Primary Arms vs Vortex?

[theLBC]

But if you ask scope snobs, they will say all non-Razor Vortex scopes are trash.

For me, Vortex is good value for the money.

most of the vortex scopes are decent values, but i have heard that their budget scopes are easily bettered by other brands in those price ranges.
lots of folks are talking about Arken being one of the best choices for a tight budget right now, but you might have to wait for them to be available.

[Caseless]

I had used PA warranty service before. Never any problem.
ACSS type scopes are great for quick, multiple targets engagement at varying distances. I plan to upgrade all my PA SLx scopes to GLx once they are available.

In the past, Vortex never impressed me much when I used them, aside from glass quality on the top end models. Nowadays, I like the Razor 1-10x MRAD. It combines the best features of Razor HD Gen II-E 1-6x and PA Platinum 1-8x Griffin MIL.

[static2126]

I prefer Primary Arms over Vortex. The ACSS reticule is better than anything Vortex has for serious shooting.

Vortex glass is a tad nicer but not really noticeable at the high end. At the low end they are similiar.

[Nuuze]

I have used both Vortex Razor and Primary Arms PLx. Both are nice glass but prefer the ACSS reticle on the PA.

[BucDan]

How's Arken? I'm feeling to branch out a bit and try a new product.

Was going to jump on the Vortex PST deal at sportmans, but waiting for payday was a "too late" situation and nothing else looks good. So I'll probably miss out on the gift card deal... and 10% off coupon. Bleh.

[n8vrmind]

How's Arken? I'm feeling to branch out a bit and try a new product.

Was going to jump on the Vortex PST deal at sportmans, but waiting for payday was a "too late" situation and nothing else looks good. So I'll probably miss out on the gift card deal... and 10% off coupon. Bleh.

Arken SH scopes are now in stock on their website...so if you want one, this would be the time to get it. No personal experience with it, but Cyclops Joe on YouTube can't say enough good things about it (he admits he get "small amount" of $ via Arken affiliation)

[SchooBaka]

I've been looking at getting the pa 1-8x accs reticle. Can someone with one chime in on what the fov is like and how big is the reticle in that fov? the picture from there website makes it seem like the reticle is tiny.

[Nuuze]

I've been looking at getting the pa 1-8x accs reticle. Can someone with one chime in on what the fov is like and how big is the reticle in that fov? the picture from there website makes it seem like the reticle is tiny.

I think it depends if you get the FFP or SFP. I have the FFP (PA PLx 1-8x24mm FFP ACSS Raptor M2 5.56/.308) and the reticle gets bigger as you zoom in to see the details. Zoomed all the way out at 1x you use it as you would a red dot.