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Looks like I forgot the 338 Lapua dies, shell holder, 500x 9mm bullets and 500 small pistol primers
Brother must have grabbed a bag of mine, missing a 45 box, 223 box and 400 large primers.
This looks much less productive than last weeks haul.
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Was hanging out in one of the small shops late this evening talking to the owner, real nice guy. Deals some Athlon scopes out of his shop. He’s a precision shooter himself. Got to see the Athlon Ares ETR in person. I definitely liked the reticle in it better than the Argos BTR.
He then pulled out his rifle and mounted it on a tripod and had me look at his scope. Can’t recall what he said it was. I made some focus adjustments so I could clearly see the reticle and had to take a double take. I asked him how much this one was. He said $3600. I adjusted it a couple more times to be sure then I said, “your reticle is moving.” He looked confused for a second, then I said, “Come take a look, grab the magnification adjustment and just move it just a little, you’ll see the reticle jump to a new position.” After checking it on a target, he agreed that he definitely saw it jump back and forth 45 degrees as he adjusted it. It was slight but It was also aiming at a wall 20’ away. He definitely wasn’t happy about it but he took it pretty well. Hopefully, seeing it will save him some frustration out on the range.
It’ll be visiting his shop more. Got to see some of his custom machine work on a 1911, was impressive.
Brother must have grabbed a bag of mine, missing a 45 box, 223 box and 400 large primers.
This looks much less productive than last weeks haul.
Was hanging out in one of the small shops late this evening talking to the owner, real nice guy. Deals some Athlon scopes out of his shop. He’s a precision shooter himself. Got to see the Athlon Ares ETR in person. I definitely liked the reticle in it better than the Argos BTR.
He then pulled out his rifle and mounted it on a tripod and had me look at his scope. Can’t recall what he said it was. I made some focus adjustments so I could clearly see the reticle and had to take a double take. I asked him how much this one was. He said $3600. I adjusted it a couple more times to be sure then I said, “your reticle is moving.” He looked confused for a second, then I said, “Come take a look, grab the magnification adjustment and just move it just a little, you’ll see the reticle jump to a new position.” After checking it on a target, he agreed that he definitely saw it jump back and forth 45 degrees as he adjusted it. It was slight but It was also aiming at a wall 20’ away. He definitely wasn’t happy about it but he took it pretty well. Hopefully, seeing it will save him some frustration out on the range.
It’ll be visiting his shop more. Got to see some of his custom machine work on a 1911, was impressive.
