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Not to leave these red dot shooters without an option to turn to, the engineers at Vortex rushed to the market with a product familiar to these shooters. These issues left thousands of diehard EOTech loyalists in a daze, returning their units, even the well working ones, back to the company out of panic it would fail at some point. What made it so special you ask? Well, immediately prior to the AMG UH-1 release, their competitor, EOTech began to have quality and performance issues with their flagship optics. I will admit, right out of the box, it was well worth it. Due to production issues and back orders, it would be just over a year before my T&E sample would arrive. When I came across the new Vortex Razor AMG UH-1 Holographic Sight, aka “Huey” as it’s known to Vortex employees, at SHOT SHOW last year, I immediately signed up to try one out personally for review.
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Over the years, I’ve watched Vortex prove themselves in the industry, and I have done multitude of reviews on their products. Traditionally, the actual noticeable difference for the end user has been battery life with the red dots coming out ahead, but with newer technology coming to the market, holographic sights are gaining more traction. The difference being red dots have a low power LED that produces the reticle, while a holographic sight uses a more powerful laser that bounces around to produce the holographic image of the reticle. This partially comes in the fact, the EOTech was never a true red dot, rather a holographic sight. One of the things I always missed about running the EOTech platform was the incredible field of view and not feeling like I was having to look down a tube to see the dot. When it came time to replace my outdated rifle optics, the Vortex SPARC AR filled every requirement I had set forth while shopping, including NOT being an almost $1000 red dot. Coming from a Law Enforcement background serving on the SWAT team for over a decade, I was very familiar with both the Aimpoint and EOTech platforms and their unique advantages.
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Over the last two years, one of my personal favorite optics to run on my 5.56 AR platform rifles has been Vortex’s SPARC AR red dot. (I know, because I was one of them.) Every time a major brand fails on a company wide basis, it seems Vortex is there with a great new product to help jaded customers join their ranks. By offering better pricing on familiar operating designs backed by an amazing “no questions asked” warranty, Vortex has turned a lot of diehard users of other brands to their products. They have gained the most fame by bridging the huge gap between bargain budget scopes / red dots to high end products. For the past five years, Vortex Optics has been one of the hottest companies in the firearms industry.