monocular for seeing target at 15-25 yards?

[chicharrones]

I have the Vortex Solo 8x25, it can spot Bullet holes at 25-50yrds, even easier with any kind of support to steady yourself. I’m pretty steady handed - or maybe it’s more accurate to say I’m steady-eyed, as I can still watch detail in my optics even despite some hand shake under my optics - so maybe I am biased, but I took our little Solo monocular along this morning and could make out 22lr bullet holes well enough to be satisfied to know I could use it for 25-50yrd shooting with handguns when I wouldn’t otherwise have a higher magnification, higher cost optic on hand..

More temptation.

 

[chicharrones]

That was my first thought. I have some leupold small binos, and some bigger ones from steiner, then some big zoom nikon..... but for 15-50 yards anything would do. Cheap kids binos. Even most range finder will work.

I've got a few of those in the house as well as a cheap monocular, that I've given to my kids (now all grown). The damn things are like looking through someone's cataract blocked eyes, in my experience.

 

[crestoncowboy]

The damn things are like looking through someone's cataract blocked eyes, in my experience.

I bought my 3 year old a pair for something like 3 bucks for a stocking stuffer this last Christmas on an Amazon lightning deal. I was shocked by the quality. Metal body and usable glass. Small objective so the light transmission is awful but I was surprised. Again im not saying they are good. Nor even ho hum..... but they would be plenty usable. Or would have been. God knows where they are or what condition by now.

Far better than some of the junk I've had from Tasco and bushnell over the years. Most of those left you feeling cross-eyed. Lol. They aren't good but for 50 yards.... and to be honest my little leupold were a hell of a letdown. I'm not comparing them to the kids binos but they are marginal at best. thats coming from a Leica or nikko camera lens snob. Ive yet to find a roof prism pair of binos i liked.

 

[wesmonster]

I use an old 5x red dot magnifier.
I have some nice binos in several sizes but the magnifier is small so it doesn’t take up much space.
Bird spotter monoscopes are also fairly cheap & compact.

 

[doubleh]

Thanks for the suggestions! I just never see anyone at the range using binoculars, etc. but I'll give them a try. My range bag keeps getting heavier. Maybe time to start carrying a range bag + backpack.

If you were at my range you would see me using binoculars for 25 yard pistol shooting all the time. I don't set up my spotting scope for anything less than 50 yards and that is when I'm shooting with iron sights or red dots.. I am well aware that different products work differently for different folks. In my case I don't care for my monocular and greatly prefer binoculars. I have a pair of old Bushnell binoculars I bought to bounce around in my jeep. I found they won't focus closer than about 35 yards. I don't know if any of today's offering have that short coming but I would certainly check before buying.

I have a pair of small Leupold binos. Although they have good glass they are fiddly with focusing and have a small exit pupil and I seldom use them as they are just too annoying. I have a pair of full size Wingspan binoculars that are no longer made that have proved to be one of the best bargains I ever purchased. Great glass, easy focus, and huge exit pupils and I'm very particular with their care. I suppose the name put people off is why they aren't available anymore.

 

[snowman357]

have you tried a cell phone take picture and then zoom in?

 

[MrBitey]

have you tried a cell phone take picture and then zoom in?

Hadn't thought of this but I'll give it a try this week! I finally got my first silencer out of jail and will be testing it out with my T/CR22, and those little holes are the hardest to see.

Now that you mention the phone option, that has me thinking about clip on optics. Having the phone with attached zoom lens on a small bench-top tripod could be pretty nifty.

 

[doubleh]

How in the world did we manage to do anything before the advent of the cellphone?

 

[LoonWulf]

I run a cheap scope camera off my cheap Athlon spotting scope for use at 100yds. Before i used the scope cam i had an adapter to hook my phone to the spotting scope.and with some tinkering thst worked really well also.
Way over kill for what you want, but the basic idea works the same, and pretty well.


Scope camera and .22s at 50yds



Phone mount at 50ish yds and .22 airgun

 

[Rembrandt]

When the term "monocular" comes up, Col. Klink comes to mind....must have had well developed facial muscles to hold that thing in place.

 

[BigBL87]

I run a cheap scope camera off my cheap Athlon spotting scope for use at 100yds.

What scope cam do you have? I've tossed around the idea but haven't broken down. Just seems alot more convenient than mounting my phone every time.

 

[Walkalong]

I'm with the get a pair of binoculars instead of a monocular crowd. Easier on the yes, and you can see more using both eyes.

 

[LoonWulf]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MC572D...abc_6B69RV1H78VZBNN2K1Y2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I have this guy..... without the lcd. Image quality is not bad. that videos taken with the spotting scope sitting on the ground turned up to 60x (I think)..... And since we have the same spotting scopes I would assume yours would produce similar image....
If there's any knocks on it it's big and bulky although fairly light, And at the transfer rate is fairly slow, So there's noticeable lag as you move the scope or if you're trying to watch bullet trace.
I did fire my air gun right over the top of it a few times and it can track the pellets pretty well but 22's, which I could watch fly through the rifle scope, the spotting scope and camera only picked up is gray flashes to target.

 

[PWC]

Simmons model 99727, 45 deg or model 99728 straight.