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which scope for my Bergara 14R

Coyotejunki

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I just bought this rifle and now I have to scope it. I read the review on the

Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x50mm​

I am seriously looking at that one, but reading some of the other post here, It seems the Gen II are better? I plan on getting a 20-30 MOA base for this, plan on shooting 25 out to 300 Really want to keep the price under a 1K, prefer < $800. I would like good repeatable tracking and decent glass.

What do you all recommend?
 
nesikabay said:
MIDAS BTR. half the money.
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Certainly not half the money of a Midas TAC (Midas TAC is about $680, Midas BTR is about $580). Also, the TAC is a first focal plane, BTR is second focal plane. The Midas BTR is a great scope, however.

I have two Midas TAC scopes...one on my B14 6.5 Creedmoor and one on my B14R. The Midas TAC is a fantastic scope.
 
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I put a Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25x56 MOA on mine and am quite happy with it.
 
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Have 3 MidasTac's, if I was in the market I would take a hard look at the Vortex Strike Eagle...
 
I just put on my Bergara the Vortex Viper PST Gen2 Mrad 5-25x50. Seems perfect to me. Can’t really comment on anything else. It’s my first set up.
 
I have 2 Midas TAC 6-24. One on my Tikka TAC A1 for PRS and one on my T1X for NRL22. I think it would be hard to find as good a scope for the money. The others mentioned are also good scopes. I love the retical on my Athlons
 
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I am running a Burris RT25 5-25/56
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SCR2 FFP on LaRue 20 MOA Base with Warne Med rings and carry 300 on Dial Only. 400 is full dial and 12 mil hold.
 
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I’m running an athlon Ares BTR gen2 and it’s been pretty stellar so far, running it in hrt medium rings in a 20moa base. I haven’t pushed past 100, so I haven’t bothered to see how much room I’ve got left to dial yet.
 
I also have the Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25x56 (MRAD) on my Bergara. I've been really impressed with the scope. Optically, I can't really see any difference between it and my PST Gen II 5-25.
 
Coyotejunki said:
I just bought this rifle and now I have to scope it. I read the review on the

Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x50mm​

I am seriously looking at that one, but reading some of the other post here, It seems the Gen II are better? I plan on getting a 20-30 MOA base for this, plan on shooting 25 out to 300 Really want to keep the price under a 1K, prefer < $800. I would like good repeatable tracking and decent glass.

What do you all recommend?
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Stop looking and buy this scope. You won't find a better scope at this price. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020586712

With a 30 MOA rail, you can go past 400 yards with just the dial.
 
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Love my Midas Tac...No complaints about anything on it. I almost bought another except I wanted to try out an XTR III.
You might also take a look at the Bushnell Match pro.
 
z28kid said:
Parallax ruins that one tho for me, I like rimfire to have be able to focus at a minimum of 25 yards.
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I have that scope, and parallax goes down to 25 yards. Unless they changed it to 75 yards on later versions, but that wouldn't make sense.

Edit: I just searched, and this scope may have been made with different distances for minimum parallax. I'd call Midway before ordering, to see what they have. https://www.snipershide.com/shootin...lite-tactical-hdmr-ii-cr-close-range.7035540/
 

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midas tac is a great scope, i also have one on my rimfire, although the one drawback is in hunting situations where the 6 power on the low end makes for a small field of view.

that said, i understand most guys aren't trying to both benchrest, and hunt with the same rifle, so it's likely not an issue.
 
slickalaus12 said:
midas tac is a great scope, i also have one on my rimfire, although the one drawback is in hunting situations where the 6 power on the low end makes for a small field of view.

that said, i understand most guys aren't trying to both benchrest, and hunt with the same rifle, so it's likely not an issue.
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It's called the Midas TAC, not the Midas HUNT.
 
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Delta Echo said:
Stop looking and buy this scope. You won't find a better scope at this price. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020586712

With a 30 MOA rail, you can go past 400 yards with just the dial.
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I have one of the older 2014ish DMRs with 5mil/rev on my 14r and the 50yd parallax is fine for me. Was a good deal back when it came out I feel it's still a somewhat relevant optic. That's a good deal though on closeout
 
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