New Athlon Midas TAC FFP review

That’s good news for drifters! Seriously, your videos are professionally good!!!

Great information provided in an entertaining, informative way that my dumbazz gets, is what I like, and you can do it!

Excellent review! I am wondering if these Athlon Midas scopes are springer rated? With the new FFP model coming out, the price is dropping on the older model SFP versions. The 2.5-15x50 are $389 now. I love the APLR1 reticle - 0.2 mil gradations work well for Hunter Field Target. Unfortunately the 4.5-27x50 only goes to 20 yards.

Dan

Absolutely gold warranty. I have 2. 6x24moa & 6x24mil. 1 on wildcat 1 on impavpct. Exchange mil from impact to ar15. Absolutely no problems.
im looking @this new one to have smaller scope for everyday use on Thor (wildcat)

Is anyone carrying this yet. Also saw MTC Cobra on IWA video. Like to put my hands on both. Hey, Joe, try to get a comprrison on these 2. Thanks for the info.

Joe, I’ve seen many of your videos now. Now I’m thinking I want a fixed magnification for my next airgun the Brocock Sniper, which will be used for pesting. Any recommendations?

No Joe it's not beyond my finances but I hate to pay $699 for something I can buy for 450 I've got a couple Athlon Argos 6x24. I'm completely satisfied with them so I don't really want to spend more money on something like that. I'll look them over when I see them at a show.


sorry Jo e. I butted into your conversation w/ another

Thanks Joe, I’ll check it out. 

Not taken that way. Didnt mean for it to sound like that!

I have a Athlon Helos on my Weihrauch HW80 and so far it has held up. If there is any issues Athlon will take care of you.

Hi @Boog, @JoeWayneRhea probably forgot more about scopes than I will ever know, but for pesting, I suggest you look for a ffp zoom in the 4-16x range, maybe slightly higher magnification depending on the distances you plan on shooting at. When scanning especially a low light, lower magnification helps as it gives you a larger field of view. When you found a target I am often in the 12-16x range when making the shot but very seldom more. Lots of pest also like dawn and dusk, and for that I find an illuminated reticle helpful to see the sub-tensions for hold-over and under.

Allan, thank you for the input. I appreciate it. Is there a particular scope you favor. I’m checking out all my options. 

I have only owned two scopes, @Boog, so others may be a lot more helpful to you. My first scope was a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x40 AO and from it I learned I greatly prefer MIL over MOA, FFP over SFP as I always holdover, prefer more than 12x magnification, and that an illuminated reticle is important for pesting. Side focus vs rear focus is not that big of a deal to me. The second scope I bought was a Athlon Helos BTR 6-24x50 MIL, and from it I learned that I rarely use more than about 16x, and also that a small eye box at high magnification is annoying (that might just be physics, btw). Also learned that you can't use a sunshade with a break-barrel springer with medium rings . 10 yards or less is parallax adjustment is a requirement for me. If I were to do it again, I would look closely at the Ares BTR 2.5-15x50 APLR3 FFP IR MIL but it's an expensive scope and at this price range you start getting a lot of options. The Athlon Talos BTR 4-14x44 APLR2 FFP IR MIL seem to check all the boxes too. I also looked at Vector but the guys selling on Amazon was playing games, and the way the reticle is illuminated was a deal-breaker.

Allan thank you! I’m going to check your, if you could do it again, scopes. I can’t believe the breadth of choices.