Every time I use my Vortex Fury's I end up wondering why such a wonderful binocular was discontinued. They are one of the last of my bins that I would consider parting with. There's so much to like about them.
Now I think I got a dud pair of Diamondbacks so I can't honestly know if the Fury's are that much better but I've heard others say the same. But the Diamondback was kept and the Fury discoed. I'd like to hear some speculation on why that happened? The thing that pops into my head is that they were optically too close to the quality of the Viper at too low of a price point.
It just doesn't make sense to me. 
Is there something I'm missing here?
It makes no sense to me either for Vortex to pull one of the best regarded bin series in its line up. Are they still keeping the 6.5x32? I still see a lot of those being sold, but not the 8x42 and 10x42 models.
I tried an 8x42 Fury at a "bird sit" (12hr bird count within a 15ft circle). It was one of the few closed bridge roofs that fit my hands, probably because the barrels were so fat that there was no room for my thumbs to dangle underneath, so they rested on the barrels.
The view was sharp and bright. Some distortion near the edges, but not distractingly so. The on the focuser diopter mechanism worked well, and the bullet head eyecups fit my eye orbits. For the price point, I think they were hard to beat.
You have to ask the same question about the Leupold GR HDs. They seemed to be selling well, got rave reviews, are near the top of the pops in allbinos 8x32 category, so why pull them before having a replacement?
Well, hopefully, the GRs will be back in a lighter package. The Fury's might re-emerge under a different name.
Brock
Not to get off topic but I keep seeing vague references to the Golden Rings being reintroduced but nothing concrete. If anyone has any info on that then I would love to hear it.
As for the discontinued Furys, I wish I had an answer. I just hope the bin/scope industry doesn't get into what many other industries do...with the need to discontinue models year after year with practically no significant difference to the optics or handling. Just new names to spur new sales.