Vortex Golden Eagle

[Raythemanroe]

I have two Golden Eagles and both have held up fine under tracking between 100 to 800 metres.

Playing with the turret at the Outdoor Show I didn't think the clicks were very positive.. I feel they felt tight and precise but not a solid click... I guess that doesn't matter if they do what they are supposed to..

After reading the other posts I see the fix is already on.. lol


Ray

 

[johara1]

I wish NF. would have found the fix. It would have saved me a ton of money........ jim

 

[Willow]

Playing with the turret at the Outdoor Show I didn't think the clicks were very positive.. I feel they felt tight and precise but not a solid click... I guess that doesn't matter if they do what they are supposed to..

After reading the other posts I see the fix is already on.. lol


Ray

They do improve with use mate, or use a different lube.

 

[CharlieNC]

Mine continue to work well since replacing the grease with light oil. I do like that the turret is attached with three radial screws, very secure without risk of disturbing zero and alignment when setting into place.

 

[johara1]

Never seen a NF have a "soft click" problem. As a matter of fact, when mine broke the clicks were still positive.... the reticle just quit moving while I clicked away lol.

Tom

Tom, the fix had nothing to do with the clicks, it was the moving around after you clicked it LOL..... jim

 

[jsthntn247]

How does the eye box on y'alls compare to a nightforce competition. I have a hard time getting lined up behind mine. Allot more so than my nf 12-42br or the Sightron 10-60 I used to have.

 

[Willow]

How does the eye box on y'alls compare to a nightforce competition. I have a hard time getting lined up behind mine. Allot more so than my nf 12-42br or the Sightron 10-60 I used to have.

I got down behind an NF Comp before I settled on the Vortex and found the eyebox tight on the NF. I find the Golden Eagle VERY easy to get behind, an observation backed up by another guy I shoot with who is in the market for a new scope. His first comment was how easy the Vortex was to line up a nice sight picture. Everyone is different though so the more glass you can get behind, the easier it will make your final decision.

 

[SS427]

When I looked through one at a Sportsman Warehouse the eye box was the tightest I'd ever experienced and that was at 15X. The scope was mounted on one of those dummy rifles and I was using some bags...seemed steady enough but maybe that was an influence.

The narrow eye box along with the mushy elevation clicks (windage clicks were fine) put me off. Clarity/brightness was okay, but it didn't make me go wow. It certainly didn't pop like the Leopold 3 scope I compared against it.

My Nightforce and Sightron SIII scopes were better in all ways in my opinion. Strange how different eyes see differently. I'm hoping to see someone at the range with one so I can look though one there. But as this time I'm inclined to buy another Sightron SIII for 2/3 the cost.

Not trying to bash Vortex, but I would certainly look through one and try it before ordering one off the Internet. I almost did exactly that..sure glad they had one at a local store.

 

[dragman]

When I looked through one at a Sportsman Warehouse the eye box was the tightest I'd ever experienced and that was at 15X. The scope was mounted on one of those dummy rifles and I was using some bags...seemed steady enough but maybe that was an influence.

The narrow eye box along with the mushy elevation clicks (windage clicks were fine) put me off. Clarity/brightness was okay, but it didn't make me go wow. It certainly didn't pop like the Leopold 3 scope I compared against it.

My Nightforce and Sightron SIII scopes were better in all ways in my opinion. Strange how different eyes see differently. I'm hoping to see someone at the range with one so I can look though one there. But as this time I'm inclined to buy another Sightron SIII for 2/3 the cost.

Not trying to bash Vortex, but I would certainly look through one and try it before ordering one off the Internet. I almost did exactly that..sure glad they had one at a local store.

I feel the exact opposite, I have had many SIII's and replaced them pretty much all with NF or vortex to date. Maybe you got a bad one or one that wasn't set right or something. But then again like you said different eye's different people.

 

[CharlieNC]

No eyebox issue for me either. While I like my SIII a major factor to get the Vortex instead was the large weight difference to make the Ftr scale happy when I wanted to increase magnification beyond the 8-32. My local range has bad mirage and the Vortex is better on 60X than the SIII on 32X at 300yd, which is a "clear" advantage.

 

[LitLBoy]

I have had two VGE in my hand this week. think you will find that after you run the turrets back and forth a dozen times or so you will find the feel in the clicks is much better and the "mush" will go away. Eye box will be an issue anytime scope position forward and back is not right and comb height is not right. Once my stock was adj. correctly, eye box was no problem.
LitLBoy

 

[Rob01]

Here is a video of the turrets if anyone wanted to see and hear them.

 

[ccooper]

Here is a video of the turrets if anyone wanted to see and hear them.

Thanks for this video. I'm trying to decide between the GE and the NF Comp for an upcoming build and this helps. Those clicks don't sound mushy!

 

[Rob01]

I didn't think they were at all.

 

[R.Morehouse]

If your going to spend the $ on a Comp. you may want to give March a close look before the decision is made....

 

[dkhunt14]

If your going to spend the $ on a Comp. you may want to give March a close look before the decision is made....

I would look through both before I would buy. The Marches i looked through were not as clear amd bright as a Competition. Everybody's eyes are different. Matt

 

[ccooper]

I haven't looked thru a March or GE yet, but I got to play with the NF Comp (not mounted on a rifle) a few days ago and I was really impressed. The glass was amazing to me and the turrets felt really good and positive, but I read on here some reports of issues with tracking and returning to zero that give me hesitation.

 

[dondlhmn]

Both of my Golden Eagles felt a little mushy to begin with, still firm but not particularly tactile in click feel. I am pleased to say this has improved considerably with use though, the more you use those turrets the more the click feel should improve.

I was playing with a VORTEX GE today after having read about the "mushy" feel on the clicks. It did seem a tad mushy to me, but I'm thinking that maybe I just need to get used to that little bit of mushiness...just get over it, because the clicks are fine as they are...just not what I'm used to. I have one on order after looking though a good number of them. Many naysayers (mostly Nightwhore users), but I have four of them and have used/cranked the heck out of them with ZERO failures to track...or failures of any kind, for that matter. OTOH, the guy next to me at the South West Nationals had a failure to track in the windage direction...he attempted to crank out the windage in the scope left from a prevous shooting trip. When I asked him what brand it was...."NIGHTFORCE".....which to me proves (again) that anything mechanical can have a failure at about any time, so really proves nothing to me. Seems to me that once you find a scope you like a lot, as long as it has decent optics and good repeatable tracking what makes a person's mind up as to a brand is the RETICLES that are available in any particular brand. Seems to me that the world's best, most magical optics WILL NOT do you any good if the reticle is not one that you can use naturally or is too busy or just doesn't fit your "eye" or shooting style.

 

[jawjaboy]

Sighted in my new Vortex GE ECR-1 yesterday and ran some load tests. Turrets have good feel with tactile and audible clicks. For me bright, clear, and sharp to about 45x or so. For my eyes somewhere around 50x up to 60x it gets darker and less sharp and such a critical position in the eyebox it renders those magnifications useless for me.

Only time will tell how well it works for me after I've shot it in some matches.

 

[B_Thomas]

I am on the fence on replacing my Sightron SIII 10X50 with the Vortex GE??