Well gents, I been shooting most of my 46 year life. Grew up in Colorado, shooting 1000 yrds and longer on the plains with my Rem 700 BDL 7mm magnum. I was broke, in school, living paycheck to paycheck, but got lucky found that rifle at a show, and bought a dirt cheap Tasco scope which had BDC turrets. I had a blast shooting that rifle for 15 years, till some scumbag stole it during a move.
Fast forward and finally all that hard work paid off (15 years of school and training) and I finally could afford a pretty high end scope. I was going to go the NF or IOR route, until I stumbled across this gem: The Athlon Ares ETR FFP 4.5-30x 56mm. 34mm tube. This is one hell of a scope!! Currently sits upon my Edgun R5M in .22, but goes back and forth between several guns, including a .50 cal Barrett I shoot at 1+ mile.
The reticle is PERFECT for holdovers, and illuminated. The glass is truly the best I have ever had the pleasure to look through, with no detectable difference to the tier 1 scopes running 3x the price. The FOV is fantastic. The turrets have the most amazing tactile feel and click. Tracking is, well, perfect. 25 yrd to infinity parallax, of which should I have to shoot at closer, the glass is so good I don't even get a hint of blur. TONS of light comes through this scope.
I could go on, but really, it is the optic deal of the century at $1200. This is easily among the best scopes in the world.
I shot the best 50 yrd group of my life today with the Ares, using FX .22 hybrid slugs, put 10 through 1 hole for a 6mm group.
You owe it to yourself to check out this scope!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8sCRRrHXPc
Fast forward and finally all that hard work paid off (15 years of school and training) and I finally could afford a pretty high end scope. I was going to go the NF or IOR route, until I stumbled across this gem: The Athlon Ares ETR FFP 4.5-30x 56mm. 34mm tube. This is one hell of a scope!! Currently sits upon my Edgun R5M in .22, but goes back and forth between several guns, including a .50 cal Barrett I shoot at 1+ mile.
The reticle is PERFECT for holdovers, and illuminated. The glass is truly the best I have ever had the pleasure to look through, with no detectable difference to the tier 1 scopes running 3x the price. The FOV is fantastic. The turrets have the most amazing tactile feel and click. Tracking is, well, perfect. 25 yrd to infinity parallax, of which should I have to shoot at closer, the glass is so good I don't even get a hint of blur. TONS of light comes through this scope.
I could go on, but really, it is the optic deal of the century at $1200. This is easily among the best scopes in the world.
I shot the best 50 yrd group of my life today with the Ares, using FX .22 hybrid slugs, put 10 through 1 hole for a 6mm group.
You owe it to yourself to check out this scope!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8sCRRrHXPc