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From what I've gathered the mk4 will have better glass ,but everything I've read so far has this ares spotter as pretty damn decent glass. Better than the viper 80mm and compares more to the vortex razor.
Also (personal preference) I like the reticle design better in this athlon ,then the...
Honestly if it were me I would keep trying blaser /minox.. regardless of what you paid for it ,its still a expensive optic in the upper echelon of rifle scopes. I would expect the turrets to line up perfectly.. but to each his own ,if it doesn't bug you just keep blasting away.
I've been happy with mine, for the money I don't think you can do better. Glass is totally clear ,reticles are great.
My only gripe is the turrets are kinda crappy. BUT
in all fairness they are really designed to be zeroed and left alone.
You will be pleased with your purchase.
Hey Doug do you know if this cronus model is going to be compatible with athlons removable eye piece reticle?
I saw that they are going to be releasing eye piece reticles for their spotters and was curious if they are only going to work on their newest models ?
My barrel will be here Monday, super stoked ,
I ended up with the 7 twist kinda wanted 8 twist but whatever.
Are you guys getting good results with the Sierra 69 match king , or the 77 gr tmk ?
Been noticing my rangefinder has a couple of these artifacts as well. Did you ever contact vortex on yours? I'm not sure if I will doesn't seem to bother me so far ,hopefully it doesn't get worse
Well I just ordered my 18" white oak SPR barrel ,rifle gas from brownells. I wanted to order direct but they are back ordered 4-6 weeks from white oak. Brownells said they had it in stock hopefully they do.
I'll report back once I get it all installed and start load development.
I'll also post...
I thought mike.lucas stopped making boreguides last year or something? Thought there was multiple threads about it 🤔?
I ended up going with boretech for mine and its been working great 👍
I'm currently on the same mission. So far I've read the Athlon Ares with ed glass is pretty comparable to the razor. As far as something less than 1200 I don't know if anything is going to actually be better than the razor.
Good luck hopefully you'll get guys with more hands on experience to...
I have a Curtis axiom and it's one of the nicest actions I've had. Mine has been flawless. Can't speak for customer service.
That being said.... my next build I've been eyeballing the origin just cuz I wanna try something different.
I do love the short throw on the axiom tho ..