Clay Pigeon
Shooter
I've owned more than a handful of Vortex scopes and had very few complaints with them. I have the Trijicon 1-8x, it was a spontaneous purchase after I looked through one the rep brought by my office. It currently doesn't have a rifle to sit on but I figure one will come along some day.
My .308 rifle that I used for work I built over the course of about 18 months. I worked a part time job and saved as much of the money as I could until I could buy a piece of it. Once I had everything I needed I shipped the components off and had it put together. It's been an amazing rifle and is one that I'll never part with.
ETA: Sorry for the tangent OP. Nice review, I'd like to get my hands on one and check it out.
I will add this, a 500 dollar scope is fine for one that just goes to the same range year in and year out and hardly ever cranks on the turrets or screws.
If one uses a low cost scope for constantly changing ranging, it will fail quickly and I will ad that the two guys I shoot with both are huge top of the line Vortex buyers, and after a year or so of turret cranking they all have made at least one or more trips to the warranty dept.
Never once have I needed to send in for repair any of my Leupold or NF scopes.