Vortex CF2-31007 vs Leupold 174182

Buy the Vortex Crossfire II 3-9x40, manufacturer part CF2-31007, ASIN B00794LK18, when you want the scope whose model cell says CF2-31007, whose color cell says Black, and whose magnification cells say 3 and 9, with a 40-millimeter objective. Buy the Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9x40, manufacturer part 174182, ASIN B07CTTNK31, when you want the scope whose model cell says 174182 and whose magnification cells say 3 x and 9 x, and when you will ignore a color cell that says Duplex CDS (174182) instead of a color. These are 3-9x40 second-focal-plane hunting scopes. They are not a rifle, and this page does not sell a rifle or ammunition.

Short version. A Leupold LensPen and a Celestron LensPen are the cloth and the carbon pen for the glass, not the scope. A Vortex Ranger 1800 and a SIG KILO CANYON are rangefinders, a different optic. A Vortex Diamondback HD and a Nikon Monarch M5 are binoculars. Peltor Sport Tactical 100 and Howard Leight Impact Pro are muffs. A Harris 1A2-BRM and a Magpul M-LOK bipod are the rest under the rifle, and the rifle itself stays at a licensed dealer. Match the part number on the box before you match the words 3-9x40.

The Vortex card is the Crossfire II. The brand cell says Vortex. The model is CF2-31007. The ASIN is B00794LK18. The UPC field prints 875874004252 and also 855983007214. Two UPCs on one listing are two claims. Read the sticker on the box you receive and keep the one that matches. The color cell says Black. The material cell says Aluminum. The magnification-maximum cell says 9. The magnification-minimum cell says 3. The objective-lens cell says 40 millimeters. The category is a rifle scope. The feature list names the Dead-Hold BDC reticle, long eye relief without a number, a fast-focus eyepiece, fully multi-coated lenses, a one-piece aircraft-grade aluminum tube, O-rings, nitrogen, and the VIP warranty. The warranty sentence excludes loss, theft, deliberate damage, and cosmetic damage that does not hurt performance. That exclusion is part of the feature. Unlimited does not mean every scratch.

What this US card does not print is the list people usually want next. There is no eye-relief cell with inches. There is no weight cell. There is no tube-diameter cell. There is no field-of-view cell. There is no click-value cell. Long eye relief in a feature is not 3.8 inches. A retailer page that prints 3.8 to 4.4 inches of eye relief, a 1-inch tube, and quarter-MOA clicks is not this Amazon card. Vortex's own Crossfire II 3-9x40 page prints a dimension table: L1 11.86 inches, L2 2.1, L3 2.1, L4 5.1, L5 3.15, L6 3.6, H1 1.89, H2 1.68, and it says the box includes removable lens covers and a lens cloth. That table is Vortex's page. It is not an Amazon cell on B00794LK18. Quote it as Vortex's table or do not quote it. Amazon.ca for the same ASIN has printed a sport cell of Airsoft and an item-display weight of 15 pounds. Fifteen pounds is not a 3-9x40 scope. Do not import the Canadian display weight, or the Airsoft sport cell, onto the US card.

Dead-Hold BDC is the reticle the US features name. It is a second-focal-plane reticle on Vortex's own description of this configuration. The US card's feature list does not print the letters SFP. If you need second focal plane as a quoted cell, you do not have it on the US product-information table this page is using. You have it as Vortex's description of the Dead-Hold BDC configuration and as the Canadian listing's reticle note. Say which page you mean. A BDC reticle is a holdover reticle. It is not a custom dial. The Leupold is the scope whose name includes CDS. Do not describe the Crossfire as if it shipped with a Leupold custom dial.

The Leupold card is part 174182. The title says Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9x40mm. The brand is Leupold. The model is 174182. The ASIN is B07CTTNK31. The UPC is 030317018788. The color cell says Duplex CDS (174182). That is a reticle name stuffed into a color field. It is not the word black, and it is not a finish. The material cell says Aluminum. The magnification-maximum cell says 9 x. The magnification-minimum cell says 3 x. The objective cell says 40 millimeters. The features name waterproof, fogproof, and shockproof, 6061-T6 aluminum, a Twilight Light Management System that claims up to 10 extra minutes of shooting light, and quarter-MOA finger-click windage and elevation. There is no weight cell on this ASIN. A different Leupold listing, ASIN B078XGLGPK, puts 12.2 ounces in a description and uses a model string that is not 174182. Do not paste 12.2 ounces onto B07CTTNK31.

Duplex and CDS are the real Leupold claims, and they are split across the color cell and the model number. Duplex is the reticle: a heavy outer post and a fine center. CDS is Leupold's custom dial system. Leupold's own page for the VX-Freedom 3-9x40 CDS Duplex says you send ballistics and they make a dial so you range, dial, and hold center. The Amazon card does not print a form for that dial, and it does not say a dial is in the box. The feature list prints quarter-MOA clicks, not a custom dial already cut for your cartridge. If the box contains a standard dial and the custom dial is a later order, the card did not tell you that in a cell. Read the packing list. Do not assume the CDS in the color cell means a finished dial for a .308 is already installed.

Ten extra minutes of light is a feature sentence, not a measured lux test on this card. It is Leupold's Twilight claim. It is not a night-vision device. The card does not say the scope is legal for hunting at night, and night hunting rules are a state question this listing does not answer. Waterproof, fogproof, and shockproof are words. There is no IP code and no depth. The Vortex feature is more specific about the method, nitrogen and O-rings, and still has no IP code. Neither scope card gives you a submersion depth. Do not take either one swimming.

Who should buy the Crossfire II, and who should buy the VX-Freedom?

Buy CF2-31007 if you want part CF2-31007, the black color cell, the 3 and 9 magnification cells, the 40-millimeter objective, and the Dead-Hold BDC the features name, and if you will not invent an eye-relief number or a weight the US card does not print. Buy 174182 if you want part 174182, the 3 x and 9 x cells, the quarter-MOA feature, and the Duplex CDS name, and if you will ignore a color cell that is not a color and you will confirm whether a custom dial is actually in the box. Buy the Vortex if the holdover marks on a BDC reticle are the system you want to learn. Buy the Leupold if you want quarter-MOA clicks written in the features and you are willing to deal with Leupold's dial process separately from the Amazon cells.

Do not buy either scope as a rifle. This page has no firearm ASIN and no ammunition ASIN. A dealer transfers the rifle. Do not buy the Vortex because a Canadian listing displayed 15 pounds. Do not buy the Leupold because a different ASIN said 12.2 ounces. Do not buy the Crossfire expecting a CDS dial. Do not buy the VX-Freedom expecting Dead-Hold BDC marks. The reticles are the difference the features actually describe. Three to nine and 40 millimeters are the specs both cards share, so they are not the reason to pick one.

What is CF2-31007 actually for?

This card is a 3-9x40 scope, part CF2-31007, ASIN B00794LK18, black aluminum, Dead-Hold BDC in the features, with two UPCs printed on the listing. Use it as a daylight hunting and range scope in the magnification the cells print. Three power is the wide end. Nine power is the tight end. The card does not print a maximum ethical range, and a BDC reticle does not create a range the cartridge cannot shoot. Confirm the hold marks against a target at a distance you have measured. Vortex's dimension table is the place for the 11.86-inch length, and only if you cite Vortex. The Amazon card is the place for 3, 9, 40 millimeters, black, and aluminum.

The VIP sentence is a warranty you read before you drop the scope. Cosmetic damage that does not affect performance is excluded, in the feature's own words. Loss and theft are excluded. Nitrogen and O-rings are the weather story. They are not a depth rating. The included covers and cloth are on Vortex's page. The US feature list quoted here does not itemize the cloth as a cell. If the box is missing a cover, that is a packing question, not a magnification question. Rings are not in the feature list. A 1-inch tube is Vortex's and the retailer's number, not an Amazon cell on this extract. Buy rings only after you have measured the tube you unpacked. The wrong ring is a crushed tube, and the card will not have warned you with a tube cell.

What is 174182 actually for?

This card is a 3-9x40 VX-Freedom, part 174182, ASIN B07CTTNK31, UPC 030317018788, aluminum, with magnification cells of 3 x and 9 x and an objective of 40 millimeters. The color cell is the reticle, Duplex CDS, written where a finish should be. Use the scope as a daylight 3-9x40. Use the quarter-MOA feature as the click story the card actually prints. One click is a quarter minute on that feature. The card does not print the total elevation travel, so do not cite 60 MOA unless you are quoting a different document and you say so. The other Leupold ASIN's description is that different document. Leave it there.

CDS on the color cell is a name. Leupold's page explains the dial as something built from your ballistics. The Amazon card's included list, in the fields this page quotes, does not say a finished custom dial is in the carton. If you need the dial before a season, start that process with Leupold and do not assume the ASIN shipped it. Twilight's 10 minutes are a feature claim about glass, not a legal extension of shooting light. Waterproof and fogproof are the weather words. There is still no depth. 6061-T6 is the aluminum temper in the features. It is a real temper designation. It is not a hardness test of the scope you received, and it does not tell you the ring height.

How do you mount them without mixing the two cards?

Mount either scope in rings that match the tube you measured, at a height that clears the rifle you already own. This page does not sell the rifle and it does not picture one. The cards do not print a ring height. A 40-millimeter objective on a low ring will touch a barrel or a rail. Look before you tighten. Set the Vortex reticle with the fast-focus eyepiece the features name, at the highest power if you are using the BDC marks the way a second-focal-plane reticle is supposed to be used, and say so only if you are following Vortex's own note that the subtensions are correct at the top magnification. That note is Vortex's description, not a US cell that prints SFP. Set the Leupold clicks at the quarter-MOA the features print. Do not dial a CDS number you do not have a dial for.

Boresight at short range, then confirm on paper at the distance you hunt. Neither card prints a sight-in distance. One hundred yards is a habit, not a cell. The LensPen page is the cleaner for the objective. A shirt is how coatings get a haze. The cards do not include a torque spec for the ring screws. Use the spec that came with the rings. Over-torqued rings are a point-of-impact shift you will blame on the glass.

What actually fails on these two cards?

The Vortex card fails when a 15-pound Canadian display weight is quoted as the scope. It fails when an eye-relief range from a retailer is called an Amazon cell. It fails when the two UPCs are treated as one number. It fails when Dead-Hold BDC is described as a custom ballistic dial. It fails when a tube diameter that is not on the US card is used to buy rings without measuring. It fails when the VIP feature is read as coverage for a lost scope. It fails when Vortex's 11.86-inch table is cited without saying it is Vortex's table.

The Leupold card fails when Duplex CDS is read as the color black. It fails when 12.2 ounces from ASIN B078XGLGPK is pasted onto part 174182. It fails when the CDS name is read as a dial already cut and installed. It fails when 10 extra minutes is read as a night-hunting permit. It fails when quarter-MOA clicks are given a total travel the card does not print. It fails when waterproof is given a depth. It fails when the scope is ordered as a substitute for a rifle from a dealer.

What is this comparison not?

This is not a ballistics table. Neither card prints a cartridge. This is not a review of every Crossfire II. CF2-31007 is the 3-9x40 Dead-Hold part on this ASIN. A different reticle is a different part even if the magnification matches. This is not a review of every VX-Freedom. Part 174182 is the card. This is not a price quote. The price changes. Use the buttons if you want the live listing. This is not a firearm listing. There is no gun photo on the page. The rifle stays at a licensed dealer.

So which 3-9x40 should you buy?

Buy the Vortex if you want part CF2-31007, ASIN B00794LK18, the black cell, the 3 and 9 cells, the 40-millimeter cell, and the Dead-Hold BDC features, and if you will throw out any 15-pound display weight and any eye-relief number that is not on the US card. Buy the Leupold if you want part 174182, ASIN B07CTTNK31, the 3 x and 9 x cells, the quarter-MOA feature, and the Duplex CDS name, and if you will throw out the color cell and you will confirm the dial. Buy neither if you wanted a printed weight on both cards, a printed tube diameter on both cards, or a rifle in the box. The part number is the decision. The Leupold color cell is the warning.

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