Vortex Optics Crossfire II Second Focal Plane, 1-inch Tube Riflescopes

Not top of the line, but nowhere near the bottom either. Really good glass quality, will be buying again. I have bought a few of the "sniper" cheap azz scopes, but never again. This is a very good scope for the price. Holds zero very well, eye relief is great once set up. I have a nikon scope about the same price, but is nowhere near the quality of this one.

Excellent scope with fixed parallax at 100 yards. Clear lenses, nice, precise radicals. Absolutely worth of buying. How ever it doesn't work for me, reason being, I need it on my break barrel air gun rifle and all my targets are 30 - 50 yards. I'm not returning this Scope, I might need it for other rifle I have.

I love this scope so much I just bought anther one. First one I put on a Marlin 336 30-30 and the next is going on a Mossberg 350 legend. Very bright, ease to adjust, and all around great scope for the money.

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 & $$$$.

Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of Vortex Optics. I ordered this optic to place on one of my Ar builds. For the price it was just what I was looking for to hold me over for a while till the new optic I wanted was released. I also purchased the Nikon p223 mount for this optic. I mounted the optic to my rifle and took it out to the range. I was happy to find that the optic was pretty dang close to being zeroed in at 100 yards. I removed the caps and dialed in to a true center shot . It took me about 7 rounds to find the sweet spot. At 100 yards this optic is great, I used it at the 3x magnification. I then started to try out the BDC reticle and the additional zoom. I will say the BDC did work quite well. The zoom however was not the best. Up to 5x it was still pretty clear and the image was enhanced. It made my 200 yard shots pretty simple. The 6x started to get a little fuzzy around the edges but the center of the optic was still nice and crisp. At 7x the surrounding gets a bit blurry and distorted. The center is a little smaller but still pretty clean. Tho it is a bit harder to get your eye in the right relief zone. For the price this really is a great optic. It holds true after hundreds of rounds and works great for the 100-300 yard shots. Once you start to go above that and are using more magnification it starts to get a little blurry. I think I paid $125 for this optic so I am by no means complaining. In fact it is probably one of the better options at that price. If you are looking for an optic for consistent 100 yard shot groupings using a bench, this optic is great. If you are looking for something you can be a little more tactical with and need quick image acquisition I would say you need to step up to a higher end optic. Tho at this price and with the amazing customer support and warranty from vortex you really can not go wrong with it. I hope this was a helpful review in making your decision !

Very clear optics and easy to zero in

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 optic It 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.

What a huge difference Clarity great Adjustment easy Most appreciated is the generous eye relief. Replaced a bushnell dusk to dawn on 450 bushmaster