Product Details
Born from Mil-Spec requirements and designed from the ground up, the NXS™ line of battlefield ready precision riflescopes stand ready to function flawlessly under the harshest extremes and meet your most demanding needs. The NXS family includes both compact and full size models. The compact models, including the 1-4x24 and 2.5-10x models, are your perfect choice for hunting dangerous game in the bush, running and gunning on a 3-gun course, or while on patrol. These compact NXS™ riflescopes offer the optimum balance between size, weight, and magnification. The NXS™ full size models continue with the military small arms based 3.5-15x50, Nightforce's most proven long-range riflescope the 5.5-22x56, and push out to the extreme with the 8-32x56. From the proprietary Mil-Spec bonding agent incorporated in the optical mounting package which ensures no metal to glass contact, to the hardened bronze materials utilized in the adjustment and erector tube assemblies, the Nightforce NXS™ family of riflescopes define Rugged, Reliable, Repeatable™.
There is a Nightforce NXS™ riflescope available for your shooting application. Trusted by world record holders and the tactical community alike, Nightforce NXS riflescopes are there when every shot counts.
Nightforce NXS 5.5-22-50mm Riflescope
Originally developed for the U.S. military’s extreme long range shooting and hard target interdiction, both 5.5-22 Nightforce NXS™ models provide a broad magnification range, four inches of eye relief and 100 MOA of elevation travel.
These characteristics, combined with the extreme ruggedness and reliability of every Nightforce riflescope, make them ideal for even the largest calibers. The slim profile of the NXS™ 5.5-22 x 50 makes it easily adaptable to a wide range of mounting systems.
Its superb resolution at high magnification opens an entirely new world of extended range shooting for the accomplished marksman; Nightforce shooters are now accurately reaching to 2000 yards and beyond.
| Focal Plane | Second |
| Magnification Range | 5.5-22x |
| Objective lens diameter | 50mm |
| Tube diameter | 30 mm/1.18 in |
| Internal adjustment range (MOA/Mil) | e: 100 MOAw: 60 MOAe: 27.3 Milw: 16.4 Mil |
| Click value | .250 MOA.1 Mil-rad |
| Calibrated Ranging Power | 22x |
| Parallax adjustment | 50 yd–∞ |
| Exit pupil diameter | 5.5x: 9.1 mm22x: 2.3 mm |
| Eye relief | 95 mm/3.7 in |
| Field of view @100 yards/100 meters | 5.5x: 17.5 ft22x: 4.7 ft5.5x: 5.3 m22x: 1.4 m |
| Objective outer diameter | 59 mm |
| Eyepiece outer diameter | 43 mm |
| Overall length (inches/mm) | 15.1 in/384 mm |
| Weight (ounces/grams) | 31 oz/879g |
| Mounting length (inches/mm) | 6.6 in/168 mm |
| Front/Rear Mounting Length | 2.83 in/2.09 in |
| PTL (Power Throw Lever) | Accessory |
| Reticles available | MOAR™MOAR-TMIL-R™MIL-DOT |
| Illumination | Analog |
| Elevation Feature | ZeroStop |
