I was wondering if anyone on the forums has tried the Aries Btr on there Airguns. I bought one for my Center fire and I am thinking ill be putting one on my Crown .30 when I get one
Athlon Aries BTR
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Well, I just picked up a HELOS BTR 6-24x50 MIL for my HW80. If you search you will others that bought Athlon scopes on this forum. The Aries BTR 2.5-15x50 has a 10 yard minium parallax adjustment, while the 4.5-27x50 is 25 yards. I shoot mostly within 25 yards so the latter would not be useful to me.
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I bought 2 of the Argos in mil for my impact and my Wildcat. they are nice. But the Aries is dominate
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I’m currently looking at the Hawke Sidewinder FFP 6-24x56 the parallax is adjustable from 10 to infinity and you can get it for under $500.00 Hawke Frontier has a FFP of 5-25x56 which is one step up in quality for around $600 Street but the parallax is 25 to infinity which won’t work for me.
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I noticed the announcement from Hawke as well-I will be very interested to see how the Hawke eyebox compares to the Athlon scopes. If it is better, I may give Hawke another look.
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I have an Ares BTR 2.5-15x50 Gen2 FFP MOA on my RAW....very nice scope. I've heard the Meopta 6 series has German glass and about the same price point if you're shopping. The Ares BTR 2.5-15 has a smallish/short eye box...I like it but others do not FYI.
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I also have an Ares BTR 2.5-15x50 Gen2 FFP MOA scope on my RAW. It's exceptional, especially for the price point. I also have an Ares BTR 4.5-27x50 Gen2 FFP MOA scope on another RAW. I would only say it's OK, and NOT worth full price. I would look elsewhere if you want this range. Athlon also has a superb warranty policy.
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I've found my Helos G2 6-24 has a prescription that suits my eyes better than the Ares BTR 4.5-27?! And it is less expensive with locking turrets but 34mm tube and with that more travel.
I didn't mind the IQ in the Ares BTR 2.5-15 but thought it was on the larger size for a scope in that mag range. Then the Helos G2 2-12 came out.....
So sold all 5 of my Ares BTR's and bought HG2's and some other scopes.
Honestly I think the Ares BTR line was due for a G3 upgrade awhile ago.
I didn't mind the IQ in the Ares BTR 2.5-15 but thought it was on the larger size for a scope in that mag range. Then the Helos G2 2-12 came out.....
So sold all 5 of my Ares BTR's and bought HG2's and some other scopes.
Honestly I think the Ares BTR line was due for a G3 upgrade awhile ago.
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Thanks for this info, Steve. Based on what an Athlon rep told me, the Helos line has the same glass as the Argos Line, but with more features. I tried the Argos for FT and found that it didn't range all that well. It was a well build scope with glass appropriate for the price point, but it just didn't serve the purpose I needed. I really like the features of the Helos line, but I need glass with a more shallow depth of field.
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