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How did you get into the magnification settings? I’ve been tinkering with it today but can’t seem to get past the basic five items on the menu. Looks like the ballistic app does not synch with it from what I’ve tried so far, but not a big deal.
Question for those that have the 640 clip on. I received mine on Saturday, finally got a chance to mount it yesterday. Is there something specific I need to do to turn on the range finder? I short press the down button, I get the orange square box but only get 3 dashed lines and “yd”. No range numbers.
I’ve tried adjusting all the settings in the range menu, even factory reset, but cannot get any range numbers.
I have a call into Athlon support, they’re looking into it on their end, waiting to see if it has to go back.
Just checking to see if I missed anything obvious.
Thanks for any help you all can provide.
This is gold. That’s funny as shit!!!So I called Athlon and asked for a recoil rating because I forgot to ask when I ordered one. I got some guy who told me, "Well, we ran it on a 450 Bushmaster" which does not give me much confidence in how well they have hardened it. I mentioned that I was going to run it on a SCAR 17 and he said "Well, that's a machine gun isn't it?" which didn't inspire confidence, again. I clarified that and then he asked what caliber a SCAR 17 was. I replied. He then said that it should handle 308 recoil just fine. He was completely unaware of the intricacies of SCAR recoil dynamics.
This is the only reservation I have ever had dealing with Athlon is they don't seem to really hire GUN people.
Ok. Got it zeroed on both rifles today. The instructions in the manual are dogshit. Also didn’t help that I started with the AR10, which has a Zeiss S3 4-25 on it. Really hard to see the menu items when unit is on 1x base, and scope is at 4x base mag. Fumbled through it and got zeroed after some choice words and a few breaks to walk away and breathe before I lost my temper.
On the MCX with the Helios 2-12, much better experience. Really helps being able to put unit on 3x base, and rifle at 2x to be able to read the damn icons, and see the small hand warmer at 100m. That scope and reticle is just about perfect for this clip on.
Remounted to the AR10 to confirm zero/repeatability, especially since I had to shim the rail with electrical tape, and it was still good.
Emailed Athlon and ADM last night about any potential upgraded mounts, and will post here any updates I receive.
Wind still howling out here but at least under 20mph, so hoping the critters will be moving tonight and I can get some footage.
If anyone gets the chance to post pics at distance please do. Interested to see what these will do out past 500 ish.
That’s a tough one. I’ve been using thermals for over 25 years, whether in the military or for hunting. With experience you can ID stuff much better based on temperature, movement patterns, and shape. My almost ten year old pulsar 384 scanner is still what I primarily use to find animals, and can usually figure out what type of animal it is within 30 seconds out to 800m or so. Where I hunt is mostly open country (West Texas) which also makes it much easier vs hunting in dense foliage/forest. Ambient conditions will also be a factor on range.Not bad. At what range are you able to distinguish between types of animals, i.e. canine vs cattle vs deer?
What bipod is on that rifle?Just a heads up on fitment of this clip on if anyone else is running a Solus action in a KRG Bravo chassis... The KRG backbone NV mount is a quite a bit taller than the actions integral picatinny rail. I took some measurements and instead of buying a set of super high 34mm rings I found a .490" riser from Precision Reflex. It's meant for AR10 upper receivers but it's almost the perfect length for the Solus' integral rail. Combined with my APA 1.125" rings the alignment is almost perfect now. Thinking about adding a cheek pad of some type so the cheek piece isn't almost maxed out in height lol
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What bipod is on that rifle?
Currently building that almost exact same setup for my youngest son.Just a heads up on fitment of this clip on if anyone else is running a Solus action in a KRG Bravo chassis... The KRG backbone NV mount is a quite a bit taller than the actions integral picatinny rail. I took some measurements and instead of buying a set of super high 34mm rings I found a .490" riser from Precision Reflex. It's meant for AR10 upper receivers but it's almost the perfect length for the Solus' integral rail. Combined with my APA 1.125" rings the alignment is almost perfect now. Thinking about adding a cheek pad of some type so the cheek piece isn't almost maxed out in height lol
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