Athlon scopes?
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andrewsben
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I bought a house unexpectedly last year (the one that the wife always said if it came up for sale she wanted) after spending all my savings a couple years before to buy a house without having to finance. I had build back up enough savings for 20% down on a mortgage, but needed to do a little bit of work on the house. Which lead to selling several nightforces and razor gen IIs. To keep shooting I grabbed a few athlon argos scopes. They aren't on the same level as the scopes I had before but they do seem to function fine.
I have a couple 8-34 and a few 6-24 now. I would recommend the 6-24 for longer range shooting, more elevation and the 8-34 gets a little fuzzy at the highest mag anyways.
I have a couple 8-34 and a few 6-24 now. I would recommend the 6-24 for longer range shooting, more elevation and the 8-34 gets a little fuzzy at the highest mag anyways.
Shootin4fun
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Same question I've been asking. Looked at them at a gun show this weekend, comparing the Midas BTR directly with a Viper Gen2 PST 5-25x50. They look good, and if you're on a budget of under $600 I'd say they're a great deal. But they don't have the features of the Viper, and although very good probably not the same image quality. But the Viper IS $400 more, a 40% difference. Then I looked through a Sig Saurer Tango 6 and my eyes popped out. But that's over $2K.
Shootin4fun
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Follow up...A guy next to me at the gun show said he had 2 Argos and was looking at buying a 3rd, telling me how good they are. Then he looked through the Viper. Within 10 minutes he was buying the Viper, asking the dealer if he could split it between 2 credit cards. Seriously. Meanwhile, I had passed up a NF SVH 5-20x56, did one lap around the gunshow floor mulling it over for 10 minutes, went back to buy it and a guy was counting out hundreds for it. It was the only one on the floor so I diverted to the Viper and Athlon booth. These decisions are killing me! 
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/scope-best-bang-for-your-buck.191539/page-3#post-1353293
I started this thread looking to find the best deal on a serviceable long range scope and the Athlon has quite a following in the long range community. The price is good too. My next scope will be an Athlon.
I started this thread looking to find the best deal on a serviceable long range scope and the Athlon has quite a following in the long range community. The price is good too. My next scope will be an Athlon.
stomp442
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I have mounted quite a few of these here in the last month for some clients. I personally find the clarity of the glass better than the Vortex. They seem to be a quality built scope and they seem to track and return to zero easily and consistently. I can't say that about Vortex Viper line of optics.
Shootin4fun
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LoL, but consumerism gets us all at one point or another here in America.
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I have two argos, two ares, and a cronus. The Argos are good starter scopes for around a $330 street price. They'll get you shooting that's for sure. The Ares and Cronus are truly a step above though. The ares blows the Vortex HST/PST out of the water with image quality, tracking, and features. Its also about 400 cheaper than the Gen II PSTs. The Cronus is $600 cheaper then the Razors and is just as good if not better in image quality and features. If you want a argos, glass is good, has a lot of additional features, and it tracks true to its click values/ its repeatable. It wont compete with higher end vortexes, NF, etc. But you do get a lot for a $300-$400 optic.
Shootin4fun
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And the Midas BTR? If the price ladder is any indication of image quality one would think it is a couple steps up from the Argos. Ares is FFP so naturally more money just for that. Wondering what the image quality is in comparison. Any firsthand experience?
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The Midas is an Ares but not in FFP. That's the only real difference I believe. Midas is a hunting model and the ares is PRS / tactical style shoots.
Midas specs:
60 MOA Elevation and wind age
- High definition glass
- Illuminated, etched glass reticle
- Fully multi-coated optics with XPL coated lenses
- Heat treated, one piece 6061T6 aircraft grade aluminum tube
- Side adjustment parallax
- Waterproof
- Fogproof
- Shockproof
- Argon purged tube
- Ares specs:
- 100 MOA elevation and wind age
- HD glass
- Illuminated, first focal plane reticle
- Advanced fully multi-coated optics
- Precision zero stop system
- High precision erector system
- One piece, aircraft grade aluminum tube construction
- Argon purged for waterproof and fog proof performance
- Shockproof
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HD doesn't mean high definition. It means high density meaning multiple layers of glass to give a sharper image. Don't know why people say High definition. That's a correction from my previous post.
I have two Athlon Ares that are in my cart on Amazon...one max power is 32 the other 24...only $20 difference but I just don't know if 32 power is necessary?!?!
I plan to pull the trigger on one mid December so I can work with it during Christmas break.
As of today I don't plan to try a shot over 600yds on my Aoudad hunt in January but if I can figure out the "dial in" thing I might push that back a little.
I plan to pull the trigger on one mid December so I can work with it during Christmas break.
As of today I don't plan to try a shot over 600yds on my Aoudad hunt in January but if I can figure out the "dial in" thing I might push that back a little.
stomp442
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Just cause it goes to 32 power doesn't mean you have to use all 32. Dial it back to 24 and have at it.
