Thinking Athlon Midas BTR Gen 2 HD 4.5x27x50 SFP MIL IR for my 18inch bbl AR15 Wylde 223. Want to shoot out to 500yds outdoors and 25yds indoors. I like the APRS4 reticle and IR may help indoors. I know it is heavy but, I am a MIL guy and cannot find anything lighter with SFP MIL and comparable reticle. Doug has them on sale for $509.99. Any suggestions?
Looking for SFP MIL Reticle scope
- Thread starter charliebrown1999
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What's your price point, how much magnification do you want, and what is your use case? Depending on your use, a 4.5x27x50 is a ton of magnification for a 5.56 gun at 500 yards, and I've found that a quality 10 or 16 power optic will be more than sufficient out past 500 yards.
These are pretty decent for the $$
Your limiting the reticle by going SFP, but they have both FFP & SFP.
www.snipershide.com
Your limiting the reticle by going SFP, but they have both FFP & SFP.
Rifle Scopes - Us optics TS 12x
Anybody with any experience with this, cant find anything on line.
www.snipershide.com
Under $550 and I want at least 18x. I have 81 year old eyes and astigmatism. MIL/MIL and SFP is a must.
I prefer MILLIRADIANS OVER MOA. I have experience with MILS. I have an Athlon Midas tac FFP and the reticle is difficult to see and use at below 12x.
Yeah, I get that. Me too.
But with a SFP, the mils do not measure anything correctly...well, except at perhaps some specific spec'd magnification.
But, you be you and get what makes you happy.
Cheers and best of luck
I would look hard at more than just zoom. Compare exit pupil too. You want big exit pupils for aging eyes.
I picked up one of the first gen models of that scope when Doug was clearing them out and I’m pretty darn pleased with it. Can only imagine the new version is better yet.
https://www.eurooptic.com/Trijicon-...-w-Red-Green-MRAD-Long-Range-34mm-Matte-.aspx
SFP reticles have their place, I run them on some rifles. This scope is the best deal you'll find to meet your requirements. Glass on par with all the $2-3k scopes. Tooless zero. Red/Green illum. Focus down to 20 yards. I'm using one on an M1A and I kind of want to pick up another while they're so cheap for a future rifle.
Edit: didn't see your $550 budget in your original post.
SFP reticles have their place, I run them on some rifles. This scope is the best deal you'll find to meet your requirements. Glass on par with all the $2-3k scopes. Tooless zero. Red/Green illum. Focus down to 20 yards. I'm using one on an M1A and I kind of want to pick up another while they're so cheap for a future rifle.
Edit: didn't see your $550 budget in your original post.
