Athlon Midas TAC gen 2 - Wow!

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Just got the newly released Athlon Midas TAC gen2 5-30x56 FFP scope. Everything the gen 1 is known for plus better glass and higher mag. Only focus down to 20 yards at full mag, but that wasn’t a concern for me.

I think this scope is every bit as good as the Ares ETR 4.5-30x or Cronus 4.5-29x (I have both) for significantly less $$$. Turrets function perfectly with good clicks and lots of elevation adjustment (30 Mil).

I will be using it on the new .30 Daystate Black Wolf Chassis with Tube and 23 inch pellet barrel that I am getting next week. Looking forward to a great EFT GP combo!
 
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Congrats on your new scope Mike.

It's crazy how nice these new Generation 2025 Athlon scopes are!

Man my Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50 is awesome. I mean my gosh why spend more money on a scope when this thing is 97% of one many times the cost and I betcha the turrets won't be any better. I was just using my March Genesis yesterday and the turrets are close enough in distinctness and feel between the two that there's hardly any difference, and that's a $5700 retail scope! Glass is nicer in the March by a fair margin, and superior in specific ways, but the gap is not that big.
 
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Centercut said:
Just got the newly released Athlon Midas TAC gen2 5-30x56 FFP scope. Everything the gen 1 is known for plus better glass and higher mag. Only focus down to 20 yards at full mag, but that wasn’t a concern for me.

I think this scope is every bit as good as the Ares ETR 4.5-30x or Cronus 4.5-29x (I have both) for significantly less $$$. Turrets function perfectly with good clicks and lots of elevation adjustment (30 Mil).

I will be using it on the new .30 Daystate Black Wolf Chassis with Tube and 23 inch pellet barrel that I am getting next week. Looking forward to a great EFT GP combo!
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Thanks for confirming this. Having liked the Midas Tac very much and being a fan of most Athlon options, I have been eager to see how this performs. I was shocked they created this in this mag ratio as it really muddies the water even more, but I’ll take it!
 
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Centercut said:
Just got the newly released Athlon Midas TAC gen2 5-30x56 FFP scope. Everything the gen 1 is known for plus better glass and higher mag. Only focus down to 20 yards at full mag, but that wasn’t a concern for me.

I think this scope is every bit as good as the Ares ETR 4.5-30x or Cronus 4.5-29x (I have both) for significantly less $$$. Turrets function perfectly with good clicks and lots of elevation adjustment (30 Mil).

I will be using it on the new .30 Daystate Black Wolf Chassis with Tube and 23 inch pellet barrel that I am getting next week. Looking forward to a great EFT GP combo!
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Do you have an idea what it will focus down to at 16x?
 
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Congrats on your new scope Mike.

It's crazy how nice these new Generation 2025 Athlon scopes are!

Man my Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50 is awesome. I mean my gosh why spend more money on a scope when this thing is 97% of one many times the cost and I betcha the turrets won't be any better. I was just using my March Genesis yesterday and the turrets are close enough in distinctness and feel between the two that there's hardly any difference, and that's a $5700 retail scope! Glass is nicer in the March by a fair margin, and superior in specific ways, but the gap is not that big.
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I really think the BTR Gen II 2.5-15-50 scopes are excellent quality, especially for the price. I bought ETR 3-18-50 scopes to replace my 2 BTR's because they went on a good sale. When comparing the 2 series, the build quality was about the same (excellent!). However, there was a noticeable upgrade in optical quality when comparing the 2 scopes side by side. I set up each scope in a separate rest so that I could quickly compare the same field of view. I was mostly looking at tree trunks and leaves (things with very fine details) between 10 - 60 yards. I found the clarity of the ETR scope to be a full notch better than that of the BTR scope. It was clearly noticeable. I'm curious how much the BTR Gen III scopes bridge this gap, as I would really prefer the lighter weight of the BTR series. I'm also curious how much better the BTR 4.5-27x50 Gen III is compared to the Gen II. I found the clarity of the Gen II to be lacking between 20x - 27x.
 
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I really think the BTR Gen II 2.5-15-50 scopes are excellent quality, especially for the price. I bought ETR 3-18-50 scopes to replace my 2 BTR's because they went on a good sale. When comparing the 2 series, the build quality was about the same (excellent!). However, there was a noticeable upgrade in optical quality when comparing the 2 scopes side by side. I set up each scope in a separate rest so that I could quickly compare the same field of view. I was mostly looking at tree trunks and leaves (things with very fine details) between 10 - 60 yards. I found the clarity of the ETR scope to be a full notch better than that of the BTR scope. It was clearly noticeable. I'm curious how much the BTR Gen III scopes bridge this gap, as I would really prefer the lighter weight of the BTR series. I'm also curious how much better the BTR 4.5-27x50 Gen III is compared to the Gen II. I found the clarity of the Gen II to be lacking between 20x - 27x.
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I don't know if the IQ is any better than before on the G3 BTR 4.5-27 but the turrets are and the scope caps screw into the scope which is neat feature.
 
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