VortexOptics Crossfire II Second Focal Plane, 1-inch Tube Riflescopes

Comparing this Vortex to other scopes in the same general price range:- glass is generally clearer- reticle is crisp - love the duplex dot- adjustments are accurate and consistient- looks and feels like a quality opticIt will not replace a $3000.00 scope, but it is highly functional for a hunting rifle that will suffer abuse in the field.If I were being picky I would like the windage and elevation adjustments to be a little crisper and maybe even with an audible "click"I did have to use the warranty, completely my fault.....I changed from a QD mount to Vortec Pro Rings and in a rush did not use my torque screwdriver. I overtightened the rings substantially which bent the scope tube. This effected the windage adjustment and made the elevation inconsistient (impact intermittently moved between two points about 2.5" apart).I emailed Vortex, they sent me pre-paid postage to return the scope and within 7 days sent me a brand new scope. Their technician noted the bent scope tube was the problem and expressed the importance of properly torqing scope rings ...which I needed to hear.No one wants to use a warranty....however if you need it, even if you caused the problem, Vortex makes the process a pleasurable experience and truely follows their word without gimmicks and deception. They straight up fix or replace efficiently and without costing you a dime. You just will not find better customer service out there.I would put this scope right near, if not at the top, of budget scopes $300 and under in its own right. The no-fault warranty and amazing customer service are in a class by themselves.

4-12x40 AO Scope = First, you are not going to be looking through the "soda straw" effect with this scope. It has great eye relief of about 4 inches and a great eye view quality of very minimal scope black eye ring in your sight picture. You get a great view with full image at low and high power in this scope. It has an Adjustable Objective and the reticle is very clear at 2nd focal plane use. It is to be used at 12x and if you are going to use that BDC, you need to be prone or in a very, very stable shooting platform position while at 12x to use this BDC. The turrets are fine and are capped. I do not trust them for dialing up and down MOA. There are box tests I have seen where they performed fine but this isn't a $1000 scope. This is a budget hunting scope with a nice BDC that can be used for ranging mixed with a ballistic calculator for holdovers and doping the wind out to what I consider 500 yards use. It has more than enough magnification for that and I have taken mine out to proof it shooting steel rams at 500 yards with no issues off my bipods. I ballistic computer matched the reticle with an accurate handload and it is good out to 600yds on my rifle. If you are just shooting to 400yds, I recommend the 3-9x40 BDC Crossfire II scope for hunting. If you are shooting varmints or shooting out to 500yds, the 4-12x40 AO is what I recommend. The Vortex Crossfire II is a budget hunting scope that would fit nice on a Savage Axis / Ruger American Rifle for a budget rifle optic. I've attached some BDC information on this scope to look at the values. This is great budget glass for a budget rifle setup. If you are shooting 500 yards and under, this is really all you need. If you are going past 500yds, you need a better quality scope for dialing the scope turrets / wind values, custom rifle, handloads, etc. more time & $$$$.

I replaced an older 3-9 Leupold with this vortex and holly cow is it a better quality scope. I could never get the target and cross hairs in focus at the same time with the Leupold but the Vortex is crystal clear. I'm almost wishing I got the lower magnification for a rimfire but I'm extremely happy with it.

Wanted something better than the cheap sub-$50 scopes I had been buying in the past. After watching/reading many reviews, I settled on the Vortex as my first “serious duty” scope.“Cliff Notes” :Looks dopePicture sight is dopeTurrets are dopeScope looks amazing on the AR platform and I can’t wait to take the .300 Blackout out to harvest some game with the scope.Picture is amazingly clear. Brilliant colors and very crisp image makes it easy to forget you are looking through an optic.Turrets work great and I had my rifle zeroed in only 4 shots (would have been less if I had taken the time to bore sight the scope, first). Each click gives a positive clicky feel and I detected no mushiness. The cheaper scopes have a tendency to need you to tap them with casings after each adjustment to help get them settled into place and the zero will wander a bit no matter how much you fuss with the adjustments, but that is all absent with the Vortex. Once you have the scope zeroed in, you can remove the turrets with a flathead and turn them back to their “zeroed” tick marks so that you can make small adjustments later (such as when using a different type of ammo) without losing where your main baseline zero is at.If you’re like me and not able to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a scope but are no longer interested in the cheap knockoffs, do not hesitate to go with the Vortex Crossfire II line of scopes. They are amazing scopes for the price.In my review photo, there are two or three shots that went too far to the right. Those are my own errors as I flinched during those shots. The scope works flawlessly.