lancetkenyon Report post Posted October 17, 2016 If u out want to look through the Steiner T5Xi 5-25, let me know. For the price (and they can be had for ($1500-1700), they are a good scope. The early production scopes had some issues, which have been corrected. I can't see any optical difference between them and the Nightforce ATACR F1 personally. And the features are crazy good. Available I also have a few others you can look through in or near your price range. Vortex Razor Gen I 5-20x50 SWFA SS 5-20x50 HD Kahles Gen III K624i 6-24x56 S&B PMII 3-20X50 I would also stay away from IOR Valdada. Lots of problems with them. I would still be searching for a Kahles Gen II K624i. Maybe a Vortex Razor Gen II even though they weigh 3#/48 Oz. The new Vortex AMG 6-24 looks amazing. March 3-24x52 is super light for its mag range, but a bit over your price. Kahles Gen III K624i if you can save a few more dollars (my favorite scope I own) A used S&B PMII if you search hard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted October 17, 2016 Well I went ahead and changed the game. Lance sorry I would of swing by to take a look at your Kahles, but you haven't responded on the forum for a while, and if I remembered from our dove hunt you were on a elk hunt. Chris (Douglus Gun Guy) texted me a pic of your daughters elk so that confirmed you were gone, but congrats on the elk. Im sure we will get the story. I was leaning toward the Stiener but after texting to Chris he told me about the Athlon Crous 4.5-29x56 FFP MOA Scope. A Newer company that wants to compete with the big boys. You can find those scopes for 1699.00 on line. Not a ton of reviews but there were a good amount. Tracking was dead on no problems, you can see that on you tube, and 2 different reviews from a couple of people compared them to the Kahles gen II k624i and said in their opinion the glass was the same but kahles retical are better. Ive only seen good reviews (small amount of reivews) but nothing bad. So its shipping this way. I know your a glass guy but if you ever want to compare glass from the this scope let me know or PM me. I already bought it but interested to see it compare to your other nice scopes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted October 17, 2016 Well I went ahead and changed the game. Lance sorry I would of swing by to take a look at your Kahles, but you haven't responded on the forum for a while, and if I remembered from our dove hunt you were on a elk hunt. Chris (Douglus Gun Guy) texted me a pic of your daughters elk so that confirmed you were gone, but congrats on the elk. Im sure we will get the story. I was leaning toward the Stiener but after texting to Chris he told me about the Athlon Crous 4.5-29x56 FFP MOA Scope. A Newer company that wants to compete with the big boys. You can find those scopes for 1699.00 on line. Not a ton of reviews but there were a good amount. Tracking was dead on no problems, you can see that on you tube, and 2 different reviews from a couple of people compared them to the Kahles gen II k624i and said in their opinion the glass was the same but kahles retical are better. Ive only seen good reviews (small amount of reivews) but nothing bad. So its shipping this way. I know your a glass guy but if you ever want to compare glass from the this scope let me know or PM me. I already bought it but interested to see it compare to your other nice scopes. I'd like to hear how the Athlon compares to the other scopes. I had not even heard of them until about four months ago. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted October 17, 2016 Well I went ahead and changed the game. Lance sorry I would of swing by to take a look at your Kahles, but you haven't responded on the forum for a while, and if I remembered from our dove hunt you were on a elk hunt. Chris (Douglus Gun Guy) texted me a pic of your daughters elk so that confirmed you were gone, but congrats on the elk. Im sure we will get the story. I was leaning toward the Stiener but after texting to Chris he told me about the Athlon Crous 4.5-29x56 FFP MOA Scope. A Newer company that wants to compete with the big boys. You can find those scopes for 1699.00 on line. Not a ton of reviews but there were a good amount. Tracking was dead on no problems, you can see that on you tube, and 2 different reviews from a couple of people compared them to the Kahles gen II k624i and said in their opinion the glass was the same but kahles retical are better. Ive only seen good reviews (small amount of reivews) but nothing bad. So its shipping this way. I know your a glass guy but if you ever want to compare glass from the this scope let me know or PM me. I already bought it but interested to see it compare to your other nice scopes. I'd like to hear how the Athlon compares to the other scopes. I had not even heard of them until about four months ago. I didn't here about them till this weekend. But from the price and what really good reviews (limited reviews) I guess Im putting some faith into it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted October 18, 2016 Lots of reviews on the Cronus on www.snipershide.com. I would love to do a side by side with it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
