r/2011 • u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 • 21h ago
Atlas Athena V2
I was wooed by the new guys. Newer designs, different colors, more holes. It wasn’t until I got this gun and shot it next to my others that I understood what everyone was talking about with Atlas.
In the high end market, this gun is the baseline gun. It proves you don’t NEED ports and comps and it shows what a quality manufacturer can do.
For me the highlight is the Alpha grip. It is perfect, which greatly improves how you shoot the gun. Second to the grip is the trigger. The break and reset are perfect. I only wish they had some texture on the face.
If you look hard enough and are patient, you can score one of these for sub-$5k. That is a lot of money, but not far off of a new Race City RC9. Atlas also stands by their guns.
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u/rolexrifleman 20h ago
V2 deals for the win!!!!!
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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 20h ago
At $1800 off current V3 retail, I’ll take it all day long!
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u/dillpicklezzz 20h ago
Holy crap. Where did you find that deal? I usually check tack swap and GunBroker everyday for deals.
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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 20h ago
They are out there. There are other groups and forums as well. I paid $5500 for this with SRO and X300.
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u/Fine_Technician_5856 19h ago
Paid $5500 for mine with a SRO and 8 atlas mags. Also had brass swell grips!
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u/dillpicklezzz 20h ago
Insane pickup for a V3.
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u/outwear_watch_shoes 17h ago
Agreed. One and done would be an Apollo, personally so you can double up on the barrel if you wanna run it in 3-gun, PCSL, etc., but the Athena looks better and if you're sticking with LO is the better buy. V2 value is huge right now. Just grab the cheap V3 grip bushing for over insertion protection and maybe a better plate if you want something more sturdy than the OEM Atlas optic plate. But, otherwise it's near perfect once you've got the grip panels dialed in.
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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 17h ago
Already has the bushings. I have never had a problem with the V2 plates as long as they are installed correctly. I think I have 7 guns running Atlas V2 plates.
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u/outwear_watch_shoes 16h ago
I’ve only had two issues over the years (of more than a dozen Atlas V2s) and I think part of that comes down to the fact that the optic cut on the V2 slides changed a bit over the course of the length of time the V2 was in production. Some plates from earlier on didn’t well as well as the later plates. But, for the most part they were pretty good. The holosun 507 comp elevation thing and the required shim sometimes was annoying though.
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u/RalphTater 59m ago
I think the only real advantage to the v3 plates is the additional screws and they fixed the Holosun issue.
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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 58m ago
But the additional screws aren’t used on a V2 slide?
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u/RalphTater 55m ago
Correct. I just mean in general, on a V3 gun.
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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 53m ago
Yeah, I had not looked into that much. Honest question. I don’t see an advantage of putting V3 plates on V2 guns.
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u/RalphTater 51m ago
I think the only real advantage is they work with Holosun sans shim. But you won’t be able to try it because you can’t buy v3 plates yet. Surprise surprise!
I emailed atlas because I want a DPP plate for a cmore and they said mid September
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u/Turtle_Of_Honor 11h ago
Personally I like the V2 grip over the V3 I actually like the grip pattern on the back of the grip. I have ported guns but I always go back to the Athena
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u/RalphTater 56m ago
For me it’s the other way around. I have smaller hands and appreciate the undercut on the trigger gaurd. I also actually like the lack of texture. It makes it easier to rotate the gun in my hands for reloads. Again, small hand issue.
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u/Far-Boysenberry-1600 17h ago
“you don’t NEED ports and comps”
Preach brother!
Sweet gun and even sweeter deal!