Are Athlon scopes made in USA?
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Joe thankyou sir ! Don't know if you remember me but when I first joined , I bought a hawke sidewinder 30 sf 6.5-20x42 from you . I have it on a cricket carbine & just love it . I just put a Athlon Talos btr 4-14x44 ffp on a puncher breaker, love the glass but the reticle is a little hard to see in low light conditions ( I'm in my fossil yrs ). Toss up which scope is better because I haven't used it much. The hawke comes with all the goodies but the talos I have to buy the sunshade separate & not sure if I can get a sidewheel for it, something people have to consider ( more $ ). Hope your doing well & enjoy all those new toys ! . Merry Christmas to you & your wife ! Darell
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Darell,
I was able to fit a UTG sidewheel to my 6-24X50 Athlon Talos by removing the wheels rubber bushing and adding some 1/4" painters tape to the inside track where the bushing fits and reinstalled the rubber bushing.. Worked Perfectly...nice and snug with No wobble.
Just throwin this out there. Hope it helps.
Mike.
I was able to fit a UTG sidewheel to my 6-24X50 Athlon Talos by removing the wheels rubber bushing and adding some 1/4" painters tape to the inside track where the bushing fits and reinstalled the rubber bushing.. Worked Perfectly...nice and snug with No wobble.
Just throwin this out there. Hope it helps.
Mike.
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I was able to fit the UTG side wheel on my Athlon 6-24x50 Argos by sanding off a bit of the rubber nubs inside the wheels center with a drimel. Pressed it on with slight effort and secured it with the included set screws. Works great.
The side focus knob is smaller on the Athlon 4-14x44 Talos scope, causing an un-modified UTG wheel to fit over it loosely. It looks like it could be secured if you wrapped something like painters tape, a piece of aluminum can or similar, around the knob to firm it up, then tightened its set screws. I haven't tried this yet but looks like it may work.
The side focus knob is smaller on the Athlon 4-14x44 Talos scope, causing an un-modified UTG wheel to fit over it loosely. It looks like it could be secured if you wrapped something like painters tape, a piece of aluminum can or similar, around the knob to firm it up, then tightened its set screws. I haven't tried this yet but looks like it may work.
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MScottLeeman - SPD Thanks for the ideas, kinda thought that they didn't make them for that scope bummer. Have to buy a sunshade separate too , did your models come with a sunshade ? Thanks again I'm always open too ideas & suggestions learning a lot from the forum ! Have a great X-MAS Darell
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My two scopes (Argos and Talos) did not come with sun shades. I ordered them from Cabela's. $29.99 each.
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I had an old SImmons scope that the wheel I used was just a tad too big. I used GOOP inside it. It secures it really well, but is easily removable (you have to pick and stretch it off) if you decide to remove it.
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Thankyou for the goop idea as well BigTinBoat btw finally got the 8in pipe & fittings for my air tank put together & it works great. Darell
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The 50mm ACME sunshade fits the 50mm Argos and Helos, and can sometimes be had for 1/2 the price. I got mine for $14.99:
https://www.acmemachine.com/acme-50mm-sun-shade-4-long-aluminum-matte-black/
I compared the Athlon 6-24x50 scopes to the ACME 6-24x50. They all appear to use the same scope bodies and and same glass.
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