Farther up the page you mentioned getting the Cronus for $1350. Was that a hookup, I assume? I ordered the Viper on Amazon. If it really is in stock, I should be here by the weekend. If it isn't in stock, I will really be on the hunt, as that was the only place I found that had it.
my Dad picked up a tikka 6.5 CTR this Saturday after I told him about them. Unfortunately he's 4 hours away so I can't play with it before I get one.
Finally, my new glass showed up today. Vortex Viper PST Gen2 5-25x50MRAD in a Spuhr SPh3602 20moa mount. I will plan on shooting it out to 200m tomorrow after the NRL22 match.
Got to shoot yesterday afternoon. Wind wasn't to bad. Coming over my right shoulder, probably 3-5mph, some gusts. Here are the 2 groups it shot. Top one with 4 shots includes 1 that another shooter shot. Lower groups was me after a 1Mil adjustment. Going to take a while to get used to Mil, but the gun is a keeper.
Yeah it's a shooter that's awesome. Don't worry about mil, it's super easy. Just forget trying to equate it to inches because there's no reason to. That was what I was doing at first and I just confused myself.
Yeah, I was trying to not do anything but use the reticle as a measurement scale, but it will take some getting used to.
Yeah I can't decide if I'm going to go MOA or MIL. MOA seems like it'd be easier for me but apparently in matches everyone is calling mils? I have no idea if that accurate or not. I decided to get some plumbing work done that I've been putting off which took from my gun fund but right now I'm debating the Cronus or Burris XTR. Just going to try and get some dealers on the hide to fight over giving me the best deal when the time comes but I think the Cronus is probably better.
If my Talos is any indication, I wouldn't be afraid of whatever Athlon you choose. I'm going to buy an Argos BTR 6-24x50FFP for my 22 and move the Talos to my muzzle loader. Of course I'm really happy with my Viper PST also...
Have you taken out the tikka again? I've got great pricing on a tikka CTR and a Cronus and trying to decide if it's just gear acquisition syndrome in the morning when I'm bored and on the internet or just to save my money hah. Going to the range today with what I have to see if I still get the bug for something better than my hunting rifles. The groups I'm seeing people getting with nice rifles do look satisfying.
I have been to long range practice night the last 2 weeks. First was 600 and it gave me some better dope for a skill builders PRS match I shot last Saturday. I ended up with top score for the day(30 people). Then this past Tuesday was 1000 yards. I wasn't nailing X's(even though it was the 10" X ring target). Mostly 8's, 9's and 10's. I think I mostly have to work on body position and possibly some different loads. One of the guys I'm shooting with is bringing some handloads to try out. I'm also going to have him shoot it, as he is 100x the shooter I am at this point(he was on the national palma team last years). I'm planning on shooting every Tuesday. I would say a CTR and Cronus would be a great combo. Don't forget a 20moa base(I assume it doesn't have one already).
CTR, Cronus, ARC m10 1 piece 20 Moa mount is what I'm looking at eventually. Got to play with an night force SHV today which might push the tikka again. It would go well on one of my rifles that needs new glass and that gets used at the farm. One day I'll have a target rifle but it keeps getting pushed down on the priority list.
Shootin' buddy turned me on to this today, it's been out for about a year. Pretty cool product for distance shooters... Gear Review: MagnetoSpeed T1000 Target Hit Indicator - The Truth About Guns
Those are nice in PRS matches we use them a lot. I like them as a shooter for the times you can't tell, and can't hear the RO shout "impact".