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OK so i checked on google earth and the exact distance between the mountainside and my front yard is 18.43 miles.
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We were sure impressed with my Vortex HD 16-48 x 65 earlier this week.  We were looking at a ridge that my buddy's rangefinder said was 675 yards from us, and we could see individual stalks of hay sticking up.  They were light against a dark background, but still... that is some great real-world resolution.
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Yeah, I actually took my ZR ED2 out to sportsmans warehouse. the guy behind the counter was really excited to look through it because he never had before. He brought out the Vortex Razor 20-60 version and we looked at 8x10 sheets of paper on the wall at 20x at about 60 yards. The vortex edges it out just barely in brightness but they are almost on par for resolution and clarity razor being ever so slightly better. But for half the price im not complaining. We also set up a viper HD 20-60 and the ED2 was a clear winner. We really noticed that the viper couldnt handle the bright florescent lights it almost hurt to look through. Those Vipers are pretty stellar scopes though!
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Yeah, I actually took my ZR ED2 out to sportsmans warehouse. the guy behind the counter was really excited to look through it because he never had before. He brought out the Vortex Razor 20-60 version and we looked at 8x10 sheets of paper on the wall at 20x at about 60 yards. The vortex edges it out just barely in brightness but they are almost on par for resolution and clarity razor being ever so slightly better. But for half the price im not complaining. We also set up a viper HD 20-60 and the ED2 was a clear winner. We really noticed that the viper couldnt handle the bright florescent lights it almost hurt to look through. Those Razors are pretty stellar scopes though!
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ZR ED2, phoneskope, Galaxy S4. Supermoon 7/12/2014
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Originally posted by JGRaider JGRaider wrote:

Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

Vortex Razor HD85.


This one, no brainer.


X2, a lots of scope for the money, are there others out there in the price range that would be comparable? Absolutely but none with a better warranty or customer service
Enough is to much.
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