Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 20-plus years, you have heard of Nightforce Optics. The Nightforce NX8 riflescope is one of their more popular models, boasting some impressive specs and one that can easily be used for hunting or match shooting.
Nightforce established a reputation for rugged and reliable optics in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and since then Nightforce has become one of the leading names in rifle optics that you can count on to work when you absolutely need them to. I have had the pleasure of using/owning an older Nightforce NXS 3.5-15×56 (MIL/MOA). That scope served me well and has been bulletproof, so I had high hopes for the newer Nightforce NX8 scope.
The Nightforce NX8 2.5-20×50 has a very steep angle going from the scope tube to the objective bell, and because of this I knew mounting the scope as far back as I prefer might be an issue, so I used a set of higher 1.125-inch rings to help compensate.
Unfortunately, this was still not enough to provide adequate clearance between the objective and my scope rail with the scope as far back as I needed it. This setup probably would have been usable on my short action rifles but I wanted to use this scope on my long action hunting rifle. I could have gone even higher with the rings to completely clear the rail but that would have mounted the scope too high for my liking. As a result, I chose to exchange that scope for the Nightforce NX8 4-32x model which fit better in my preferred mounting position.