I just received the vortex Crossfire 6x24, the 99 dollar special just to see what it was like. While I'm not buy high end german or american glass I do have couple of 4200's, vx-2's, grandslams and sig selects plus a vipe 6.5x20 I understand the difference between good and cheap. Took it out of the box yesterday and ran it through all the gyrations the poster did and it function just fine it is clear to the edges at all powers but very finiky at high power for eye position and adjustment I'm looking forward to getting it on a rifle to check tracking, but I suspect it will do just fine.
When I orderred this I never expected to have a hunt depending on it just to use for load development on my hunting rifles and it can always go back to vortex to fix or replace.
