I'll have to go look at that today. I'm going to mount it on a PB today to shoot some long range if it isn't too windy.
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Athlon Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50
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I hadn't looked at the sunshade and scope caps yet but it turns out the scope caps are threaded so they both screw right onto the scope!!!
The objective end of the sunshade is also threaded so that the cap screws onto it as well.
These caps feel like they are high quality and a magnet system holds them closed.
A very nice bonus and all of which is pretty cool!
The objective end of the sunshade is also threaded so that the cap screws onto it as well.
These caps feel like they are high quality and a magnet system holds them closed.
A very nice bonus and all of which is pretty cool!
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Mine is due to arrive today
hopefully I like what I’m looking at when I plant my eye behind the scope
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I shot some long range today with it on my AR in 6mmFatRat/95grSMK/.5 G1 BC/2924 fps. 3 shots at 230Y. Windy and lots of mirage. Went out to 787Y. I like the scope.
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Mine arrived last night. I mounted on my TM 1000 with Vortex 30 mm low picatinny rings. For grins I temporarily added a scopewerks 6” eccentric mag wheel that used a similar parallax profile.
Im really liking the reticle and the build quality. Those threaded lens caps are da bomb.
I’m going to have a proper 6” round mag wheel made for it wikiwiki, but for now I can do a quick test on how well it ranges and spreads out the numbers; like all of my other scopes they do not range well from a warm room looking out into a cold environment.
Even if it doesn’t spread out the numbers on the wheel for HFT, this scope is a keeper; and may end up on my Steyr ProX 10.
the turrets are amazing!
I zeroed in 4 shots at 25 yards.
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Congrats Cavedweller.
Just a heads up.
When I got back from shooting yesterday I was setting my elevation turret back to zero and noticed it had some wiggle and lash which concerned me. What had happened is I had snugged it down after sighting in but it needed to be tighter so once I took care of that it was back to the awesome feel these have.
Yeah it's funny, those scope caps are so nice it makes this G3 scope seem all that much better. I bought some expensive after market scope caps for my S&B, which I think I paid $125 for years ago, and I prefer these Athlon caps to them.
Just a heads up.
When I got back from shooting yesterday I was setting my elevation turret back to zero and noticed it had some wiggle and lash which concerned me. What had happened is I had snugged it down after sighting in but it needed to be tighter so once I took care of that it was back to the awesome feel these have.
Yeah it's funny, those scope caps are so nice it makes this G3 scope seem all that much better. I bought some expensive after market scope caps for my S&B, which I think I paid $125 for years ago, and I prefer these Athlon caps to them.
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