Re: New Vortex Razor 5-20x50 HD at SWFA (PICS)
Not sure I want it after it's gone overboard like that, although I guess that unconditional warranty would be your saving grace there.
I'm sure the glass is on par with other high end offerings with Jap glass in them. I'm sure there are better out there that cost more, probably with German/euro glass. At what point does it become enough and everything else is just overkill? If I bought one, and it beat my zeiss low-end glass for clarity, then i'd be happy. I don't get into all the glass hoopla either, I just like a nice clean image without any of the blue haze you get in cheapos. So far the falcon, NXS, and zeiss have failed to disappoint. I haven't had a S&B or premier, so I guess I wouldn't know what I was missing.
My only real gripe with the appearance of this is that the turrets look really tall, which is why I hate benchrest turrets... they just get in the way. At least they don't have "grabber fins" like the falcons do, lol. The turret knurling looks very Nightforceish, which is cool.
The reticle looks badass, I'm glad to hear Frank's assesment of it. I like my horus reticle alot, but it is very "busy" with all the lines that obscure the field of view. I should have got my reticle in a USO instead of in the horus hardware, but that's another story.
I like the finish color, sorta has a FDE or "urban grey" look to it in pics. Power range is nice, and the FFP is a must-have feature to me now that i've had it and am spoiled by it. These do come with an ARD and shade, so that's one less thing you gotta buy, which is nice. I don't really care on the rings, you can get some for less than the $200 these cost. I'd rather see the 34mm as well, that would be a nice production change.
I'll wait a while and see how the prices go on the production models. Hopefully they come down a bit. At this point, not even my soul is worth the trade in value i'd need to buy one, lol.
that's my completely unprofessional $.02 having only looked at it and read most of the info provided on page one and from LowLight.