Athlon designed the Midas BTR Gen2 1-6×24 LPVO for 3Gun competitors. It features low profile turrets to maximize the shooter’s field-of-view when moving through the course. Its ATSR4 second focal plane reticle has a high-visibility Death Circle, minimal graphics (no wind holdover stadia), and BDC holdover dots offering just enough reference points for quick hit adjustments, while not obscuring steel targets.
Athlon sent a sample of this competition grade optic for my tests. The package comes minimal contents, just the optic, a CR2032 battery, cleaning cloth, and the user manual. At 18oz it is relatively light weight, which is ideal for competitions where speed is a factor in scoring.
It’s illumination is daylilght bright enough for 3-gun with an off in-between it’s 6 intensity settings. It’s capped turrets offer a crisp and loud 0.25 MOA per click. Its tracking tests proved it precise with an impressive 75MOA per direction of adjustment.
Optically, the scope is sharp and flat with a decent eyebox. At 6x the glass is not very bright, my target view appeared muddy in a shaded cover but this shouldn’t effect most 3-gun competitions which are conducted in broad daylight. The ASTR4 reticle proved very quick to aim and intuitive. It’s a good copy of the ACSS reticle which is an evolution of Trijicon’s horseshoe-of-death reticle.
In my live fire tests it held zero and proved to be one of my favorite 1-6x LPVOs. With a street price just under $500, this LPVO is a surprisingly good value.
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RESOLUTION
Element 1 / Group -1 @ 100yrds
SPECS
| Magnification | 1-6 |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 24 mm |
| Reticle | ATSR16 SFP IR MOA, Glass Etched illuminated |
| Surface Finish | Matte |
| Lens Coating | Advanced Fully Multicoated |
| Extra Coating | Xtra Protective Coating |
| Tube Material | 6061 Aluminium |
| Tube Diameter | 30 mm |
| Exit Pupil | 12.5- 4 mm |
| Eye Relief | 3.8″ |
| Field of View @100 yards | 108-17.6 ft |
| Click Value | 0.25 MOA |
| Adjustment range per rotation | 30 MOA |
| Total Elevation Adjustment | 150 MOA |
| Total Windage Adjustment | 150 MOA |
| Turret Style | Capped |
| Parallax Adjustment | Fixed |
| Purging Material | Argon |
| Length | 10.6″ |
| Weight | 18.1 oz |
