I have had the razor and PST.... still had problems with every vortex I have had. All the way down to the diamondback. /
I find that hard to believe. Your problems are probably rooted in a warped action of that Savage factory rifle. Vortex scopes are sensitive to crooked bases and rings that are not hand lapped. If your base is bedded level and your rings lapped, I bet them Vortex would have been just fine. Provided the shooter is doing his part and making consistent quality ammo.
There's many reasons I don't use Savage actions any more. The poor QC on scope mounting surfaces is one...
Believe what you would like. All my bases are bedded with devcon and all rings are reamed not lapped. The vortex worked great for sometime but after 6 months or so they just go bad. I guess I have bad luck with them. I own 2 of the ior now and never had one go bad yet. I have had one for 2 years and the other is 7 months old.