The Razor HD is Vortex Optics top tier LPVO. With its destinctive trademark burnt-bronze color, the Razor certainly stands out. And up close it has the looks of a premium optic.
The HD Gen iii has a very precise low-profile capped turrets, with a fine 1/4 MOA per click adjustment. It has a lockable illuminator knob and offers 11 levels of brightness that at its highest settings is truly daylight bright; almost too bright for indoor use.
The Razor’s 34mm sized tube body allows it 120 MOA of internal adjustment. This is useful for extreme long distance shots made possible with it’s 10x maximum magnification and a fine, detailed, Christmas Tree reticle. In many ways this is an LPVO optimized for 10x rather than 1x. Because that FFP reticle become a small, simple floating ‘T’ at 1x which can be somewhat hard to acquire under rapid fire. Thankfully its crazy bright reticle illumination solves that problem, making this LPVO as quick to aim as a red dot at 1x.
The image through the scope at all magnifications is satisfyingly bright and sharp. Unfortunately it has “Fish Eye” at 1x and quite noticeable chromatic aberration at 10x. These issues shouldn’t be found Vortex’s top scopes, yet here it is. The Razor is a premium LPVO that sells for $2499 on Amazon. The Razor is clearly a higher quality scope. But for a weekend shooter like me, I was able to shoot just as accurately with either scope.
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RESOLUTION (at 50yrds)
Element 5 / Group -1
SPECS
PANZER
Magnification: 1-10x
Objective Diameter: 24 mm
Tube Diameter: 30 mm
Coating: Full Multi-Layer
Max Windage Adj: ±70 MOA
Max Elevation Adj: ±70 MOA
Click Increments: 1/2 MOA
Eye Relief: 4.0-4.5 in
Weight: 17 oz
Length: 11 in
