Vortex Crossfire II 6-24*50 Scope

[whiskerer]

Hey, just looking for a little help. I'm about to buy a Remington 700 Long Range in 300 Win Mag. I'm a college student, so I'm throwing most of my money on the gun itself. For the scope, I've heard that the Vortex Crossfires are good scopes to start off with if you want a "cheap" higher powered scope. Is this true and can the scope take the recoil of the Win Mag? If you have any other suggestions for a scope of about these specs and price ($300), please post it. Any help is appreciated.

Whiskerer

[postal]

First, I'd recommend 308 to learn on. Cheaper to shoot and easier on the shoulder.

If you can swing it, I'd suggest going to the HST or PST(even better-first focal plane is worth the cost)

Even the cheap vortex has lifetime warranty with great CS, so it's hard to go wrong with that brand.

[whiskerer]

If you can swing it, I'd suggest going to the HST or PST(even better-first focal plane is worth the cost)

Even the cheap vortex has lifetime warranty with great CS, so it's hard to go wrong with that brand.

Both of those are way out of my current price range. Maybe I can pick one up in a few years but with where I am at right now I can't afford those.

[ExtremeX]

The optic is going to be your biggest limiting factor in that setup should you choose the Crossfire series of scope to work with on that rifle/cartridge. I also agree with what postal said about a 308 if this is really a learning venture.

Vortex is a fantastic brand, but the scope you picked is a poor optic for the application. Unless you plan on taking every shot as a hold over, I would keep looking.

Yes it does have high magnification but that’s not what is really important… it only has 40 MOA of elevation adjustment but the turrets are capped. Being their entry model, I don’t know if I would trust the tracking riding the turrets all day. You also only have two reticle options being a V-Plex and their standard BDC.

You would be much better suited with something like a 10x or 12x fixed power SWFA for about $300. If you catch a sale, you can get it for even less with a free set of decent rings. At least at this point, you have a good enough optic which is setup correctly and will probably expedite the entire learning process.

[whiskerer]

What about one of the millets like the 4-12 or 4-16? Would these work well?

[ExtremeX]

What about one of the millets like the 4-12 or 4-16? Would these work well?

The Millet TRS-1 was actually my first target scope...

Because I didn't know any better at the time I ended up with the MOA/MIL version, so I grew out of it pretty fast. I would opt for the MIL/MIL version if you were to go with that scope.

Being my first big scope my experience with it was actually decent, optically it wasn't bad at all for a $300 scope, at least mine wasn't. It tracked good enough for the testing I did with it. After playing with better scopes and turrets it did leave a lot to be desired.

Being a SFP scope there is a detent at 10x where the reticle is calibrated. Generally SFP scopes have their reticle calibrated at max mag, so they are doing things a bit different than the rest of the industry. I didn't really like this when I was learning how to range targets since I almost always prefer to do it at max mag.

They also have their reticle setup a little different.

Read this review, and watch the video.

http://8541tactical.com/2014/05/12/millett-trs-1-rifle-scope-review/

There are now other options to consider that were not available 4-5 years ago when I purchased the Millet. PA has some options if you really do need to keep it bottom dollar, but I would STILL opt for the fixed power SWFA. It really is some of the best you can buy for under $300.

[VendetAR]

Somebody has been watching American Sniper...

[whiskerer]

Somebody has been watching American Sniper...

Lol, not quite. I actually haven't been able to see it yet unfortunately. I've been trying to get the cash together to buy this for a long time, and I've just about reached the point where I can get my rifle.