Athlon Midas HMR ReviewWe’ll be taking a detour from the regular article with this Athlon Midas HMR review. I say that because the scopes we’ve been focusing on are more focused towards long range precision shooting, whereas the HMR is primarily designed with hunters in mind. Rifle Scope reviews
Not that you can’t using it to shoot steel. This also doesn’t mean you can’t use a scope like the Ares BTR or ETR for hunting if you choose – plenty of people do.
But there might be certain features you prefer to have when in a hunting scenario, versus a long range tactical application.
For instance, when hunting you might be running into a low light scenario if you’re out and about in the early hours of the morning. For that, an illuminated reticle can be very helpful.
And in a long range shoot where you have to adjust magnification to hit targets at multiple distances, an FFP scope will be much beneficial than an SFP scope.
That being said, the HMR was designed for hunting. Featuring capped windage and elevation turrets, an illuminated reticle and priced under 0. A lot of hunters are taking a look at this scope.
Today we’re going to take a deep dive into the optic and put it through the same tests we put the Ares ETR and Ares BTR over the last couple of weeks. You can check out the full Athlon Midas HMR review video below, and read on to see even more in depth details about the scope.
The Athlon Optics Midas HMR
Like I mentioned above, this scope was built with the hunter in mind. That being said, the Midas line (including the BTR Gen 2, TAC and HMR) is part of the upgraded series of scopes Athlon released after they figured out how to build really high quality turret systems.
For those of you just getting into the PRS business, a high quality tracking system is rare. And scopes manufactured in China aren’t known for their high quality tracking systems. This is usually reserved for the European brands – hence the extra k on the price tag.
Athlon seems to be getting this perfected though, which is testament to their innovation. All of the lines of scopes from the Midas on up have this High Precision Erector System.
The systems are processed by computer numerical control machines, or CNC machines. This allows incredibly precise manufacturing capabilities.
Furthermore, Athlon seems to have much more control over the manufacturing process than their competitors do. This is the source of their innovation in the supply chain.
The emphasis on hunting is why we see a Second Focal Plane setup instead of First Focal Plane. SFP is advantageous over FFP in this situation because the reticle won’t obstruct the shot, since it doesn’t grow when you magnify the scope. Best spotting scopes
More features important to hunters are the capped windage and elevation knobs, an illuminated reticle and a heat treated one piece aluminum tube. (Obviously, tactical shooters will find these useful as well).
Your magnification range is lower, going only from 2.5-15x. But most hunting shots don’t actually need much more than that anyways – 24x and beyond is usually only for longer applications.
Which made it a bit challenging for us to review, because our review system was set up for the 24x systems. But we make do.
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