling and heavy recoil.
• Precise, repeatable tracking – Every riflescope is checked for tracking accuracy. The adjustments respond consistently, so the correction dialed matches the actual point-of-impact shift and the mechanism returns reliably to its starting value. Once zeroed, ZeroStop provides a hard stop. The shooter can return to zero quickly after any amount of elevation dialing without counting turret revolutions.
• A long-standing benchmark, not a passing trend – Nightforce has built its reputation for rugged, reliable and repeatable optics since 1992. ATACR draws on decades of experience with optics used by military and special operations units as well as top-level competitors.
• High-resolution ED glass – The ATACR optical system uses ED glass to control chromatic aberration and preserve sharpness, color contrast and fine detail. This helps the shooter resolve target edges, impacts and mirage at high magnification.
• Durable broadband anti-reflective coatings – Every air-to-glass surface receives Nightforce proprietary broadband coatings. They improve light transmission and contrast, and their abrasion resistance exceeds demanding military requirements.
• MOAR-T reticle developed for real shooting – Uses an exceptionally fine center and close MOA spacing to minimize obstruction of small targets. In the second focal plane the reticle remains visually fine, but its subtensions must be used at the specified calibration magnification.
• A fine reticle for the smallest targets – The second focal plane keeps the reticle thin at 35x, making the scope well suited to ELR and target disciplines where exact aiming-point control and minimal target obstruction matter.

Intended User and Application

ATACR - 7-35x56mm is a specialized long-range and target optic with an exceptionally fine reticle. The second focal plane keeps the reticle thin at 35x, making the scope well suited to ELR and target disciplines where exact aiming-point control and minimal target obstruction matter. This exact configuration uses the MOAR-T reticle, .250 MOA adjustments, the ZeroStop system and center-only illumination, with a Black finish.

Image Quality and Optical System

The ATACR optical system uses ED glass to control chromatic aberration and preserve sharpness, color contrast and fine detail. This helps the shooter resolve target edges, impacts and mirage at high magnification. Every air-to-glass surface receives Nightforce proprietary broadband coatings. They improve light transmission and contrast, and their abrasion resistance exceeds demanding military requirements.

Reticle, Focal Plane and Illumination

The MOAR-T reticle uses an exceptionally fine center and close MOA spacing to minimize obstruction of small targets. Its second-focal-plane placement keeps the image visually fine, but angular values apply only at the specified calibration magnification. Only the reticle center is illuminated, keeping the surrounding view clean.

Turrets and Mechanical Performance

Every riflescope is checked for tracking accuracy. The adjustments respond consistently, so the correction dialed matches the actual point-of-impact shift and the mechanism returns reliably to its starting value. Once zeroed, ZeroStop provides a hard stop. The shooter can return to zero quickly after any amount of elevation dialing without counting turret revolutions. The .250 MOA adjustment unit belongs to this coded version and must match both the ballistic data and the reticle units. The PTL provides fast, positive magnification changes, including with gloves.

Technical Specifications

• Magnification / objective diameter: 7–35x / 56 mm
• Focal plane: second (F2)
• Main tube: 34 mm
• Length / weight: 406 mm / 1113 g
• Click value: .250 MOA
• Elevation travel: 100 MOA / 29 MRAD
• Windage travel: 60 MOA / 17 MRAD
• Parallax adjustment: 11 yd / 10 m to infinity
• Eye relief: 89 mm
• Field of view: 5.0–1.1 m at 100 m
• Reticle: MOAR-T
• Illumination: reticle center only
• Finish: Black

Mounting and Configuration Selection

Use quality rings or a one-piece mount sized for the 34 mm main tube. Select mount height around the objective housing, barrel profile, rail and a natural head position behind the rifle. With Nightforce, magnification range alone is not enough: the MOAR-T reticle, .250 MOA click value, turret type and focal plane materially change how the scope is used.

Practical Note from neoPATRON

Confirm the calibration magnification for the exact reticle in its manual. Do not rely on the CF2 name alone for earlier variants, as different versions may use different calibration points.