New King? Vortex Razor Gen III 6-36x56 First Impressions 

Just ordered one from Europtic on sale $2,499 in a special run of black. Can’t wait to get it in my hands.

Appreciate the time! Seems like a great scope! I think I’m going to grab a Gen II and get a deal since there’s some good discounts out there and with my skill level, the Gen II is more than enough for me right now until I can get better

I bought a Gen II three months ago. Warne skyline mount with their bubble level. Warne throw lever. Absolutely love my set up.

Vortex needs to step up their flipcap and throw lever game BAD

Incredible first impressions. I'm excited to get mine in.

Great to see a real non biased review and opinions. The new gen 3 looks like the best bang for the buck

I want this for my NRL22/NRL22X rifle. 10 yard parallax, shooting a 1/4" target at 50 yards at 36x will be epic

Being an Area 419 fanboy I trust your opinions, however am very happy with my Valdada G2

My AtHloN…Is jUst aS Gud. ;)

The guys you chose are accurate representations of the two camps. If I could I'd be a tangent snob, or even zco. But for now I'll stay a minox snob and I'm pretty happy being one.

The part I most appreciated was that you put it in perspective, Lambo's Vs Ferrari's 👍

I've used a lot of scopes and the S&B 5-25x56 with Locking MTC turrets and H59 reticle is superb. It just works every time. The optics are sublime. Now the S&B 5-45x56 with Tremor3 reticle and double turn locking turrets looks to be the new king. I'll see if the parallax knob is a rangefinder like the 5-25x56. As others have said, the S&B gives you options. The only scopes I now own are S&B and March. To my eyes, the S&B glass is amongst the best available at any price. I really liked the March, but the S&B is like a high end German car. If you like them, you'll love them forever. They just feel right. If it comes down to cost, the prices of everything have become ridiculous. the S&B is a buy once cry once option. But your own eyes will tell you what you like and your preference on feel will probably be the ultimate decider. I have never been let down in a match by my S&Bs and the lack of a lifetime warranty is irrelevant to me. I don't want to have to use the warranty ever, so please give me a scope that will not fail. Sorry if this comes across as shilling for S&B, but I buy with my own money what suits my needs and I had the good fortune to be able to use most brands on the market over a short period of time. I have 7 S&B's (5 x 5-25x56's) and 2 x March. I sold everything else. The S&B's just work. Good on the other brands for offering choice and providing competition.

I bought a first Gen last year. It was brand new old stock. It’s a great scope.

How does this compare with the ATACR 7-35?

I have a few variations of Tangents and ZCOs to compare to the Gen III when it arrives tomorrow. The beauty is I will be able to test every environment within a few days from 0-2500 yds. I expected it to big a massive jump in glass quality from the Gen II simply because the length of time from 2014 to now. I highly doubt it will cut mirage as well as the two top dogs. Fit and finish will also be less than those two, but the Gen III is also street priced at 3k.

Thank you for the video. Is it better than the top of the line NF?

They never mentioned if the turrets track correctly, even once? Ya know, the box test for the turrets. All they kept talking about was how clear the glass was. Glass clarity is not on the top of my list bc tracking of turrets matters way more. Repeatability of a shot and different distances, i.e. having turrets that actually measure what they say on them in Mils, is much more important than clarity of glass. Positive identification is done through much bigger glass, like a spotting scope, not the scope that you shoot with on the rifle.

I’m a nightforce junkie, but recently looked through the Kahles DLR and was impressed. Where does the Vortex Gen 3 fit when compared with the Kahles, and Nightforce Atacr?

One thing I like about S&B (that I run) is that I can choose precisely the reticle I need for my purposes. I hope vortex looks into that as well. That said, their reticles can do most of it fairly well.

I installed them on my survival rifle Chiappa Little Badger. Beautifull

Good video but fix that crooked throw lever lol

I'm using Nightforce AtacR 7-35x56

Thanks for the review, what ring mount was used and how tall is the mount?

Hi, what is that stand the Tangent is mounted on? Thank you for the review. Its very helpful.

To bad you didn’t test the Leupold Mark5HD alongside those. I bet the review would’ve been different. The value and performance of the Mark5HD is insane seeing its $1000 cheaper than the GenIII.

I’m a huge fan of you guys !!

Have the Gen 2 with Horus3. As soon as Gen 3 is out with the Horus3, I will buy it.

Got mine about 2 months ago. Yea, it’s nice.

Great video

How big main tube? How much elevation? You know, the stuff that matters.

what new leupold is coming out?

Epic review!!!

At $4000.00 retail, it IS a hi-dollar optic!

Put some respect on them Dawgs!

Hey Zac. The Tracts leave them all for dead. Right?

Just got one for my Daisy

And good clicks! Great review. Just got one for my RPR in .300 PRC and cannot wait to use it!

What would Leupold mk5hd falls under - like Ford Mustang ? 😂 is it worth the extra $500 for vortex gen3 .. decision decision😅

Anymore FOV comparisons or info? Its hard to get a good idea since nothing else really has that mag. range... How is it at 10x, 15×, 25x compared to other scopes it competes with???

What is the grip tape looking protector on the tangent?

No Nightforce in this test?!

Y'all convinced me. And I resemble that UGA comment.

how do you find shooting with glasses on. i have tri focals and have trouble looking through my scope with them on??

I can't understand why did you guys avoided to showing us the view through the each scope so we can judge the quality. There is a guy C_Does called him on RU-vid and you should check how to do it properly interms of scopes comparison. From his chanell I can easily choose the best scope for the budget but you had razor and tangent next to each other and You didn't let us take a look its really foookin shame.

what scope mount did you use?

Hey guys what height spuhr mount is that?

Does anyone know what the rainbow colored rifle is? Its so pretty

Please do this again on a high contrast miragey day. That is where I have seen bigger differences. Low light was good, but overcast seems to make everything similar. Thanks for the video.

Nathan is such an incredible shooter. He can beat my optic any day.

how it compares to NF ? just curious

3:53 optic name??

I might just be deaf but what model Tangent is the scope in the video/the tangent equivalent to the gen 3?

What type of sphur mount is that? (Number)

Great video - thank's a lot for that. Just ordered one for my Tikka T3X Tac A1 myself. I'm going for a Spuhr base for it, can you tell me which height would be best? Not sure a 30 mm. will clear the Picatinny... Can you give me a piece of advice?

where is the scope made and what kind of glass does it really have? does anybody know for sure?

It's a Spuhr, no wedge to level?

serious question, is there any standard or way to quantify "glass quality"?

You getting started with PRS long-range competition, by all means, go with high-quality dollar optics…save money.

Gen 4 might catch up to the Big Guy's but it's not there yet 😂

anyone know how it compares to the Steiner m7xi?

Beat up built Honda Civics beats Exotic card tho.... tell me im wrong here😃

Hold up... Is nobody going to mention the fact that they put a gen 3 on a Mosin???

Lmao this is the last place I thought I’d see my Georgia bulldogs get some hate

It will work good for about 3 months then you will be sending it back constantly

“Tangent snob” 🤣

My wife wishes I didn’t see this video…. LOL. Sounds like it’s time to replace my Gen II

Please could you buy me one they are so difficult to get here in South Africa ! 😢

5999.00 MSRP in Canada....BOHICA

Terrible review! Optical comparison of high end scopes WITHOUT a single view through the optics; just a printed image of a reticle. Total amateurs.

Vortex makes great scopes but I'll stick to Nightforce

its 2oz lighter then 24x

hmm 3 guy huddle around a long hard object

Cool vlog but if I was buying a new rifle scope if the Tangent Theta then I would definitely buy the Kahles over the Vortex.

Love the scope but can we stop with that color please lol

None of those have gone thru the wringer by the military such as Leupold, NF or SB!

That thing sucks compared to my PLx... Spuhr mounts suck. The guy in the Trac5 hat is good; the others are demons.

Meh on the vortex and I'm die hard..... I would have to look through it I guess 🤷🏽. If the glass is that much better than it's worth it 100%.

Too poor to buy, rich enough to dream

They just priced themselves out of production class.....

Check out the tract 4.5x30 for the money it’s a great deal.. it got German glass , the razor doesn’t.. your just paying for fluff and marketing snake oil..you can outfit 2 rifles for the price of the razor..

Rattle off about everything but the price.

If only it was 3000$ it's 3999$ msrp

Only thing good about vortex is their warranty lol

Meh. Still prefer my theta

uga is lucky

Laughs in Schmidt bender

I'd go top end leopold any day over vortex

Come on guys it’s not a tangent.

Valdada Recon G2 kills this scope AND is only $2800....just sayn.

Who shoots at 30x at a match. Nobody lol

"That's fascinating" Oh fuck..this guy probably sits with his legs crossed. How did people like this end up interested in guns?

It’s not $1000 better than gen2. $500 max for the power and new zeroing

Screams so much marketing bullshit. We’ll maybe not bullshit as I’m sure it’s a fine optic but give us a break it’s just been released and now you scream it’s the best buy out there… I expected better from you guys.

45.1oz They are built like a tank but they also weigh as much. The gen 2 is 46.5oz so at least they are trending in the right direction.