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NIGHTFORCE® OPTICS SOLIDIFIES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY
LK Metrology Altera ‘S’ 7.5.5 CMM at Nightforce Optics measuring riflescopes and spotting scopes.
HIGH-PRECISION IS REQUIRED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RIFLESCOPES NAND SPOTTING SCOPES WHERE REPEATABLE OPTICS ARE CRITICAL.
ightforce Optics is headquartered in the small undergo a rigorous 70-point quality checklist that tests town of Orofino, Idaho along the famous and verifies that each product meets the highest standards Clearwater River. But that is the only small for quality and functional accuracy before leaving the
reference that can be said for this twenty-eight-year- facility”.
old company that jumped into the highly competitive precision shooting market with the goal of building the best riflescopes in the world. That goal has turned into reality as the company continues to excel with advanced manufacturing and testing technologies.
Scott Johnson, quality manager for Nightforce Optics says, “Our approach continues to be designing and building top-of-the-line optics from the ground up. We serve the needs of military special forces, law enforcement agencies, serious competitive shooters and hunters who need the most dependable and best performing optics available. Much of the product line is hand assembled in the Orofino production facility. 100% of these products
Johnson explains, “Riflescopes have a wide range of precision mating parts that are all crucial to the accuracy and performance of each product. For example, our scope body tubes are made from aerospace aluminum bar stock and machined by specially designed CNC multi spindle lathes. We also use complicated multiple start thread designs with very tight tolerances in adjustment parts that require thorough inspections using custom made calibrated gages to ensure precision in each moving part. In addition, we perform ‘first article’ inspections that require proper documentation along with in-line inspections during the production run of parts to ensure the parts conform to the design requirements. As the
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