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    Night Vision Athlon Cronus ATS PRO 35CL Clip On.

    Collimating means zeroing. There are steps for the zero procedure in the manual. They aren’t the best but should be good enough to get you through. If you are using a scope with any kind of magnification greater than 2x on the bottom end, make sure the menu buttons are on 1x zoom, otherwise you...
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    Night Vision NV and thermal kills...

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    Night Vision Athlon Cronus ATS PRO 35CL Clip On.

    April 21, 2025
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    Night Vision NV and thermal kills...

    Getting to a point in my life where taking new hunters out is the most rewarding/fulfilling thing I do. 17 yo son has a friend with limited exposure to guns/hunting. Brought him out to our place in W. Texas for Easter weekend and took him hunting and shooting steel out to 742m. They went 3/3 at...
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    Rifle Scopes Hunting Scope suggestions

    Very similar use case to your criteria, and I went with the Zeiss LRP S3 4-25. Very happy with it so far. Especially for the price through Expert Voice. Turret doesn’t lock but has a zero stop. Windage isn’t capped. Reticle on low power is usable with illumination on.
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    Night Vision The Official: Steiner C35 Thermal Clip-on Review and User Thread!

    Correct. No experience with the Steiner Gen 2. Was waiting for a proper pic rail interface and gave up, decided to grab the Athlon off Expert Voice instead. Glad I did (so far).
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    Night Vision The Official: Steiner C35 Thermal Clip-on Review and User Thread!

    Athlon way better in every category except the app.
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    Night Vision The Official: Steiner C35 Thermal Clip-on Review and User Thread!

    Two of my hunting buddies have gen 1s, and I’ve got the Athlon. Only thing better on the Steiner is the app.
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    Hog hunting rifle choice

    Reloading your own I think is always better. Used to reload for my precision 308 bolt rifle but ARs bring new challenges. I’m (unfortunately or fortunately) at a point in my life where I value most my free time. Right now I can provide more for my family working than I can in my reloading room...
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    Hog hunting rifle choice

    Better terminal performance on body shots, recovered more runners on average than when using mk262. Was hunting with govt guys that were bringing free mk262 to use. Free ammo is always best ammo, but if I’m buying ammo, I prefer to use the Barnes 70. This is shooting at night from short ARs...
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    Hog hunting rifle choice

    Killed hundreds with mk262 and hundreds with 70gr Barnes. My experience the 70gr Barnes works a little better. Best advice I give when guiding hunters on my place is to aim center neck. 5.56 works great typically on the first aimed shot on a stationary pig. It’s when you start trying to hit...
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    Rifle Scopes My first what scope thread

    Love my S3 so far. Only time eye box is tight is at max mag, which I use maybe 1% of the time. For normal mag ranges not an issue.
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    Night Vision Athlon Cronus ATS PRO 35CL Clip On.

    Yes. Use it that way all the time. RTZ has been fine so far.
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    Night Vision Guide Thermal clip-ons, experience?

    I’ve got the Athlon which is basically the same thing, and have been extremely happy with it. There is a thread on the Athlon clip on that should provide more info.
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    Night Vision NV and thermal kills...

    Fun night taking my 13 year old daughter and her friend out hunting. Her friend had only shot a gun once before. Started with 22 and worked up to consistent hits on steel at 200m off the tripod. Then the 5.56 AR, and finally the 6.5 CM. Both did awesome. 3 rounds fired, 3 perfect neck shots. Fun...
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