I have long been a Leupold consumer, but last year I got hooked on Vortex. I bought a supper high magnification Vortex last hunting season to add to my line up, and I can't find a single thing about it that I don't like, except it's weight, it is large and heavy. But it performs well enough that at about 2 miles away I was able to see the fur fly through the air on both my Son and Daughter in laws deer when they were shot. In absolute honesty, both of those deer were at least 2 miles away, and I could see with crystal clear definition, the flies buzzing around the eye's of both animals at 60X, yes flies at 2 miles away!
That spotting scope was like $550 I think, which isn't really much when it regards spotting scopes. I have Leupold's that are in the $1,500 range that aren't as clean as that Vortex, oh it's so hard to say that about Leupold, but the facts, are the facts. But when buying spotting scopes, don't waste your money on bargain brand junk. I have seen a lot of junk glass over the years while working retail, and even bought one years ago in the $250 range, (Bushnell) that gave me head aches. It was basically useless beyond 200 yds. unless you were looking at trees or large objects, but you couldn't use it to view bullet holes at 200 yds..
GS
