I called athlon wed. To complain about a few issues and one response bothered me a little. I told the tec. That the parallax yardage are off by 40-45 yards and his response is that's very very normal of all scopes???? Maybe normal on athlon scopes but in my experience that's very unacceptable and makes the question of why they even print yardage on it??
Please tell me this is wrong....
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I wouldn’t consider that normal. I have several side focus scopes and most of them are much closer to the markings.
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Also I returned the scope to the co that sold me it because athlon told me they have to take the scope apart and try fixing then if it cant be fixed I get a new one.....nope I'm all set.
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I have an Athlon FFP and the yardage indication is off on mine as well. At 25 yards it indicates about 33 yards. Otherwise I like the scope.
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I have only one scope that is close. The others are so far off as to be worthless and unusable. So, I don't even look at the markings. I just do what has to be done. I adjust the parallax while doing the "head-bob" until the target appears stationary. You see Ted and all the other experts doing the same thing. Unless you wish to go to the same trouble as the FT guys in making large custom parallax wheels and marking them yourself, you have no other option. Most smart scope shoppers look for more important details like the quality of the glass and design of the reticle and the preciseness of the turrets. Not so much importance is placed on the accuracy of the parallax markings. Personally, if I wished to be a respected scope manufacturer, I wouldn't let a scope out the door unless the parallax adjustment and it's markings were as precise as the turrets. But that's obviously not the demand of the consumer, so sloppiness is common.
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You can get a Hawke airmax 6 to 24 side focus , AMX reticle at dvor for $288 shipped if you use coupon code MBERFV.
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I use a larger sidewheel on most if not all my scopes and have found that very few agree (once I sight in and mark the side wheel for me) with the marking on the small parallax wheel Some are worse then others even between otherwise identical scopes.
I have seen (it's been years though) posts about re-orienting the stock wheel. Got close at some distances but there was still error between markings .Prob differs between scope manufactures though. I just looked quickly and couldn't find anything that looked familiar
BeemanR7's last sentence sums it up for me....
I have seen (it's been years though) posts about re-orienting the stock wheel. Got close at some distances but there was still error between markings .Prob differs between scope manufactures though. I just looked quickly and couldn't find anything that looked familiar
BeemanR7's last sentence sums it up for me....
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I sent a Athlon scope back as well for the same exact issue. I’m starting to think those scopes are trash!
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I love my Athlon ffp scopes. Hard to beat for the money, although I just bought a Diamondback ffp I really like too. I don't use the yardage on the focus knob though, I just use it to focus while looking through the scope. Stoti
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I just bought a Sightron S-TAC 3-16 with side focus. there are no yardage numbers on the focus knob just hash marks. I installed a 80mm parallax wheel and marked it myself, I haven't seen any scopes in my price range that were dead on, Sightron spent the money on the glass, turrets and overall construction and man did they get it right, much more scope than I expected for the price.
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I have an Optisan EVX 4-16x44 F1 and the side focus yardage is close but definitely not spot on. I couldn’t use it for ranging without customizing the markings. If I know the yardage of my target I can set the parallax on my scope and than fine tune with my eye.
Overall I’ve been very pleased with the scope.
Overall I’ve been very pleased with the scope.
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I have an Athlon FFP scope as well. And yes, the yardage is off. Partially a factor that the eyepiece is tuned for my eye, which changes the focal point, which in turn causes an error in the numbers on the side focus. This was not a problem for me, as I was going to add a sidewheel (snail), and calibrate it at the range. I did get a snail and calibrated it. Now the snail is marked to match the exact yardage with the eyepiece focused for my eye.
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I have had great luck with my Athlon FFP scopes. They are not a high end scope like a Night Force or Vortex PST. But then again they don't have a high end price tag. The parallax marks are off a little on mine and on one the turret marks are off a little, but the clarity is good and it tracks great. Reticule is great. I think it's a good value. Plus they stand behind the product and have great costomer service. sylvan
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adder is correct, adjusting the ocular will cause a change in yardage markings and everyones eyes are different.
John
John
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