Spotting scopes.

[Gunlaker]

When I was at the Worland midrange match last year I got to compare my 80mm Bushnell with a Kowa. The Kowa was 77mm I think? And it had some kind of greenish filter. We were looking at my .40-65 holes on an 8x11 sheet of white paper at 300 yards that I was using to get sight settings. There was a good bit of mirage so it was difficult to make out all of the holes, but the Kowa seemed a little bit sharper. There was not a big difference though. The holes that were hard to see in mine were also hard to see in the Kowa.

Chris.

[Dusty Ed]

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Here is a little scope I really like. Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 12-36 x50 (45 degree) Spotting scope.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?u...)+Spotting+ a little error on the selling price here but I will sell mine for 1/2 price
This is a great laydown scope as well for sitting on a stool mounted on a Freeland stand that Rick gave me, I thank you again Rick.
It is very small and compact but it is very bright and I use it on line for the long range matches. It works well for reading the markers and mirage. It has two adjustments curse and fast makes switching fast from mirage to reading the markers.
It does have a draw back when going to the high magnification. The eye relief gets short and it darkens some. I use it at about 20X and it works great for what I got it fore.
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Howdy Kurt & Folks
I just bought a Bushnell Legend !2/60 X80 45 degree it is an incredible scope
I was spotting for a friend he had a small target with very small numbers in the rings, set at 100yds. ,I Thought I had it focused it looked clear an then I just turned the fine focus knob an I could read the numbers I could believe it.
I have Bushnell spacemaster in 20X60 I bought back in the mid 70's it worked great very clear, but I thought I needed a bigger scope ,so i bought
a Celestron 12x60 x80 I was never happy with it , some time I could see the 45cal. holes at 300yds some times I couldn't ,an I found the Legend on Gun Broker an never looked back.
Dusty Ed

[Kurt]

ED

The Legend is a very good scope, very sharp, but it does get dark when you run it at full magnification. For a laydown scope when I take a fast peek to see what the mirage is doing before taking the shot the focus is easy to change with just sliding your finger over the fine tune to enhance the mirage.
I don't use it for looking for holes unless I'm shooting the .22 pistol at the pistol range at 25 and 50 yards with it mounted on the lid of my pachmayr pistol case. Great scope for those uses.

[Fogman01]

For what it is worth I just returned my Celestron 52306 Regal M2 100ED spotting scope to Amazon. I had read all the reviews and went to multiple forums and thought this was a popular option for the price with good reviews. At 100 yds it was fine. At 200 yds I could not believe the poor quality of the image, poor focusing knob control, and overall sharpness and clarity. (Or lack thereof.) It was almost impossible to find 45 cal bullet holes in the black. And it was a good day - no mirage or poor conditions. I tried it on different magnification levels from the lowest all the way to 65 and I was happier looking for the holes through my 6 power rifle scope. The Celestron was to replace a cheap two bit table scope my Dad had for years and left to me. Good thing I kept it. From now on I'll go the store and look for myself before I buy. Lesson learned.

[Lumpy Grits]

That sure doesn't sound like my Celestron.
Why didn't you contact Celestron, and see what they would have done? Their C/S is very good.
LG

[Chaz]

I recently purchased the Celestron regal 80mm and love it no problem seeing holes from a .45 at 200 yards on paper, and it was great at the silhouette shoot.

Chaz

[Kurt]

You couldn't pry my 100mm M-2 Regal out of my hands. Best glass I have ever looked through. Except maybe a 150 MM Nikon binoculars

[Fogman01]

"I recently purchased the Celestron regal 80mm and love it no problem seeing holes from a .45 at 200 yards on paper, and it was great at the silhouette shoot."

That was certainly not the case with the Celestron Regal 100 I tried. Couldn't see .45 holes in the black at 200 yds at any magnification and on a day with perfect conditions. I sent it back while I could; I did not want to worry about what the warranty covered or didn't cover. Maybe it was a lemon; this one sure did not live up to the reviews.

[Lumpy Grits]

You have also post'd this issue on Shiloh's Forum.
Just don't think it's good to bash a product without giving the manufacturer, a chance to make it 'rite'.
YMMV,
Gary