Rifle Scopes Brand New straight out of box Athlon Cronus BTR Gen 1 and Gen 2 factory defectiveNO warranty NO replacement by Athlon Optics WARNING BUYER BEWARE!!!

I would love to hear what the dealer and Athlon has to say about this. My guess is that there’s a lot more to this story.

Also just so you know, I woke up still feeling a little jolly that you got stuck with a turd and nobody cares

Scopeye said:

Why would Vortex be affected by people like me? Sounds racist.

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STFU moon cricket.

Kadams1563 said:

And who the hell buys 10k worth of “cheap” scopes.

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It's a Flip thing, you wouldn't understand.


I'm just shocked people think the BBB has any validity or importance in any way, it's not 1946.

Scopeeye is like Phillip reincarnated but for Athlon instead of IOR. Only in this saga of fanboyism he mutinies against them when his own lack of morals gets him in a bind.

Scopeye said:

Why would Vortex be affected by people like me? Sounds racist. They never ever even once screwed me over and went well above and beyond as they always do. If anything I'd be singing praises for Vortex when it comes to taking care of their customers.

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Racist … come on … we don’t even know your race … and you are pulling the racist card …

thehun said:

Racist … come on … we don’t even know your race … and you are pulling the racist card …

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That’s what Karen’s do

I'm calling bullshit too in the sense there's more to this story. This is literally the FIRST time I've ever read about a problem with Athlon warranty. Likewise with the Cronus reticle illumination (although I can't say I've been looking for that info). I haven't been here long, but long enough to know this guy is an asshole and deserves it.

thehun said:

Racist … come on … we don’t even know your race … and you are pulling the racist card …

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After pulling the race card unprovoked, I have an idea. Typically only one group is so quick to randomly pull the race card over any type of criticism. Just like how you say anything critical about someone who happens to be from the small-hat tribe, they automatically accuse you of being antisemitic… it’s nauseating and insufferable.

Yup

TLDR, but I'm inferring that this is appropriate??

This is all just some kid practicing for their 10th grade English paper (I see a C- in your future Scopeye). It is great popcorn material though, come on 20 cheap, junk scopes at one time and "I am not flipping them", such an obvious fake.

oldrifleman said:

This is all just some kid practicing for their 10th grade English paper (I see a C- in your future Scopeye). It is great popcorn material though, come on 20 cheap, junk scopes at one time and "I am not flipping them", such an obvious fake.

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Yeah, but he paid 10,000 Flips for those…

Personally, I could think of much better ways to waste $10,000 than buying 20 shitty Chicom scopes.

Nobody buys that many scopes at once, unless they’re either a dealer, or planning on flipping them for a good profit.

How's them Zeiss S3 looking now? LOL

Wait, gets fucked by Athlon then buys 20 scopes from them?

What BS.

Tyler Kemp said:

How's them Zeiss S3 looking now? LOL

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Scopeye: Bitches about how terrible Zeiss’ CS and warranty supposedly are, while hardcore pimping and praising Asslon for how awesome they are. Recommends people buy products they don’t want, open packaging, then return to the seller who now has to sell it to someone else at a profit loss, but it’s not his problem…

Also Scopeye: Buys $10K worth of Asslon scopes, then gets fucked by their CS and warranty department.

You can’t write better comedy.

Can we just delete this thread … it’s of zero use …

This was an entertaining read, especially when you just scroll past the book-length drivel posts and read the reactions.

Lots of companies source scopes/components/glass from LOW. "Built in the same factory" doesn't mean built to the same spec or supported the same way. Having the same thread pitch for a sunshade doesn't mean that it's the same scope either.

All those words and no picture of the reticle illum in question?

@Scopeye can you post a picture of the partially illuminated reticle? It might be helpful for others to see what Athlon considers "in spec".

Namekagon said:

@Scopeye can you post a picture of the partially illuminated reticle? It might be helpful for others to see what Athlon considers "in spec".

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I am just surprised they have an actual "spec"

oldrifleman said:

I am just surprised they have an actual "spec"

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Thats why I'm curious.

Consider the real-world application of illuminated reticles. You either are using it in low light situations against a dark background, or with clip on night vision devices or shooting lights. Most illum reticles I've seen are way over-bright for those uses. An LPVO would be a different story, but for a 4-30x scope, really any illumination is usually sufficient. That might be their thought process on that, but its why I would be interested to see how much variation in illum he has, as I've never observed a partially illuminated reticle before.

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I am just surprised they have an actual "spec"

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Apparently Asslon’s QC specs are “Well…Everything fit in there with no spare parts left on the bench… Whether it works or not, is not our fucking problem… Good luck. ”

FuhQ said:

Apparently Asslon’s QC specs are “Well…Everything fit in there with no spare parts left on the bench… Whether it works or not, is not our fucking problem… Good luck. ”

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Kinda like Christensen with sending out rifles with incorrect headspace and Burris sending out scopes with debris in them

Replace Athlon with Arken and I would think this was Fuhq

oso1 said:

Replace Athlon with Arken and I would think this was Fuhq

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Fuck off... I only ever bought 5 Arken scopes total... And had to send back 2 of them...

I will give Arken this... At least they honored their written warranty without batting an eye, and paid for shipping both ways. They didn't fuck me over like Asslon did this dude...

I have an Asslon cronus btr
Seems like a decent scope
Illumination was fine
Other scope I own is a 2006 Bushnell circle x on my TC contender carbine 30-30
Glass is super clear on par with a ZCO

Atomic_Lobster said:

I have an Asslon cronus btr
Seems like a decent scope
Illumination was fine
Other scope I own is a 2006 Bushnell circle x on my TC contender carbine 30-30
Glass is super clear on par with a ZCO

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Only Bushnell I have only ever owned was on a contender 30-30 pistol back in the late 70s.

oldrifleman said:

Only Bushnell I have only ever owned was on a contender 30-30 pistol back in the late 70s.

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Don't worry, you've missed absolutely nothing since...

Hell, even the relatively inexpensive Bausch & Lomb scopes built in Japan were solid scopes until Bushnell bought them, tarded everything up, and stuck their name on it. Then nobody wanted them anymore.

I haven’t read all of this thread but I did get a good laugh at the premise. I’ve been researching Sig Kilo6k binos and I’ve noticed you chime in on just about every thread and shit on it about Sigs warranty. Good luck with your future purchases!

Jnull said:

Christ even your titles are a fuckin novel. Have you ever typed something and considered not writing a hard back book worth of shit that no one gives a fuck about? Cause no one gives a fuck about the constant dumb shit you spew.

When vortex’s warranty and customer service decline it’ll be due to people like you.

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If you're one of the "don't give a fuck" guys (and you are) why do you bother to respond. You're just displaying your ignorance.

redneckbmxer24 said:

I would love to hear what the dealer and Athlon has to say about this. My guess is that there’s a lot more to this story.

Also just so you know, I woke up still feeling a little jolly that you got stuck with a turd and nobody cares

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Inbred redneck always has salient comments; NOT!

Capt45 said:

If you're one of the "don't give a fuck" guys (and you are) why do you bother to respond. You're just displaying your ignorance.

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Because it’s nonstop with this guy, fuck off.

Jnull said:

Because it’s nonstop with this guy, fuck off.

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Nice explanation; go back to f'n your sister.

Capt45 said:

Nice explanation; go back to f'n your sister.

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Wow! The people on this site are mature.

You couldn’t come back with something that wasn’t a mom or sister joke….: are you like 15?

Poorboyr said:

Wow! The people on this site are mature.

You couldn’t come back with something that wasn’t a mom or sister joke….: are you like 15?

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You obviously didn't bother to see the post I responded about. Yeah; I'm 15 how old are you 80?

Capt45 said:

You obviously didn't bother to see the post I responded about. Yeah; I'm 15 how old are you 80?

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Keep proving my point.

Poorboyr said:

Keep proving my point.

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In kind. Ignorance is preventable; you just have to read.

The OP had some agenda that is not clear to anyone.
Those responding so harshly on the first two pages eliminated all chance of this thread realizing its EPIC THREAD potential. Killed it in its crib. Shame.
Gotta learn to play the fish. Couda be a contender.

Now I must ask..

Is this still available?

I went back through the OP’s last 3 pages of post. Guy is focused on high quanity of ultra cheap scopes and warranties of them. No idea if he is a shill or just crazy as a shift house rat.

RTH1800 said:

I went back through the OP’s last 3 pages of post. Guy is focused on high quanity of ultra cheap scopes and warranties of them. No idea if he is a shill or just crazy as a shift house rat.

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I've been trying to figure it out, too. This isn't the only place I've run across his posts, and it's just as bad elsewhere - maybe worse.

Why do you all (those that pan) insist on whipping a dead horse. I do occasionally resort to negative comments, but only after I've been attacked by the Moronic slime that have nothing better to do than try and belittle others. What a shame. If you think I was talking about anyone personally, then you probably are guilty.

It's possible the OP buys the new scopes for 'testing' with every intention of returning them 'unmounted' so he can get a refund or another new scope- anything is possible.

Sorry I see this is a little older post but,Athlon has the best customer service I've ever dealt with,One of my rifles got knocked out the rack at my gun club, fell onto the scope and damaged it,Athlon was told what happened sent scope in for repair they sent me a brand new scope,With a different scope I lost one of the tiny screws to the zero stop emailed them they sent 3 new screws,And now with a new scope I bought i removed the zero stop ring at the range and somehow missed placed it,once again just a quick email to them and within a week they sent a new ring,They never questioned anything just took care of all my problems,Now I have a Arken EP-5 that has a issue can't even get anyone there to answer the phone or return a email,Also Nightforce has also handled my one problem I had quickly

I’m glad to see this shitshow get revived…I need some entertainment today. Slow day for construction.

Guy was gone one day after this thread started.

I'll bet he's a hoot at the whorehouse. MaDAME! This one's defective....