Why vortex!!!
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Lungfish23
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For me, it's also the warranty. Not that I've had their optics fail. But their customer service is fantastic.
One time I emailed to ask to purchase new rubber eye cups for my 10+ year old binoculars. They sent them out for free along with a hat and sticker.
Another time I left my turret caps at the range after sighting in my scope. Emailed them asking to buy replacements. They sent those out for free as well.
I also think they are good value. That and the customer service is why I keep going back with them
One time I emailed to ask to purchase new rubber eye cups for my 10+ year old binoculars. They sent them out for free along with a hat and sticker.
Another time I left my turret caps at the range after sighting in my scope. Emailed them asking to buy replacements. They sent those out for free as well.
I also think they are good value. That and the customer service is why I keep going back with them
I just helped a friend sight in his rifle yesterday , and was very disappointed in the Vortex Diamondback. The crosshairs didn't move at all for several clicks, then jumped two inches the next click. The scope will be going in for warranty, but with Vortex, it seems that the warranty gets used far too often.
waynewjw
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I have owned and still do quite a number of Vortex scopes in a range of prices. Only ever sent back 1 out of the lot and it was promptly replaced with a new one. I will continue to buy more when the need or urges comes up.
You keep right on buying them, I have owned over 100 riflescopes, and have never had to send any in for warranty, then again, none of them have been Vortex.
Cool story bro. Try putting some miles on your guns some time. Only brand I haven't sent back is Vortex but that may have more to do with only having a half dozen. They all break if you actually run them hard.
My rifles have ridden in jet boats, argos, atvs, scabbards on mountain hunts, and in small planes, in four provinces and three states, but I do not abuse them, and I have yet to have one fail. I did send two scopes in for cosmetic damage, due to accidents in the mountains, but both still functioned and held zero. My first scope was a Bushnell Banner, then I used Leupold exclusively, then I switched to Zeiss, Swarovski, and Kahles, with Nikon on a few range rifles, and now I use Swarovski and Zeiss exclusively. I have avoided low end scopes, and I have also not had failures.
My hunting guns wore Leupold for many years, 35+ on a 2-7x33, couple yrs less on a 3-9x40, they got banged against trees by horses, one got run over by my Jeep, fallen down on them on scree slopes, they have their digs, but, never even changed zero thru all that. One is stiil mounted on the original gun, one got sold. Had a fairly long hiatus on buying scopes, about 1992 to about 2009 or 10. Last one in 92, was a Nikon 6.5-20, as it had 1/8 clicks, glass was as good as the Leupold 6.5-20 I had already, still have the Nikon too.
Since 2010 I've bought a Weaver, 2 Zeiss, 3 Swaros, a Delta, and a Tract. Looked at Vortex, but, they didn't offer some of the features I wanted on them. I did put a VX3 and a Z3 side by side under numerous conditions, the Z3 won hands down.
Since 2010 I've bought a Weaver, 2 Zeiss, 3 Swaros, a Delta, and a Tract. Looked at Vortex, but, they didn't offer some of the features I wanted on them. I did put a VX3 and a Z3 side by side under numerous conditions, the Z3 won hands down.
What I've found with Vortex "haters" specifically is their experience always seems to be either secondhand or based on factory mounted (poorly mounted, at that) Crossfire II scopes (the cheapest of the lineup) which get bounced all over the world and back in rifle boxes rather than proper scope boxes.
To compete with Razor HDs, you pretty much need to run Swaro, Zeiss, or Kahles scopes. Or Nightforce. The high end of the Vortex range is really great. So are the competitors in that range. Many match winners packing that level of glass.
I use Crossfire and Diamondback scopes on my rimfires. Great scopes for 100-200m shots. Strike Eagles and Viper PSTs are great entry-level competition scopes. Viper HS scopes are fine hunting scopes but a bit chunky. Razors (both hunting and match) are just outright great, if the features fit your requirements, especially for a hunt of a lifetime, I don't think you'd be disappointed. But you'd probably be unimpressed by the lower end.
Edit: I will add that in the "low end" IMO the Burris Fullfield IV really wrecks most other scopes, cheap Vortex, ancient Bushnells people seem to have a hard-on for, low end Leupolds with horrendous turrets, other no-name brands, etc. At least the 2.5-10x is a kick-ass option and I'd run those over most anything else if the features fit.
Hardhammer
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Wow, manage to insult two people at once, you must be quite a party guy……
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Just as an update, I've been wringing out the razor lht 3-15 the last little while. I'm actually pretty happy with it. Seems repeatable so far. Time will tell how it holds up but it's on my 280ai build that I plan on using for pretty much everything including some long range shooting so it's going to get a work out in the next year.
I have no experience with the cheaper offering but the high-end vortex scopes are quality kit. I have a 2 vortex LHT 4.5-22 scopes, they're repetable, lightweight, and the image quality appeals to my eyes. I think that they're the best bang for the buck for those looking for a crossover scope. The only negative for me is the push button illumination controls. I'd like to have some sort of dial instead.
Got 4 in my life.
All 4 ended up to the warranty repair.
All 4 got sold after getting a replacement from warranty.
Razor line or nothing for me.
But obviously it always depend of the usage and purpose.
To shoot 20 rounds per year on a hunting rifle... I guess they are perfectly fine.
All 4 ended up to the warranty repair.
All 4 got sold after getting a replacement from warranty.
Razor line or nothing for me.
But obviously it always depend of the usage and purpose.
To shoot 20 rounds per year on a hunting rifle... I guess they are perfectly fine.
I had exactly the same experience, and having said that if I was going to spend enough $$ to buy a Vortex Razor, I wouldn`t. Shooting buddies have also had negative experiences with Vortex, I have no faith in them at all.
