Athlon Athlon Optics, Talos BTR, Riflescope, 4-14/44 ffp

[douger]

any good reviews on this scope 

 

[addertooth]

There are good reviews on this $300 scope. The reviews are even nicer on the Argos series, which is about 60 bucks more.

 

[Hotbrass]

Yes, I own 4 of them.

 

[umoP3piSdn]

I have owned the Argos and I currently own the Talos. Both great scopes. I didnt like eye piece illumination on the Talos at first, but its actually fine now. You cant beat FFP scopes for real accurate air rifles. I am selling my one and only PCP, but i am pretty sure I am going to keep my scope. Im going to put it on an AR.

 

[davecole]

I was a hard-core died in the wool Hawke Sidewinder user (5 of them) until I put a couple of Athlon FFP scopes on a couple of my guns. 

Now I just need to sell off a couple more of my Sidewinders and I’ll be set....?

 

[DrPutz]

I loved the Talos BTR 4-14x44 until I got a Athlon Midas 2.5-15x50. The Talos BTR performed well for me good ranging and a very finely graduated reticle (0.2 mil) - I won the 2016 AAFTA Hunter Piston Division with it. However, compared to the Midas, the Talos BTR reticle is a bit thick. Although the Midas is not FFP, I only shoot at 15x for Hunter Field Target so it does not bother me much. The Midas is clear - almost too clear and needs a sunshade to avoid a bit of wash out. The clarity works well in the dark woods in NE Ohio. The Midas's price has dropped considerably and runs $325 to $389 now.

Athlon does well on warranty work - my Talos BTR started to get sloppy in the side focus. I sent it in and had a new one about a week later. I have about 4 of the other Athlons, including the Argos FFP which is a great scope, but does not have the APLR1/2 reticle which I like for HFT. Once thing - shop around on price, as places like Amazon go up and down daily in price.

 

[rwsmike]

I want to try a athlon...like Dave I also loved hawke but I need to look at something else .

 

[douger]

seems really nice will be mounting on my bantam 

 

[douger]

for under 300 its best glass iv owned reticle is perfect