I don't even own a magnum. The largest caliber they were mounted on was a 6.5-284. They were mounted and torqued to Vortex specs in Burris Siganture Zee Rings. Optical clarity was fine, features were great, as well as the price but the relablility just was not there. I am a serious long range hunter and I practice constantly, this means dialing range and coming back to zero multiple times through out a range practice session. They would never track relaibly, none of them. I could dial out to 900 yards or so and come back to my 200 yard zero and be off 2 feet. Had an entire turret come off one of them during a range session. I even had one that when you adjusted the focus at the eye piece the reticule would twist with it about an 1/8th of a turn either way. These are all well taken care of fire arms, never dropped never abused and always mounted properly. I will say the warranty service was great and very fast but unfortunately I got to be on a first name basis with those clowns. The first thing people say about Vortex when you bring them up is that they have an excellent warranty. The reason they say this is because they have all had to use it.
I find this video clip from Tommy Boy sums up my feelings of Vortex Optics quite nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5dpBpaFiMo
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