vortex crossfire II 4-12x40. any good?

[wolverine_173]

I would use it for elk hunting. It has a vplex recitle which is not my favorite because only a very small portion of the crosshair is thin, the rest is thick can obsure the target. I heard it has trouble holding ip to recoil, is that true? I shoot a 30-06.

And should i get the 4-12x40 or the 6-18x44? Most my shoots are under 300 yards but i might do 400 -500 yards if i have good zoom. I shhot steel at that range buut normally dont hunt at that range because i use a 3-9 scope.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

I have a Vortex Crossfire II 3-9x40 and its serviceable, budget friendly, adjustments track correctly, and holds zero (shot on 2 different 7mm-08's). It does have some negatives though. I bought mine brand new and it broken straight out of the box. Vortex fixed it no questions asked, but I had to pay return shipping on a NEW scope. Its optics are not as clear as my Nikon Prostaffs or my Redfields that are in the same price range. The magnification ring is really wide and fat and might interfere with the rifle bases when you mount your scope, mine did, and I had to grind some off the scope mount so they wouldn't touch.

IMO for a 4-12 zoom scope I'd serioulsly be looking at the Redfields Revolutions or the Nikon Prostaffs instead of the Vortex Crossfire II because in my experience with those brand scopes the Vortex Crossfire is in last place with the Refields being #1

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

Just looked online and I found the Crossfire II 4-12x40 for 169.99 and the Nikon offerings and Redfields offerings were over $200...I did see the Vortex Diamondback 4-12x40 for 199.99 and for that price I'd pay $30 more get it over the Crossfire its gonna have better glass and better quality.

FYI for 400-500 yards 12power is more than enough to shoot medium/large game and steel with. I used a 3-9x40 Leupold VX-2 to shoot gatorade bottles at 550yards a month or so ago I didn't have a problem seeing them either so a 12power is gonna be better than that

 

[wolverine_173]

Cabelas has the crossfire for $109 shipped

 

[Skylerbone]

I took a long look at the Crossfire line when they came out and nearly jumped as I already owned a StrikeFire and a pair of Fury binos. I saw a fair number of negative reviews claiming that recoil was recking havoc with them so I passed. I would imagine Vortex redesigned the line for just that reason with the II designation but I'd also second the idea of a Diamondback or better. Heck my bowling ball cost more than a Diamondback and it's never bagged me an elk.

The 4-12 x 40 Viper with parallax correction is $400, and with the price of hamburger, let alone steak these days I'd say it would pay for itself with 1 successful hunt.

 

[greyling22]

really more power than you are looking for, but cabelas has a heck of a deal right now on the 6-18x crossifre 2. $105. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunt...41169.uts?WT.mc_id=ir10451&WT.tsrc=AFF&rid=10