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Waterline your Plates

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I like a waterline on my distance plates, particularly when dialing in my elevation. The important factor is knowing your aiming point and being able to relate that to your results.

When you are out by yourself or great shooting buddy, you might use anything at all to establish that, even quartering your target. When working with others and spotting for them, having an aim point or line or other specific reference helps tremendously in communication.
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Optics RELISTED Swarovski ATX/STX 65mm objective $699

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RELISTED here for $699 (FIRM!) because some douchenozzle on ebay won my 10-day auction then cancelled the order. So I'm giving it a try here again before I go back to ebay

Got this from Midway just 2 weeks ago. Used on one hunting trip last week. Perfect condition. Photos forthcoming, it's still in my hunting buddy's backpack. (I decided I want to get a dedicated straight scope for hunting.) This is for the OBJECTIVE only.

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Rifle Scopes Burris XTR 3 Vs Athlon Cronus

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steve123 said:
You should try that new Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50 because it's such a killer scope for the price. Compared to the HG2 4-20 it's more refined in just about every way, almost daylight bright illume, and it has better IQ. Also the turrets are even nicer than the ETR's are and maybe better than the CG2 in that they are lower profile and wider.
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Spending $800 on a Chinese scope is a hard pass for me. With the rumors about Athlon holding the chronos that dealers and customers have paid for so they don’t have to eat the higher tariffs I’m probably done buying anything Athlon moving forward.
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The Gay Tiger is tempting me from shooting straight with 6BR.

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6x47L was fine before but 6mmBR has been an easy cartridge to deal with as far as low ES and benchrest precision, and if I need more I go up to 6.5 Saum.

The Lapua brass for 6mmBR, the .059 flash hole, short powder column, and long brass life, no case prep, low recoil and .3" groups makes for a fantastic little cartridge.

One time with my 6mmBR at 1000Y I had 1.75" vertical for 9 of the 10 shots on a steel plate, something my four 6x47L barrels and tuned loads would not do. That kinda won me over.
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AR Positional POI Shift Test

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Tested 3 different bullets out of new barrel today and decided to try this test. Top row is prone, bottom is barricade. Unfortunately not corresponding bullets so I labeled the groups to better match.
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Mega bullet upper and KAC URX4. I know other people have posted issues with URX4 in this thread but this is my second and I haven’t had issues. I actually have a spare MML upper available but chose the URX4 on standard upper because I can get a lower height over bore with URX4.

I will note on this particular rifle I bridged the upper and handguard with the scope mount. Not intentionally, I just didn’t have a cantilever available and this was unused.

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Ruger Precision Rifle Discussion

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If there is a particular barrel, or chamber you want, find it and order it. Maybe it's off of the shelf stock, or maybe it still needs to be made. It is even better if you manage to find a good deal on what you want. You can always put the new barrel on before the old one is shot out.

I have a Gen 1 6.5, somewhere less than 3000 rounds on the original barrel, that I have a couple of Krieger barrels for. I've been trying to do the shoot it until it says change me routine. A while back I got to shoot it in a long range prone match. That was going to be its last hurrah before I changed out the barrel. Damned if it wasn't my best match, by one point, but still my best match shot with that barrel. I'll change it some other time.
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Optics Schmidt 5-25, Leupold MK5, Burris XTR3

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Three Scopes for sale. All great scopes, I'm am second owner except for Burris. Have Boxes for everything. Only one trade- Kahles 328i or 540i LSW and Skmr4+

Leuopold MK5 7-35 TMR 1st Focal Reticle -$1700

Schmidt & Bender PMII 5-25 H59 First Focal not MTC Turrets- $3000

Burris XTR3 5.5-30 SCR2 First Focal with Throw lever- $850 SOLD

All prices shipped. Any questions just ask. Really like all these scopes, all have worked well. Bought a Kahles 328i and would like another!
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Rifle Scopes Burris XTR 3 Vs Athlon Cronus

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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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You should try that new Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50 because it's such a killer scope for the price. Compared to the HG2 4-20 it's more refined in just about every way, almost daylight bright illume, and it has better IQ. Also the turrets are even nicer than the ETR's are and maybe better than the CG2 in that they are lower profile and wider.
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