NX8 4-32×50 or Athlon Cronus 4.5-29?

[jpe5714]

Looking at these scopes to put on a .22ARC Ruger american I won in a raffle. Gonna be a "budget build" kinda, so any advice would be appreciated. I can get either scope for a good price on Expertvoice and GovX. The NX8 is about $600 more. Thoughts??

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[jpe5714]

BTW, I got a Timney trigger and an MDT Oryx stock for it.

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[RussDXT]

One holds zero, the other is an athlon.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Between those two, the Nightforce… Don’t rule out your Trijicon options since you have Guidefitter. There are some superb options there. Take a look at the 4-16x AccuPoint.

 

[jpe5714]

One holds zero, the other is an athlon.

Thanks...that's why I asked here...

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[jpe5714]

Between those two, the Nightforce… Don’t rule out your Trijicon options since you have Guidefitter. There are some superb options there. Take a look at the 4-16x AccuPoint.

I have an Accupoint 5-20 i bought used on here mounted on my 7PRC. It's solid. Always wanted to try a NF, so probably will go with that. Thanks for the reply

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[HuntHarder]

Nf

 

[Macintosh]

The night force is clearly going to be the better scope. That said, I have an original GEN 1 Athlon cronus when they were made in Japan by LOW. I have never, not once had that scope require re-zeroing. It’s been on a PRS type rifle, so certainly lived an easy life, But it’s been world’s more reliable than some of the other scopes I’ve owned, and is a completely different animal than the other athlon scopes Ive seen. I hardly use it at this point, tried to sell it a few years ago and nobody seems to want it, so resale will be lower. If you’re interested in buying mine, I might make you a heck of a deal, otherwise if it’s only a couple hundred bucks more you should probably get the night force.