{"id":78335,"date":"2017-08-25T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T17:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=78335"},"modified":"2017-08-25T13:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:44:11","slug":"top-prs-glass-vortex-razor-hd-gen-ii-tracking-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/top-prs-glass-vortex-razor-hd-gen-ii-tracking-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Top PRS Glass? Vortex Razor HD Gen II \u2014\u00a0Tracking Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is probably not a surprise to any of my regular readers, but I am a bit of an optics snob. I played sniper professionally for most of my military career, and that left a distinct mark when it comes to glass. Not to say that everything military was always great, we had our share of bad products. In fact, I really miss the days when I could call a major scope company and yell at the vice president of sales, and he had to listen since I had the big boy checkbook.<\/p>\n

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The Vortex Razor HD Gen II is a high-quality optic and can go head-to-head with German optics.<\/p><\/div>\n

My point \u2014 I have a pretty high bar, and if a new brand is going to break into my quiver of options, they had better come correct. I don\u2019t own a pile of scopes, but I have exactly zero that are junk.<\/p>\n

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The Vortex Razor HD Gen II’s turrets are locking and the author’s test sample came with .1 MRAD adjustments.<\/p><\/div>\n

My first experience with Vortex was 10 years ago when they were relatively new, and we laughed the sales guy out of the room back at Fort Bragg. I have heard rumblings that Vortex has grown in quality and clarity. They are absolutely crushing it on the Precision Rifle Series (PRS) circuit. If you look at the winners, a large majority use Vortex. In a sheer talent discovery capacity, if you find a far enough outlier, he can win with anything. Dave Sevigny is still the only pistol shooter to ever win the USPSA Limited National Title with anything besides an 2011 (double-stack 1911) . Just because Dave can win with a Glock doesn\u2019t mean it is a better race pistol than an 2011. It might be a better pistol at a lot of things, but a race isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n

Also, there\u2019s the sentiment that you can always buy a champion if your pockets are deep enough. What I see from the PRS circuit looks very different from that. According to the data, Vortex was the glass of choice for an astounding 73 percent of those in the top 15 slots in 2015, and 40 percent of those in the top 50. Those are really big numbers for a field so crowded as optics. It tells me that they are probably durable and certainly don\u2019t suck. Counting travel and match fees, a weekend at a major event can set you back an easy $2,000. Competitors don\u2019t stick with things that don\u2019t work. So, I decided to check for myself.<\/p>\n

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The Vortex Razor HD Gen II comes with different options of reticles, but the author chose to test the EBR-2C reticle.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The author spent time on the range testing the scope for tracking and other mechanical errors. The Vortex Razor HD Gen II performed flawlessly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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