I can’t imagine buying a Chinese athlon over a Japanese SWFA with HD glass.These are very good scopes. But for me personally, there are better scopes out there for the same money. Used ones can be a great deal. But SWFA hasn’t changed these scopes in over 5 yrs. The market has totally changed since then.
If I had to choose, I’d prefer a Toric, or Ares ETR over the SWFA
Cronus and SWFA are both Japanese and built tough. I liked the Cronus, and the two reasons you switched were my biggest beefs with the SWFA. But the Cronus isn’t a $1k Chinese-made scope, so comparing it to the Ares is a little apples and oranges.I second what kickin45 said. I sold my SWFA and picked up an Athlon Cronus BTR for around the same price. I liked the SWFA but haven’t found it better than the Athlon in any way (glass, tracking, zero stop, zoom, turrets, reticle, eye box, etc)
It’s only my personal preference but I made the change to get a thinner reticle and a zero stop.
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I can’t imagine buying a Chinese athlon over a Japanese SWFA with HD glass.