redneckbmxer24 said:

I don’t have a Cronus and it’s been a long time since I’ve used one and don’t believe it was the current generation.

I do have an XTR3 3.3-18i here (had 4 of them not that long ago) and an Athlon Helos 4-20 which is a much lower end model than the Cronus and that Helos is better is just about every way than the XTR3. I’d say the turrets and reticle design are about equal with the Helos being a little easier to pick up on the low end but everything else goes to the Helos. The magnification, illumination, and parallax controls are smoother and less stiff, the illumination control isn’t like a circular saw blade, the image and glass quality is better, and the image quality doesn’t suffer on the higher magnification like the Burris does.

I couldn’t tell you if the FOV is larger on one or the other though. People like to tout that as an advantage on the Burris but if it is larger it’s not enough to make a noticeable difference in actual use and it certainly doesn’t make up for all of its other shortcomings.

I’d buy the Cronus over the Burris all day if those are the two options. Or a Helos and a case or two of ammo. Or a MK4HD, Bushnell Elite or any one of a number of other optics over an XTR3.

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Flg_23 said:

This was a fun exercise, but I have a lot of work to do

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Firestarter123 said:

Correct. They didn’t have them in stock so they were ordered along with a spare buttpad and set of side rails.

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LuvDog said:

What about teaming up with a current action manufacturer that’s not in the 22 game already? Would that make the business model easier or harder?

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GBMaryland said:

Interestingly, though, the actual law states 25 miles.

One of the things that most people don’t understand is that if you are a US citizen coming back into the country, they can search everything on you, including your phone.

The primary reason that I do not take a phone with me when I travel overseas is that even though I’m not a scumbag criminal, both the equivalent of the border patrol services in the foreign nation can generally do whatever they want and, our own border patrol can search your electronic devices when you return without a warrant.

Which is a really good reason to take a burner phone with you and leave your primary phone locked up in the safe powered off at home.

I don’t know about you guys, but I got all sorts of crap on my phone. None of it a problem but also none of it that anybody needs to see, play with, or decide to make something of it even though there’s nothing to be made of it, etc.

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