Anyone else?
The range fell through because my co signer couldn’t get me in. He’s back in there now so I maybe getting in shortly.Been about a year and you still have not purchased a spotting scope? You need to get on the ball.
I will give an opinion, you will be lucky to see 50 caliber holes at 300 yards never mind 200 yards. My range, at 200 yards we put up 6 foot by 6 foot white backers behind the target and sometimes I see holes in the black. The mirage is so bad I often cannot see the holes in the black, and of course, if the shot is not in the black, I don't see it. And I am using a $1000 Pentax.
Before you buy a scope you ought to borrow a scope on the firing line and look through that.
At our makeshift range they put up a camera at the 600 and 1200 yd targets, they have pipe buried at an angle pointed at the target stand. I don't know the total cost but 30cal holes are easy to see
Yep.It doesn’t take much mirage at all to eat up bullet holes at 100yrds, let alone 200-300yrds. When you get to an extreme level of spending, the resolution and contrast can help reduce further image distortion in the scope, but if the light is already jumbled by mirage before it enters the scope, no scope can fix it. All we’re talking about is light and how much it gets distorted between the target and our eye. In low cost scopes, the light gets distorted a lot within the scope, while in high cost scopes, it does not, but no amount of money can change how much the light is distorted in the air before it reaches the scope. If mirage warps an image of the Mona Lisa to look like one of Picasso’s muses before the scope ever sees it, no scope will ever improve the image back to look like Lady Gherardini ever again.
Ouch.That cost bud around $300!
A buddy got a Red field at a garage sale $75 minus Tri pod , real decent glass out to 600 yardIts 99% sure I will be joining a gun club with 300yard range so I need a decent spotting scope to see those little 223rem holes. Any recommendations? I would like to stay under $200 but willing to go a hair higher.
I'll second the opinion that you will be hard pressed to see .22 holes at 300 yds. no matter what you buy. Even with a shoot and see you're going to need pretty good glass to make out what you're seeing at that range.
Save your money until you can get something good with an 80+ mm objective.
I wouldn’t carry a camera system I owned downrange at a public course. Unless I was hoping it would be destroyed.
Using shoot-n-c targets will help a bit, but spotting bullet holes at range is a challenge no matter how much you spend on glass. It’s far less about the scope as it is about the air through which you see the target. It doesn’t take much mirage at all to eat up bullet holes at 100yrds, let alone 200-300yrds. When you get to an extreme level of spending, the resolution and contrast can help reduce further image distortion in the scope, but if the light is already jumbled by mirage before it enters the scope, no scope can fix it. All we’re talking about is light and how much it gets distorted between the target and our eye. In low cost scopes, the light gets distorted a lot within the scope, while in high cost scopes, it does not, but no amount of money can change how much the light is distorted in the air before it reaches the scope. If mirage warps an image of the Mona Lisa to look like one of Picasso’s muses before the scope ever sees it, no scope will ever improve the image back to look like Lady Gherardini ever again.
I have been happy with the Bushnell T Series compact 15-45x which has a street price around $360 right now. Again - it can’t fix mirage, but for the money, I have been very happy with it, and the compact form is very handy for hauling. When I think of low cost spotting optics with great value, that’s the one which comes to mind.
I dont own a spotting scope, I do use a very good rifle scope, seeing a 6 mm Bullet hole at 300 is not a problem even in sunlight . Mirage doesn’t bother me until I get closer to 500 yards.Its 99% sure I will be joining a gun club with 300yard range so I need a decent spotting scope to see those little 223rem holes. Any recommendations? I would like to stay under $200 but willing to go a hair higher.