Yeah,
I had a Razor 1-10x for about 1.5 years. It is not a bad scope for what it is, but there are a few things that eventually made me sell it.
1, the semi transperant center dot and segmented cirkle is very detrimental to me. I found it very hard to use for precision shooting.
A solid black reticle is so much better.
2, the optical performance on the top of the magnification range is just to much for it to handle. Contrast really suffers along with the eyebox. Several much cheaper 2-10x, 2.5-10x and similar are so much better in this regard. But they dont have that sweet 1x, which is fantastic in the Razor by the way.
3, the turrets. Even if they are capped and not something you are supposed to twist and turn on a daily basis, they are still pretty mediocre.
A few months ago I switched to a Nightforce NX8 1-8x and it is so much better in every way. Maybe you should have a look at that?
In an odd way, I felt a bit relieved when I saw this. For a while, I thought that I might be crazy. When shopping for an LPVO, I watched all of the videos from guys that I considered to be the least shillish and tried the PA PLXc, touted as being the best LPVO out now, the ATACR, Eotech, etc. I spent an insane, to me, amount of money looking for the perfect LPVO for me. Some I was able to return because just looking through them and getting some hands on time immediately told me they weren't for me and I didn't even mount them. Others, I sold at a loss.
What I landed on is the NX8. I initially avoided it because of all of the negative reviews. I only tried it because I ran out of options. It was the only thing left to try. Yes, it has some downsides, but as a total package, in terms of robustness of build, glass quality, features and price, it was a winner for me.
I think that LPVO tech really reached its limits at 8x. Going 10x is pushing it. You just can't get around the physics. If you really want to make yourself sick, take that $1500+ FFP 1-8x LPVO you bought, run a few thousand rounds through it and get used to it. Become one with it. Then grab another similar rig with something like a SFP Credo 1-6 and start running drills with it. Everything is just easier.
All the rage right now is more power and FFP, but I think LPVOs peaked at the SFP 6x. Man, if Nightforce had just taken their little 1-4x NXS and advanced it to a 1-6 instead of doing the NX8, they would have knocked it out of the park.
I'll tell you what almost had me hitting the add to cart button is the limited run 1-6 Razor with the etched reticle. I may still. What keeps me from doing it is that Ive grown to love the form factor of my NX8. A smidgen bigger than a TA11 and only 26 ounces, including the scope, Nightforce mount and piggyback dot.
