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Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6293674
08/03/18 06:30 PM
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Vortex is junk in your opinion.

Swarovski is overpriced mid-life crises status symbol gear in mine.



I’ve compared Razors to Swaros ad nauseum. Are the swaros better? Sure, marginally. Are they worth the extra $1200-1500 better?NOPE! Awful lot of extra money for very little gain.

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6293754
08/03/18 08:57 PM
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I'm a vortex fan all the way. They are quality scopes with the best warranty on the market. All made here in the USA, and they are awesome.

I have owned a viper, and currently use a strike eagle 3-18x44 ebr-4 great scope. If you couple these reticles with a good long range ballistic calculator you can dial the turret at any range and dead eye whatever you shooting, steel or meat.

I'm gonna buy a couple PST gen2s later this year to top some bergaras off.

Vortex woops the Leupold and Nikons that I own. Hands down


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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine....
-OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-
Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6293794
08/03/18 09:59 PM
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I’ll admit I bought a pair of Swarovski 8x30 CL. They are the only optics I’ve ever had to return to the mothership, not once, but twice. First time was sub zero coyote calling under a full moon and the strap connector separated from the binoculars body. The second time I was archery elk hunting (reason I bought them for in first place size and weight is awesome for archery) and I went to glass a mountain, and low and behold it looked like a broken coke bottle when I looked. If you closed one eye they worked perfect, both eyes absolutely not. I sold them this spring after I got them back from being rebuilt.

I’m a huge fan of Zeiss binoculars, I have a pair of Conquests I bought when they were a lot cheaper than they are now, and they’ve been on the dash of my pickup for the last fifteen years or so, and are still crystal clear when I clean the dust off.

I did buy a pair of the Vortex two hundred or less binos that Cabela’s puts on sale and they are impressive for the price point.

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6293851
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Buy the vortex, you won't regret it. I have 5 vortex scopes and I like all of them. In fact I don't even look at any other brand any more. Is a $2500 night force or swaro better than a $500 vortex? Darn right they are and should be. In the $200 to $500 range I haven't seen any other brand offer the clarity or features that vortex does. Leupold lovers go ahead and disagree, to each his own.

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: kingrat] #6293901
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Originally Posted By: kingrat
There's a reason everyone says that their warranty is second to none. I'd rather buy a Nikon or Leupold and not find out what their warranty is like.


I second that. I had a Vortex Diamondback fail three times. Yes they honored the warranty but I had never had a scope failure in 35 years prior to the vortex.

After the third failure I replaced it with a Leupold

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: Ken Smith] #6298701
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Originally Posted By: Ken Smith
I'm a vortex fan all the way. They are quality scopes with the best warranty on the market. All made here in the USA, and they are awesome.


definitely NOT all, nor any are made in the USA..
Japan for the razor
Phillipines for everything else except
Crossfire, made in China..


Originally Posted By: Malukchuk
I'll take wolves over idiots any day.
Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6298709
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I have not owned a Vortex long enough to really say they are better than Leupold or Nikon. But the PST gen II is pretty darn good scope. Now I did fall once while climbing into the tractor and broke a Leupold VXII 3-9 sent it back in and $40.00 later had a new turret and scope. Even after I explained it was my fault. I think the Vortex tracks with less error than the Nikons. Leopold tracks good and Night force is excellent. And It Sucks that the Vortex Gen II pst is made in the Philippines. My only complaint with Vortex is they are heavy compared to Leupold.

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: bob maier] #6298822
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I bought a Vortex Diamondback 2x7. Dealer said it was a great piece of equipment, lifetime warranty, blah, blah, blah. Sighting it in, on the SIXTH shot it came apart internally. You could see lenses and retaining rings from either end of the scope plus it rattled real good. Back to the dealer, gave him the busted scope and $50 and walked out with a Leupold 2x7 that now has had hundreds of rounds through it. Never again, Leupold or Nikon from now on.

Re: Vortex scope? [Re: Hupurest] #6299559
08/11/18 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted By: Hupurest
Originally Posted By: Ken Smith
I'm a vortex fan all the way. They are quality scopes with the best warranty on the market. All made here in the USA, and they are awesome.


definitely NOT all, nor any are made in the USA..
Japan for the razor
Phillipines for everything else except
Crossfire, made in China..

Not true, they recently completed a 16 million dollar facility in Barneveld, Wisconsin. I worked on land surveying and municipal engineering for the facility for the better part of 3 years. There is a 1 acre building which is a machine shop, a 6 acre building which is warehousing and corporate offices, a hundred yard indoor shooting range and a just recently completed day care facility for the employee's children.

Zim



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