It did cross my mind to send it in, but it was a toss up for me between the vortex and the sig in the first place. I went with the sig purely on this thread. I expected it to be a little better, and was willing to sacrifice the VIP warranty for better performance. My sons elk hunt starts on...
Picked one up last weekend after reading all the reviews. I live in the colorado mountains and went camping with it. It was a rainy weekend and I had a buddy with a Bushnell 1000 ARC. Each day we put it to the test, side by side if I could range it...so could he. Black cow @ 625 no problem...
I have the Ballistics AE, it works well and allows custom loads or you can select from a list of factory loads as well. if you are looking for a little help on using the reticle for ranging it will do that as well.