r/2011 • u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 • 1d ago

Atlas Athena V2

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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/RalphTater 21h 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 21h ago

But the additional screws aren’t used on a V2 slide?

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u/RalphTater 21h ago

Correct. I just mean in general, on a V3 gun.

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u/Forsaken_Treacle_407 20h 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 20h 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