Ep. 411 | Vortex Crossbow Scope — Shooting to 100 Yards!

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Optics, Sports, Vortex Nation, Shooting, Vortex Nation Podcast, Wilderness, Binoculars, Rifle, Scope, Hunting, Vortex, Vortex Optics, Riflescope, Gun, Long Range

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Crossbows are incredibly effective when set up with the right optic. The Vortex Crossfire II Crossbow Scope is that optic. Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn talk the merits of the crossbow platform, the simple process of sighting the Crossfire II Crossbow Scope in, and shooting the system to 100 yards.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast, brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.
0:17.6	What is up, everybody? Mark on the mic, my good friend, Ryan Muck and Hearn, across from me.
0:22.7	Ryan, we talk a lot. We talk a lot on the podcast. We talk a lot when I come down to your desk.
0:29.0	We discuss any number of things as long as they're related to do hunting, fishing, or shooting.
0:35.6	Yeah.
0:36.3	One thing we don't talk a lot about, and we probably should, is crossbows.
0:42.5	Yeah.
0:43.1	And our Crossfire 2 to 7 by 32 crossbow scope purpose built for the crossbow platform.
0:50.3	In fact.
0:51.1	We have one on the table right here.
0:53.2	You were shooting a video the other day.
0:55.0	We were shooting a video, but you were on camera.
0:58.0	Sighting one of these, sighting one of these in, shooting it out to 100 yards.
1:05.0	It was quite impressive.
1:07.0	But before we jump into some of that, some of the, I guess, the more technical stuff, let's just
1:12.3	talk about crossbows in general. I mean, they really are a cool platform where a person who
1:19.7	may not have the time to master a vertical bow, maybe they have a shoulder issue, Maybe you're a youth. Any number of reasons.
1:32.2	Maybe you just want to shoot one with a crossbow. Maybe you just want to shoot one with a crossbow.
1:35.6	And I mean, and I know folks like that, they're like, yeah, I'm not, I'm not. And I guess that's kind of
1:39.6	where the time component goes in. But they're like, yeah, I really want to take advantage of archery seasons
1:45.3	where you can use a crossbow during that season. And so that's, that's just what they do.
1:50.9	Yeah, which is fine. Yeah. I want to go on record before the comment section fills up and say,
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