Nee help spotting scope

I'm looking for a spotting scope in that price range too. I have been looking at the Nikon Prostaff line but have not pulled the trigger on one yet. I have alot of Nikon rifle scopes and love them so their spotting scope has to be as clear.....right?

20-60x is pushing it a little bit for a field scope when you're moving around on foot a lot. Most people who do a lot of movement on foot when hunting opt for a good set of binoculars, and then a compact spotting scope in the 30x-45x range for the top end. If you want a scope that goes up to 60x, you should be getting an objective diameter in the 80mm range. 60mm is a bit too small for that magnification, and you will have issues with insufficient light transmission at the higher magnification. In all but bright daylight, your higher magnifications will be useless.

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take a look at the Vortex Optics spotting scopes, they have good glass on them and they have a life time no fault warranty on them that is transferable so you can buy a used one and still don't have to worry if you break it. I have seen some really good ones in your price range on ebay. I have the 20x60x60 myself and really like it, they also have some good binos that would work great for you.

I recently purchased a Celestron Regal 100. I think the 65mm regal in that line is in your price range. I'm mostly using my scope to watch ships on the river a couple miles away and some astronomy so far. I haven't gotten it out in the field yet, but have tested it as thoroughly as I can from up on my hill. Two points really stand out as I'm using the scope, it takes a really sturdy(heavy and/or expensive) tripod to stabilize it enough to make out moderate detail, and it doesn't take much mirage to make the upper end of that magnification(Regal 100 is 22-66X) pretty useless.

You might want to consider a good tripod in that budget if you don't already have one. My scope didn't come with one but from the reviews I read even the better scopes come with essentially worthless tripods. For 400 I think I would look at an Alpen 788 Scope and the sturdiest tripod I could find with the remainder.