Jason - I figured that's what you had. The 5-25 or 7-35 ATACR with a Mil-C would be freaking awesome. I agree wholeheartedly about the Mil-R as well. Just doesn't make sense why they would design it that way...
dee - To be clear, this was 100% a "thought" exercise for me. I'm not in the market for any of these and I have not seen hardly any of them in person. But I did a bunch of checking out specs/reticles/youtube videos of turret operations/etc. just for grins to see what the real differences are. I have no doubt the revised Minox turrets are better than the originals, but I've read some mixed reviews on them even after getting the upgraded version, and I've seen some videos of the upgraded version in use. Nothing necessarily "wrong" with them, but the added tension on the 2nd rev is not something I'd be excited about accepting on a $2k+ scope, and I saw a video where the turrets weren't lining up with the mark on the scope body, like there was some play in the turret to not make it align properly, which is another negative (I also saw some posts with people saying that the unit-to-unit variation in Minox's turrets was pretty significant, and a lack of production consistency is never a good sign). I do like the MR4 reticle though - a lot. The main issue I was referencing with Minox's warranty is turnaround time. I saw some threads where they told customers to be ready for 90+ days before getting their scope back. That's difficult to stomach when you've got that kind of money tied up in it. And resale is going to hurt with limited warranty for non-original owners as well. Vortex has set the bar in that category, and Minox has not raised their service to match, which is a strike against them in my book.
Regarding TT, I wish they would release something like the Mil-C or MR4. I love the simplicity of each of them. Even the MR4 tree is not too obtrusive IMHO, although the simplicity and usefulness of the Mil-C reticle is one of the things that really makes me like the ATACR. It's nearly perfect. If TT is looking at an H59 or T3, that's way too busy for my tastes. I don't like the Gen2XR very much at all either. But TT has literally nailed everything else down perfect - best turrets, good FOV, forgiving parallax, great optics.
I won't say anything bad about S&B except that you see mixed reviews from time to time due to people having to send them back in for fixes, and that would make me a little concerned. Certainly more than you see from NF or TT, but maybe they sell a lot more scopes too? I don't doubt that they have great glass. On the other hand, their reticle selection is pretty sub-par IMHO. Even though they have a half dozen options, they don't have anything nearly as nice as the MR4 or Mil-C.
That's kind of my point about the ATACR - it may not be the absolute best at anything, but it doesn't really have any shortcomings. Good glass, great reticle, good turrets, great build quality. As a complete package, it just seems hard to beat. If you're willing to make compromises in a specific area, the other brands can start looking nice, but that's not a discussion you should have to have in this price range IMHO.
All that being said, I wouldn't turn any of them down if you gave me one for free. We're nit-picking here amongst some of the best scopes ever made in the history of shooting sports.
Never seen subtension issue's on a minox zp. It's a known issue on khales. The early zp had a stiff second turn and tracked off for some but are solid now again only heard of 2 failing although only have seen one or two in person anyway. One shooter is still running one after the repair. Timeline is due to not have a repair center stateside which is the same issue khales faces.
TT are legit but they have had one or two get out that failed. Not sure their warranty but I wouldn't hesitate getting one. Heck I own a precursor premier and likely will never part with it but it's not on a primary use gun because of the gen2xr.
I've never seen a Schmidt fail and there are more than plenty at matches. They have a stateside service center so there shouldn't be a big deal there. The only negative info on s&b I've seen is the illumination knob for left handed shooters and tunneling below 7x on the 5-25 pmii. The h2cmr and milc are very close in comparison. They do lack a true tree outside of horus and gen2xr.
I've ran nf in the past and had zero trouble out of it. I hated the entire ocular turning 99% of the time although that 1% of the time it was ok that I could just randomly grab and turn. It's nice to run scope caps and not have to worry of interference if I adjust magnification. Like I said the glass imo does not rate (minus the 7-35) at the price point imo. Is it usable sure but so are gen 2 razors and they have noticeable limits. The turrets turn a bit too easy imo. I've seen them (windage) get turned from rubbing on a barricade but if you so desire on the atacr you can cap them.
Scope choices/popularity are very regional imo and depend on how, what or where you shoot on choices that are ran the most. I've only seen vortex and one uso go down in person. Seen the khales not line up on the 6mil mark and be slightly off after that. It was fixed very fast along with the vortex. This is after 5-6 big prs matches the last few years and countless club matches. There are a lot of claims but most end up being other issues.