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JC's Review of Vortex Spitfire HD Gen II 5x Prism Scope
Pros:
-Sturdy optic with best warranty on the market.
-Very clear optical clarity for this price point. Noticeably better than my Burris 556 prism optic. Feels like good bang for buck.
-Lightest weight 10.8oz optic you can get at 5x. I cannot find another optic that gives 5x magnification, at this quality glass, for this weight. It was a major factor in purchasing as it dropped the weight of this rifle by about 1 lbs when compared to my Vortex Viper 1-6x LVPO. Lighter weight means noticeably better handling and reduced arm fatigue.
Limitations:
As expected, a prism optic at 5x magnification has short eye relief and tight eye box. This is an unavoidable reality of physics and is the trade off you pay for magnification, weight, simplicity, and sturdiness in a prism optic. I do not consider it a con as it is expected and is simply the nature of this type of optic. With good muscle memory, I have trained so that I can get behind the optic with instant precision just as easily as my LVPO. With tight cheek weld, the optic doesn't shift under shooting and I can maintain my eye box.
Cons:
-Since short eye relief is expected, they really should have designed the mount to shift the optic backwards so that you don't have to crane the neck forward so much to get behind it reliably.
-1 MOA windage and elevation adjustment is too coarse and makes no sense on a 5x optic. At 100 yards zeroing, I kinda felt that the zero point is between the clicks I can choose from. Terrible for my OCPD… but you learn to live with it.
-The red light bleeds all over the optic. In bright daylight when you are using high brightness, the whole glass has a red hue and ruins image clarity and makes it difficult to pick up detail at distance. It is still noticeable and annoying at medium brightness.
-The reticle is toooooooooooo SMALL to be practical. The central horseshoe doesn't catch your eye well. The subtensions are so tiny that you cannot practically use them to hit distant targets with precision. It is nothing like the vortex website that displays the reticle taking up a good portion of the glass where it is readily easy to see and read.
-The reticle is also toooooooooooo thin. Thin and tiny reticle both contribute heavily in making the reticle very hard to pick up when mounting the optic. You almost have to rely on the red brightness to see it quickly, but then you're dealing with annoying red hue washout all over the optic field of view.
With repetition and training you can get used to cons, but it just boggles me why they designed it this way when it didn't have to be.
Those cons almost push me back to accepting the weight of the LVPO.
-Sturdy optic with best warranty on the market.
-Very clear optical clarity for this price point. Noticeably better than my Burris 556 prism optic. Feels like good bang for buck.
-Lightest weight 10.8oz optic you can get at 5x. I cannot find another optic that gives 5x magnification, at this quality glass, for this weight. It was a major factor in purchasing as it dropped the weight of this rifle by about 1 lbs when compared to my Vortex Viper 1-6x LVPO. Lighter weight means noticeably better handling and reduced arm fatigue.
Limitations:
As expected, a prism optic at 5x magnification has short eye relief and tight eye box. This is an unavoidable reality of physics and is the trade off you pay for magnification, weight, simplicity, and sturdiness in a prism optic. I do not consider it a con as it is expected and is simply the nature of this type of optic. With good muscle memory, I have trained so that I can get behind the optic with instant precision just as easily as my LVPO. With tight cheek weld, the optic doesn't shift under shooting and I can maintain my eye box.
Cons:
-Since short eye relief is expected, they really should have designed the mount to shift the optic backwards so that you don't have to crane the neck forward so much to get behind it reliably.
-1 MOA windage and elevation adjustment is too coarse and makes no sense on a 5x optic. At 100 yards zeroing, I kinda felt that the zero point is between the clicks I can choose from. Terrible for my OCPD… but you learn to live with it.
-The red light bleeds all over the optic. In bright daylight when you are using high brightness, the whole glass has a red hue and ruins image clarity and makes it difficult to pick up detail at distance. It is still noticeable and annoying at medium brightness.
-The reticle is toooooooooooo SMALL to be practical. The central horseshoe doesn't catch your eye well. The subtensions are so tiny that you cannot practically use them to hit distant targets with precision. It is nothing like the vortex website that displays the reticle taking up a good portion of the glass where it is readily easy to see and read.
-The reticle is also toooooooooooo thin. Thin and tiny reticle both contribute heavily in making the reticle very hard to pick up when mounting the optic. You almost have to rely on the red brightness to see it quickly, but then you're dealing with annoying red hue washout all over the optic field of view.
With repetition and training you can get used to cons, but it just boggles me why they designed it this way when it didn't have to be.
Those cons almost push me back to accepting the weight of the LVPO.
Would Recommend:
No
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