Athlon Optics 4-14x44 Talos BTR, FFP Mil IR, 0.1 MIL, 30mm

Exactly what I wanted. Athlon scopes are showing up on several of my rifles. It was an easy install and I have shot with it multiple times. It has maintained zero with no issues. The eye relief is good for me.

I would probably leave off the illuminated reticle. I don't use that feature but IDK, some people may.

It may be hard to get a good sight picture if it is mounted too high or the eye relief is incorrect. That isn't a fault of the scope. I have friends that have trouble seeing through my scope because their eye is too close. It works perfect for me.

Good glass. This is the third Athlon scope for me and they all perform well. I mounted this scolpe to a Texan LSS CF in .50 Cal.. It is a good fit and will make a nice deer rifle. I have only shot it about 25 times but a promising set up.

I would leace off the lit reticle and pass that savings on. I may be wrong but I don't think many shooters use that feature.

the reticle is the best i have used on an ffp scope. The athlon has a ton of spacing on its lines, which makes the reticle "fat" enough when zoomed out that its easy to see without being so fat its an accuracy issue, and yet when you zoom in the spacing opens up making a fine reticle zoomed in as well nice turrets with enough space for range markings. the click nicely although not crisp illuminations is nice and bright glass is on par for this pricerange, not great, not bad, it has a bit of yellowish tint to it reticle is in Streloc's, which is a huge plus for me as it allows me to easily print out reticles with distance markings or a dope table tailored to the specific scope

parallax could be smoother, 2 of three scopes is quite tight, my third one is better.....it does loosen up with use, i spent an evening just moving it while watching tv, and it helps greatly

i own a vortex razor 4.5-27x56 a 2K$ scope and the reticle is so fine, that its almost impossible to see when zoomed out for hunting, add tree's and other vertical background (trees) and the reticle is super hard to see, the illumination of the reticle is weak so it doesnt help , the athlon doesnt suffer from this issue at all i have 3 of these now, they replaced a vortex diamondback 4-16 and my razor on my airguns, and the vortex moved back to their long range powderburners, which is sad but i dont have time to second guess the reticle.....this scope is in streloc too, so i put my rifles info in there, and print out a dope table and tape it to the tank of the rifles, no more second guessing turrets are nice, they are not as sharp or smooth as something like the Razor or diamond back, but athlon is a fifth of the price. i try to use the "dots" as much as possible, instead of clicking my way to a solution, it puts less wear on the scope. this is an awesome scope for the price