hey guys Todd Helms out here today to bring you a gear review on the brand new
vortex HD lht rifle scope this thing is bad and I'm gonna run down through the
features and show you exactly why if you're in the market for a new hunting
scope you ought to be looking at this one I've put some range time in with a
Vortex Razor HD LHT and it's an impressive rifle scope it's got all the
features you would expect from Vortex and a high quality hunting specific
rifle scope and we're out here today and gonna put it through the paces but
before we do that I want to give you a rundown on all the features that this
great scope has starting off with the letters in this name of the scope the
Razor HD LHT what you're looking at is it's the razor line from Vortex the HD
stands for high definition that's the quality of the glass you're getting it's
going to ensure incredibly crisp incredibly bright great sight picture
through the scope great glass on the scope and the LHT lightweight hunter I
don't know if that's exactly what Vortex had in mind but the LHT to me screams
lightweight hunter at nineteen point nine ounces this scope is light which
makes it perfect for a hunting rifle and that's what vortex specifically designed
it as they took all the features that you like from your target style scopes
and they put them into a hunting platform we're gonna run down through
those here in a second but at length you're looking at thirteen and a half
inches and you're looking at nineteen point nine ounces in weight it's not
going to make your rifle your lightweight hunting rifle top heavy you
can hunt everything from backwoods whitetails to high mountain mule ease
with this thing and it's gonna perform across a wide spectrum of applications
in the field that's what Vortex had in mind when they
designed this feature pack scope we've got HD glass with Vortex's proprietary
APO system which is going to provide an incredibly bright crisp clear sight
picture in a variety of lighting conditions and it's going to color
adjust as well so you're going to get a perfect sight picture through this scope
every single time you put it up to your eye the coating on
these lenses is the XR+ coating from Vortex and it is very bright very
waterproof I actually had snow on the lens of this scope and the water beaded
right up and it's actually evaporated because we live in such a dry climate
makes it really nice helps you clean keep a nice clean sight picture the
Vortex Razor HD LHT comes in two models one I have mounted up here is a 3 to 15
by 42 millimeter objective but also comes in a 3 to 15 by 50 if you want the
maximum light gathering capabilities with a 30 millimeter tube that this
scope boasts the 50 is what you want if you're looking to cut a little bit of
weight go with the 42 42 is what I picked it is a perfect crossover scope
for the type of hunting that I do out here in the West looking at the turrets
on the scope 80 MOA's of elevation and windage adjustment we have a capped
windage adjustment that all I need to do to play with that is take the cap off
and if I need to make windage Corrections I can it's all in quarter
MOA adjustments so one click is quarter of an inch one click is 0.25 MOA s have
a top turret on the scope it is lockable with zero stop all I need to do to move
it is to pull it up and I can make my adjustments turn it right back to zero
push it down and it's locked it won't move that is a key feature on a hunting
scope so that reticle doesn't get bumped in the field if I'm pulling this thing
out of a scabbard on a backpack or scabbard on a horse or walk it around
setting it down leaning up against a tree glass real quick I don't want that
turret getting bumped moving my zero so when I go to make a shot in the heat of
the moment I don't and I'm not gonna have to dial I don't even have to think
about it it's locked it's not gonna move that is a key feature to a hunting
specific rifle scope with turrets if I turn the scope over and around I have a
push button here that illuminates a dot a little tiny red dot in the middle of
the reticle in the scope that red dot is really nice and especially in low-light
conditions if I having trouble picking up that crosshair
I just push that button and I can go through different settings on that red
dot making it brighter or less bright if you will to match the perfect to match
the conditions perfectly I have a twenty yards to infinity parallax adjustment on
the side of the scope this thing is loaded with features the reticle inside
the scope is Vortex's HS r5i it is a 32 MOA reticle it has corresponding numbers
for the sub tensions along the right-hand side of the reticle which
makes it very easy to reference so this is a second focal plane scope which
means that that reticle is going to stay the same across magnification values
you're gonna be able to read that thing no matter what it's going to allow you
to make range estimations even windage estimations Vortex thought everything
through when they put together the Razor HD LHT I'm telling you if you're looking
for a new hunting scope this could be either one you need we're ready to send
some rounds downrange I have a rock picked out at about 450 yards
I think it's 453 to be exact it's about the size of it vitals on a deer mount a
big mule deer buck and we're gonna send some downrange we got a little bit of
wind but I don't think I don't think it's gonna be too bad I'm not gonna
correct for it I'm gonna hold dead on this is pretty close to field conditions
and this is what we wanted to bring you for this test was putting a hunting
specific scope and as close to hunting specific conditions as we could get so
here we go alright I'm gonna hold four and a half
minutes of angle on this rock and we're gonna send one the breeze has died to
nothing so this is exactly what we're looking for all I do is pull up and I
turn there's two three four four hundred yards it's four point two two MOA s I'm
going to turn it to four point five I'm gonna push it down locked in let's send
one and see where we're at
that's two for two that's not bad it's 463 yards to that
rock I rearranged it for six three and I'm holding four and a half minutes with
this 65 PRC the adjustment is perfect with this vortex let's work it in a
little closer I have this scope zeroed at 200 yards and so I'm gonna dial it
back to zero and find a rock at 200 and we're gonna smack that just so we could
show that once you make the adjustment you're gonna bring it back and it's
gonna work flawlessly for you all right so once again you just lift up and turn
back I'm gonna turn it back to zero and I'm gonna press it down lock it in
position I am dead-on at 200 yards with this
scope now I'm gonna pick out a rock at 200 we're gonna crank it with this gun
just so you can see that this scope when you make adjustments it's actually doing
what it's supposed to do
I think I actually broke there off on that one holy smokes
folks that is proof in the pudding right there that this scope this Vortex Razor
HD LHT is going to do everything you want it to do and more in the field if
you're out there looking for a hunting specific rifle scope you need to be
looking at this bad boy because it'll do what you want it to do hey well we got
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