Vortex Viper PST 1-4 Experience?

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I am looking to get an optic for my AR for close distances out to 300 yards. I was thinking of this one, as well as the illuminated Leupold Mark 4 of similar magnification.

Obviously, the Vortex is more than a couple of bucks cheaper.

Does anyone have experience with the vortex product? If so, has it proven to be accurate and reliable?

Thanks!
 
Being sold out in Canada, almost never on the EE, and life time warranty makes them very very very nice.

I shoot mostly 100 and 200 so i can't tell you on 300 yards

I have one, no issues.
 
Could be the best item in the Vortex catalogue, had a chance of swapping one at the range on my MR-1 for a 100 rounds and it is definitely on my buy list, you dont see them very often available... JP.
 
Excellent optic. I have the HS version (covered turrets) on my muzzleloader. I have shot it to 200 yards and it worked very well to that distance, but I can not comment about it's performance at 300.
 
Mine's been pretty good so far. The glass is not as clear as my 1-4 Accupoint but the body appears to be just as strong and the turrets might actually be better. The reticle has shooting at a distance in mind, but is still pretty quick up close. I bought this to replace my Accupoint for service rifle matches (100-500 meters). My initial testing looks promising. As to Obsessed's question; I'm not sure about the glass but the PST is assembled in the Philippines.
 
It's okay, but I consider the burris 1-4 better for less money due to it's daylight bright reticle.
The glass is roughly the same.

The vortex's reticle is tough to pick up in bright conditions when shooting fast on 1x. Much slower than a trijicon, the burris, swfa, s&b short dot and of course the eotech's and aimpoint's.
Kind of ruins the point of having a 1-4, you want aimpoint brightness for quickly getting the reticle on target.

If you can, I'd spend a few more bucks and go with an swfa 1-4, much, much better glass, ffp mil reticle, and daylight bright illumination.

The vortex 1-4 would be a winner if they made the reticle brighter and went to ffp. And brought it in at the same price point.
 
Obsessed said:
Thanks crashman, I actually emailed Vortex yesterday and got a response from Mr. Fritzler indicating the glass in the PST and RAZOR lines are both of Japanese origin.
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There's a huge difference in optical quality between the pst's and the razor's.
The pst's value lies in their feature set (mil/mil reticles, zero stop, quality turrets, illuminated reticles, etc.), not in the glass quality.
The glass quality is merely okay at the pst's price point... certainly not a bargain persay.
 
Obsessed said:
Thanks crashman, I actually emailed Vortex yesterday and got a response from Mr. Fritzler indicating the glass in the PST and RAZOR lines are both of Japanese origin.
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No problem Obsessed! My pleasure.

ntm said:
There's a huge difference in optical quality between the pst's and the razor's.
The pst's value lies in their feature set (mil/mil reticles, zero stop, quality turrets, illuminated reticles, etc.), not in the glass quality.
The glass quality is merely okay at the pst's price point... certainly not a bargain persay.
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I have not experienced the same issues as you indicated. On highest level illumination, I can see my reticle just fine during the middle of the day, and actually prefer not to use the illumination function unless I am shooting against a dark back ground. I agree the glass in the PST is not as good as the Razor, and I have both to compare them (my Razor is the 5-20X50), but for the money I think the PST 1-4 is a great value. And, if you check out the Vortex US website, you will see they are bringing out a FFP version later this year.
 
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