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Kowa.
Mine is a little 60mm 25X, four hundred odd dollars. A real stand is on the shopping list but right now I am buying actual shooting stuff so it sits on a camera tripod. Better than I was entitled to expect, but I was seeing .40 caliber (.40-65 BPCR) holes in a blaze orange target at 500m... in good light and when the breeze wasn't shaking the scope and the mirage wasn't rising. It was easily picking .38-55s out of red, blue, or black (We were experimenting with target colors.) at 200 and 300. A dark target at 385 was not spottable. My coach has an 82mm 27X Kowa that is terriffic, but they are around $800 now.
A Burris Landmark was very disappointing, I sent it back. A Leupold Wind River was better, but a Bushnell Spacemaster was the sharpest scope I saw under $300.
I have to agree with getting a Kowa. I picked up a 661 a month or so back and have loved it. It is a little more expensive then some, but I can see .223 holes at two hundred yards without much difficulty. It ran me around $600.
I thought about getting a cheaper one, but got good advise from people on this board. Basically the advise was, save up and get the best and be happy with it.
Bought a Burris 20x60x80, thru Midway for less than 200.00 Really impressed with it, for the price, and can see .223 holes at 200 yards with it. Great investment.
Sven, two things you have to have. Long eye releif and a 45 degree eyepiece. You also need a big clear scope to pick up mirage well at 300 and 600 yards.
For service rifle shooters shooting from the prone position, the angled-eye piece seems best. It requires less movement from your position to look through the scope.
I can't comment on varmint hunting, as I never done any.
m1911 got it. Most humans can't move their head and neck enough to use a straight eyepiece when in prone position.
For power, expect to see so much mirage at high power that you can't even see a prarie dog at 300 if you at 45x. For that reason I'd suggest you get one with a lower powered zoom like the one that goes down to 15x.
I have to agree with Steve on Jarheadtop.com. I purchased a Kowa from them in January and it was a very easy transaction. I would recommend doing business with them.
I have a Meopta 70mm scope that came with a 20-45x eyepiece, and I also have a fixed power 50x eyepiece that I use most of the time. The lenses are by the same people that make IOR scopes, and are excellent. It has a 45 degree angled eyepiece that swivels 360 degrees, as well as the usual multi-coated lenses, nitrogen-filled body, and so forth. Absolutely excellent product and $538 (with the variable eyepiece) from the snipercountry.com PX.
By the way, for shorter ranges, the new Leupold compact 10-20X spotter is one sweet little scope for $299.
this thread is old, sorry for bumping, but I'm in the market for a FEW spotting scopes. can anyone recommend scopes that would be good but inexpensive? this is for beginners that will be birdwatching thanks
thanks cbrxxrider. I also contacted Don of http://www.spottingscopereview.net who is a member here too (and very knowledgeable) and he said the same thing - Alpen.
good thing I asked because I hadn't looked at Alpen at all thanks again!
Unertl if you can find a used one. Undoubtedly the finest scope ever made whether was a straight, 45 degree or a 90 degree. You will never regret owning one!
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