Author: Rancid Coolaid
Subject: athlon rifle scopes
Posted: January/03/2016 at 10:21
Subject: athlon rifle scopes
Posted: January/03/2016 at 10:21
 wranglerdog wrote:Well I didnt say it was better what I said was it was secound to none of the three scopes I bad out shooting .but I'll tell you this as far as clairty I could see things I couldn't see in the huskma like the 1 inch green dot I was shooting at it was as clear as if it was right in front of me . I would recommend the athlon to anyone that likes quality for a reasonable price the athlon is the go to scope . |
| wranglerdog wrote: Do as you please I'm giving you my oppion I had a hard time be leaving it myself but I'm an avaid shooter and I do no a good scope when I look threw one that's why that scope is sitting on top of my 7 mag instead of my 223 I put a Zeiss 4/14/44 on my 223 . I have a huskama on my 257 and a nightforce on my 6.5/284 and that athlon is as good as any in my book . if you do get one let me no what your thoughts are you can thank me later . |
I've been known to make a typo or two in a post, even - though infrequently - throw in a dangling participle or even use a transitive verb in an intransitive context; however, this thread is becoming a bellwether moment in the degeneration of the written form of English. Please, in the name of the MLA gods, try harder!
On content:
1. You fail to mention ranges shot, process of shooting, or any detail whatsoever (that I would expect of a seasoned shooter), so I am having troubled putting much weight to your words.
2. There is more to clarity and glass quality than when and how you see a green 1" dot.
3. One cannot assess the overall performance of a mechanical optical device by"looking threw it." One can assess some optical performance, but without spinning turrets, putting rounds down range, and using in a variety of circumstances, it is a bay-window review, at best.
4. I've been on this site for several years, have been shooting much longer, and have seen many (MANY) similar posts where someone trumpets a particular new brand as the golden unicorn of optics: cheap and awesome. It happens often, the company probably sells a few scopes with the free publicity; however, I never see these scopes show up in a winner's circle at any tactical shooting competitions and never see them at the hunting camp.
5. Nightforce has a well earned reputation, as does Zeiss, and Huskemaw is a joke I will not address at this time; but an anonymous reviewer on the interwebs telling me a no-name chinese optic is better than these will get just the one post.
6. Vortex, a powerhouse in optics and relative newcomer to the game, established itself - not with anonymous only reviews of avid shooters doing almost nothing in testing, but - by making great scopes at a great price, and letting the performance stand for itself.
7. Wranglerdog, I can infer from your caliber comments that you value "7 mag" over 223, and that you own a "257" also. I find it interesting that you use such generalizations, and can deduce that you do the same with your optics.
Carry on.