It works great in its big brother and they made the reticle a little thicker for the lower powered 4-24 so the lower power can still be used.
New Vortex Gen III 4-24x44 has landed!
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It works great in its big brother and they made the reticle a little thicker for the lower powered 4-24 so the lower power can still be used.
Not really. Don’t get hung up on the objective size. It still gives good lowlight performance. At its street price it’s a good price for what you get. Just keep watching reports as people get theirs.
It would be nice to hear the low power view compares to the NF NX-8 4-32 in FFP.
I have one coming this week for AR-trainer for PRS type shooting used out to 600 yards. The MSRP is ridiculous but street price is passable. A year from now and a couple hundred bucks less and I bet it will seem like a good value.
Been using a Vortex PSTII 5-25 50mm on this particular gun, which I’ve had no complaints about but is a pretty long scope that looks a little goofy on an AR. I have both the Gen ii and Gen iii to compare against on bolt guns.
Been using a Vortex PSTII 5-25 50mm on this particular gun, which I’ve had no complaints about but is a pretty long scope that looks a little goofy on an AR. I have both the Gen ii and Gen iii to compare against on bolt guns.
Yeah mine will be on my 6ARC for gas gun division out to 1000+. It’s nice it has as much elevation as it does as I had to shoot to 1270yards this past weekend at a match and ran out of elevation and just held over.
I ordered one through Richard at CS tactical. They were kind enough to price match Expertvoice, which if you are MIL/LEO is a very good price though today.
shoot4fun
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I must bee in the minority on this. I have resisted open center reticle with small dots as long as possible due to my eyes can't always pick them up easily.
Steve Donlon
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You need to find a FFP scope with a bigger dot.
X-Caveman
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I like this fatty from Maven. It's even thicker in person. I could live without the vertical line above center, and the illumination kinda blows, but other than that, it's about ideal for my struggling vision.
Steve Donlon
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This is 4-20x50 Athlon Argos it's on a hunting rifle. The dot is .7 MOA $400. I never could find a duplex scope with 20 power. If your eyes are getting bad, this will help. 80 moa SFP
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I got the 4x24 today. So first impressions next to my ZCO420 (sun setting). Optically the vortex has slight edge over the ZCO.. The Razor has about 1mil more of FOV over the ZCO at matching magnification. The parallax is nicer with more range on the Razor.
"Negatives" on the Razor, no thick lines to the outside of the reticle which make it pretty hard to see at low magnification, but illumination should negate that.
Eye box seems to be the same on both (I don't have the Razor mounted yet). That's all I could test before it was too dark.
"Negatives" on the Razor, no thick lines to the outside of the reticle which make it pretty hard to see at low magnification, but illumination should negate that.
Eye box seems to be the same on both (I don't have the Razor mounted yet). That's all I could test before it was too dark.
Any updates on the new gen III compared to your ZCO?
Ledd Slinger
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Not a fan of that power range. 4x is probably too low for any practical use outside of hunting in brushy close quarters, and 24x isnt quite enough magnification for my taste at long range when trying to shoot tight groups. I usually prefer a top end of 30x or more.
I have been using scopes with the 7-35x magnification range. I have 3 scopes with that range on rifles now and love them. They weigh 38 oz, but I’ll gladly take that little bit of extra weight over the Vortex for an additional 11x magnification top end.
I the ultimate would be a scope with a 7-42x mag range. Leupold makes, or at least used to make one, but its Leupold so it didn’t hold up well to any real world abuse according to reviews. I wish someone besides Leupold would consider making a scope with that mag range.
Not a fan of that power range. 4x is probably too low for any practical use outside of hunting in brushy close quarters, and 24x isnt quite enough magnification for my taste at long range when trying to shoot tight groups. I usually prefer a top end of 30x or more.
I have been using scopes with the 7-35x magnification range. I have 3 scopes with that range on rifles now and love them. They weigh 38 oz, but I’ll gladly take that little bit of extra weight over the Vortex for an additional 11x magnification top end.
I the ultimate would be a scope with a 7-42x mag range. Leupold makes, or at least used to make one, but its Leupold so it didn’t hold up well to any real world abuse according to reviews. I wish someone besides Leupold would consider making a scope with that mag range.
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That’s why they make a Gen III 6-36 as well for people wanting more power but this scope with its weight and power range will fit the needs of a lot of people.
March makes a 5-40X56 and a 5-42X56. The first one is a normal FFP (20°) with ED glass, the other is a wide angle FFP (26°) with Super-ED lenses.
Just the 32 oz weight would be a cause to look elsewhere for a hunting scope. Also not convinced a FFP is a benefit for hunting but that’s just a personal choice.
Just the 32 oz weight would be a cause to look elsewhere for a hunting scope. Also not convinced a FFP is a benefit for hunting but that’s just a personal choice.
Why? I know people who hunt with heavier optics. Is it for hiking mountains for days? Nope but it will work just fine for other hunting uses.
Vortex was listening to people who complained the other Razors were too heavy and dropped a lot of weight and people still complain. lol
It’s just too heavy
I wouldn’t know
No need to get offended, I’m a mountain hunter and every ounce counts, if other guys want to carry the weight that’s fine but most guys I know look at optics around 20oz or less on top of a 6-7 pound rifle. If you’ve ever hunted the Cabinet or Bitterroot Mt’s, you’d get pretty tired packing out and Elk plus all your gear including a big heavy rifle and scope.
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