New Product Highlight: Vortex Crossfire HD Spotting Scopes

If you’re hunting, scouting, or getting started in long-range shooting, there are some things a rifle scope or pair of binoculars just can’t do. You need a spotting scope.

Leave it to Vortex to make a typically cost-prohibitive piece of gear accessible without degrading its capabilities.

The all-new line of Vortex Crossfire HD spotting scopes starts at just $299.99 without cutting corners.

There are three models in the Crossfire HD line. Take your pick from 12-36×50, 16-48×65, and 20-60×80. All three are available with a straight or angled eyepiece.

The Crossfire HD 12-36×50 is tiny but mighty. At 9.7 inches long and 31 ounces, it’s portable enough to toss in your day pack for a quick scouting session or a hike that might give you an opportunity to pick up some intel for hunting season. It’s a great way to beef up your capabilities without weighing yourself down in the woods.

The midsize Crossfire HD 16-48×65 is larger (12.9 inches and 44 ounces) and more versatile. Need to spot game in the woods and across an ag field? This is the spotting scope can handle both. With a magnification range that starts at 16-power, this should be a nice step up from using handheld optics.

Finally, the big dog of the group is powerful enough for western hunts and range days that require you to spot shots on targets that stretch your rifle’s capabilities. The Crossfire HD 20-60×80 lets in a ton of light and can pick a mule deer out of sagebrush from across a canyon if you need it to.

That capability comes at a price; it’s the most expensive of the three and takes up more space in your pack (15.1 inches and 53 ounces).

All three are rugged and packed with high-quality optical systems. Clear glass, fully coated lenses, and nitrogen purging promise a bright, clean image even when the environmental conditions aren’t great.

Vortex Crossfire HD Spotting Scopes

$199

at Amazon

Prices accurate at time of writing

$199 at Amazon

• Amazon (See Price)
• Optics Planet (See Price)
• EuroOptic (See Price)

Prices accurate at time of writing

Available Coupons

• 25% off all OAKLEY products - OAKLEY25
  Copied! Visit Merchant

Prior to the Crossfire HD launch, the most affordable spotting scope in the Vortex catalog was the $599.99 Diamondback HD 16-48×65.

Not only are these new optics more affordable, but the lowest-power option fills a gap for hunters who want something more powerful than their binoculars without jumping to a full-size spotting scope.

Vortex lists a starting MSRP of $299.99 for the Crossfire line of spotting scopes.

What do you think of the new Vortex Crossfire spotting scopes? Let us know below. Want more great hunting optics? Check out our guide to the Best Hunting Binoculars!