I recently purchased one.
On paper the Atom looked ideal with it’s lightweight, wide field of view and adjustable mounts. Very possibly the ideal hunting scope for me, on paper at least. However I did have a few reservations on MTC build quality that I had read about over the last few years. Having said that, the scope I have been using on my Rapid over the past three years is a Hawke Panorama 4-12x40 AO, so although it has decent glass for the money it doesn’t set the bar too high.I unboxed the scope, opened the flip-up lens cover, adjusted the ocular lens and excitedly focused on a cherry tree in blossom 15 yards away. What a disappointment......
With a scope with a MRP of circa £400 I was hoping to be blown away by edge to edge clarity over a wide area. Nope! The image in the centre of the retical was pretty reasonable, not breathtakingly clear but satisfactory. However just to the left of the first vertical stadia line on the left the image became blurry and worsened the closer you viewed to the edge of the field of view. It was pretty much the same below the centre too. Above and to the right was ok. I briefly thought about requesting an exchange but then thought I do not want to be in the same situation again with a replacement. I cannot believe how a scope with such a poor image can pass through quality control, particularly at this price point. Back it goes for a refund.
Also it is not as lightweight as advertised as the published weight does not include the supplied mount which the majority of people would use.
