Rifle Scopes Vortex razor gen iii mid range

[Jcaplinger199]

From what I can tell the razor gen ii 3-18 has been discontinued. Has anyone heard anything about a mid power gen iii? 3-18 or somethig in the range?

 

[918v]

I want a 3-33

 

[dgheriani]

Haven't heard anything but would sure love a Gen III 3-18 (or similar) especially if it were smaller than the 6-36 (which I'm a big fan of) and significantly lighter (like mid 30oz). I imagine they got rid of the Gen II as it was essentially the same weight as the 4.5-27.

 

[koshkin]

Given how many things they have going on, I probably would not hold my breath waiting for anything soon.

They do have a rather light weight Razor HD-LHT 4.5-22x50 which helps.

ILya

 

[beetroot]

I don't think Vortex sees a market for a lighter weight Gen2/3 Razor 3-18.

Reading between the lines it seems like they think the LHT fills that niche and keeping the Razor as a heavy beast.
Maybe a new AMG will come out at some stage but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[PBWalsh]

I’ve lost faith in manufacturers building a medium weight (20oz), medium powered optic.

Its all about LPVOs or super heavy high mag stuff. Unfortunate.

 

[dgheriani]

I’ve lost faith in manufacturers building a medium weight (20oz), medium powered optic.

Its all about LPVOs or super heavy high mag stuff. Unfortunate.

Vortex has the medium weight (22oz) Razor LHT 4.5-22 which is quite a nice, lightweight ffp scope. There's just a big gap, weight-wise between that and the 45oz Razor Gen III. Something like the 3-15 PST 2 (28oz) but with Razor glass and toughness (35oz?) would be really nice for gas guns and "tactical precision rifles", rigs that aren't full on heavy-ass comp guns or ultralight setups.

 

[PBWalsh]

Except the LHR is a long in size. Looks pretty good otherwise.

I’m talking NF NXS 2.5-10x32 kinda size.

 

[dgheriani]

Except the LHR is a long in size. Looks pretty good otherwise.

I’m talking NF NXS 2.5-10x32 kinda size.

Yeah fair enough. These days I'm inclined to go with a Gen III 1-10 over a NF 2.5-10. The Gen III is only 2oz heavier but 2" shorter and you can get away without an offset red dot cause of 1x.