I mounted mine this evening and was able to shoot a little, and play with the scope a little more after that. It is advertised as 32 mils of elevation, but I can only squeak out 27.3 mils total (I.e. from 11.2 indicated when bottomed out to 38.5 indicated when topped out). I’m going to take the elevation cap off to see if the zero stop has anything I can observe that might be an issue. Ultimately this is not a ‘send it back’ issue for me but I’d like to know if my scope has an issue. [Edited to add: the zero stop plate was indeed hitting the block about 7.5 mils before the mechanism truly bottomed out. As a result, the elevation I can achieve is a total of 34.8 mils after loosening the zero stop plate. This will let me use a different MOA base to utilize almost all of the advertised amount of elevation.]
Observations, otherwise:
Subjectively the glass is very nice. I can’t tell a difference between the Ares ETR, Cronus BTR, and this Midas Tac.
Clicks are definite and precise, and line up with hash marks well. Much better than Argos BTR.
i don’t like the feel of the clicks, but I don’t know how to describe them. I like the Cronus BTR better, and even the Argos BTR clicks are preferable to me by feel.
Parallax adjustments dont really line up with hash marked yardage. No big deal to me, and I’ll work with the fast focus eyepiece to see if I can make these correlate better. This adjustment could stand to spin a little easier also, IMO.
Power adjustment spins with minimal effort, which is nice.
Overall I’d say a good value and in line with my expectations for mid range optics. I wouldn’t spend the money on this for a plinker and I’d expect and spend more if I were a legitimate precision rifle competitor at more than the club level. That’s exactly where Athlon wanted this scope to land in my estimation. It’s a niche market that I think Athlon is smart to look at.
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