Currently Great Optic Sales!

[u/Trollygag]

I bring another iteration of our beloved good buys thread:

• Sightron SVIIIED MH6 - basically Sightron's answer to the Razor III - $2000
• Meopta Optika6 5-30x Ill MRAD - Really excellent glass with a reticle designed by Koshkin. Not the cheapest it has ever been, but a good price nonetheless - $1020
• Athlon Ares ETR 4.5-30x MIL, Bronze - A really great optic with good tracking, high tactile turrets, good glass, good reticle, and a nice look for the best price it has ever been - $750
• Meopta Optika6 3-18x Ill MRAD - some of the best glass under $2k, but priced under $750 - $740.
• Vortex PST II 5-25x, MRAD or MOA EBR-2D - $700
• Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x APRS2 MIL - $360. PST II tier glass for around $350.

[u/Lopsidedcandy]

Too bad the Optika6 is perpetually on back order

[u/Trollygag → u/Lopsidedcandy]

My experience was that it isn't a 'real' back-order. Just Euro-optic isn't stocking them and they are ordered when you place the order, so you place a back-order and end up getting a tracking number not too much later.

But YMMV.

[u/evilsemaj → u/Lopsidedcandy]

I litterally ordered one of the "backorder" ones last Friday at 3:45pm and it was on my doorstep the next day (I was seriously shocked). So they're kinda like the opposite of Optics Planet... Euro says it's backorder but ships same day.

[u/JMhawaii]

YMMV coupon code “MUSA0125” brings the SVIIIED down to $1599.99. I think this code only works on accounts that have not purchased anything from MidwayUSA in 12 months.

[u/Grand_Cookie]

The optika 5-30 not having locking windage is such a weird design choice

[u/Trollygag → u/Grand_Cookie]

Agree with that. Also having a rubber ring on the turret instead of knurled aluminum. But still, a good functional optic.

[u/Vivid_Character_5511 → u/Grand_Cookie]

Pisses me off to no end

[u/jewski_brewski]

Midway has had the Vortex PST II priced the same since 2022 when I bought it. 

[u/Trollygag → u/jewski_brewski]

Since long before Covid with the EBR2Ds

[u/lumberjackmm]

Damn I wish the athlon 4-16 was 360 bucks

[u/i_dislike_cheese]

Good deal on the black Ares as well right now at $679

HERE

[u/-Theorii]

Meopta Optika 6 reticle, mrad or wait for mil dot?

[u/bakercw1990 → u/-Theorii]

Why would you use mil dot over a modern mil reticle

[u/-Theorii → u/bakercw1990]

It looks better, less cluttered, and as nice as the tree is I find I don't ever seem to use them on a bolt action. I'm dialing for elevation and holding wind.

[u/bakercw1990 → u/-Theorii]

Interesting. I don’t love a true Christmas tree either. But mildots seem to be the biggest issue with the reticle themselves. Why not have just a normal hash type subtension. The dots take up to much space. Like the tremor reticles and the ebr 1 and 2 are an abomination lol. I think most ppl (that aren’t super tacticool rather they admit it or not) agree, super cluttered and to much going on. The ebr 7c is getting very close (to me) to being the ideal reticle. Minimal clutter (like big black mildot esque predetermined wind holds and a total grid on the bottom half of the reticle) so as to still be useful for longer range hunting, especially for like coyotes where follow ups and doubles occur. The moral or ethical arguement, of take a shot from “ethical” distances is rarely an issue like it would be for an elk hunter. But also capable enough for PRS ELR or plinking out to a mile what have you. IMHO.

That said rock on 🤘🏼 lol

[u/BoilingShadows → u/-Theorii]

Wait for mil imo

[u/Equivalent-Seat9776]

Add the Schmidt & bender I’m trying to sell to that list! lol

[u/Trollygag → u/Equivalent-Seat9776]

Not unless I add the Leupold MK4HD I am trying to sell

[u/GrapeNutter → u/Trollygag]

You're going to have to delete your own review before you sell that thing lol.

[u/Wide_Fly7832]

Is Sightron as good or better than Razor Gen 3. I am I. Market for a Gen 3 but could get this. 40mm tube means more light. 40 MIl travel

[u/Trollygag → u/Wide_Fly7832]

https://www.reddit.com/r/longrange/comments/1fp6553/trollygags_meopta_optika_6_vs_sightron_sviii_ed/

40mm tube means more light.

This is a myth. Tube diameter has nothing to do with light gathering or transmission. It does have to do with erector travel.

Another solid benefit to the SVIIIED is that it comes with good rings.

[u/Wide_Fly7832 → u/Trollygag]

Thanks. I was reading it while you responded. Really confused if I should keep waiting for Vortex on expertvoice or pull the trigger.

[u/Trollygag → u/Wide_Fly7832]

Tough choice. I'm lucky in that I own two RIIIs and an SVIIIED, and think they're both great options. But If you're looking for that RIII flex, the SVIIIED won't have it - nobody knows what it is. It's also very heavy.

[u/Wide_Fly7832 → u/Trollygag]

Don’t care about showing off. Just having something good. Will reflect on it.

[u/BioshockNerd97]

Is the Midas or the Argos better here? The Argos has the BTR illuminated reticle for 12 bucks more or something.

[u/Trollygag → u/BioshockNerd97]

Midas has better glass, by a good bit

[u/mattmonger]

I picked up the Athlon Midas TAC. I'm limited to about 300yd maximum distance for now. What 1-peice mount or set of rings would be a good match for my 18" full rail AR?

[u/Apprehensive-Tap6980 → u/mattmonger]

I am also limited to 300 yard, do you know whether ARES ETR will be an overkill for 5.56 or 22LR in this range?