Vortex Crossfire 1-4 V-Brite vs Bushnell 1-4 Throw Down PCL
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I have the crossfire v Brite on my ar and like it alot, nice clear glass. It is mounted using one of the vortex adr mounts. Also the vortex warranty in is great in the even that you need it.
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I'd spend my money on a Crossfire 1-4. Honestly, to keep it low budget I'd probably drop the v-brite anyway.
I would hesitate to put a Vortex Crossfire on anything but a 22. Bought a shotgun model once that the cross hair assembly rotated in the body with each shot. Others have had better luck, but this is a cheap china scope with the Vortex brand on it. I would not consider it for competition. Bushnell, once you get to the trophy and elite lines are better IMHO
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You're saying that a $900 scope is better than a $250 scope? Well I would hope so!
Yeah, I guess I generalized there a bit with the elite. Comparing roughly Midway USA prices, all options I would buy before the vortex:
1) bushnell trophy XLT 4A illuminated 1-4 $239 Comes with butler creek caps
2) Bushnell AR 1-4 FFP illuminated drop zone BDC 223 - $230
3) Leupold HOG 1-4 non illum $229
I was shooting with a guy today that had the Bushnell and sold it, replaced it with the Vortex. He said the only reason why was because of the reticle. He said that the Bushnell was nice but it covered up too much of the target at longer distances. If you have a chance to go into a store and try to get a feel for which reticle you like better, that may help.
i believe the HOG is very similar to the VXR (havent looked in a while) ive got the VXR 1-4, its a great scope but the illumination is horrible.
for the money, i would get the Burris 1-4 illuminated with the PEPR mount, ive used the burris scope before and really liked it.
What did you find horrible about the illuminated VXR? I have 2 of them (firedot) and think they work very well. I do not try to use illumination in the daylight, but I put it on as faint as possible in low light. I find most cheap scopes, the illum is so bright in low light that it looks like a flare in the scope and you can't see anything in front of you. On most high end scopes, I think the users try to set the brightness too high also. That was one thing about the NF NSX line that I liked, the illumination was not visible in daylight, even indoors without the scope cap flipped down, but you could see the crosshairs perfectly in low light.
the illumination on the VXR (1.25-4) does next to nothing during daylight wich its not really needed in but still, my other complaint is actually in snow during the day. if the red dot was more daytime visible or at least more visible in snow i would have considered another 1 for my deer rifle. in the dark the vxr illumination is plenty bright.
the Burris 1-4 (i believe it is the MTAC) that i used is cheaper than the Leupold, glass seems comparable but not quite as good but the illumination is 100x better (if thats what you really want...but if its not then the VXR isnt for you either)
dont get me wrong, i love leupold and i wont be selling my VXR there is just better options out there over their VXR lineup if the illumination is important to you, for the price of just the scope you can get the burris, mount and fastfire combo from IRG.
i should also add that the build quality of the XVR is amazing, its a solid scope.
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