Spotting scopes.

[Lumpy Grits]

Kurt-My Celestron has been out in many rain storms. Never an issue.
Gary

[Nuclearcricket]

For a while I had a pair of 20X80 binoculars and I think that they were Celestron. Very clear, very sharp and very bright. My only complaint was that on a sunny day you almost needed to wear sun glasses to use them, they were that bright. I used them for spotting silhouette so I can't comment on their ability to spot bullet holes but my guess is that they would at 200 depending on the bullet and what is behind the target.
Sam

[Kurt]

Sam, That sounds promising for a set of low cost binoculars like the Celestrons.
I'm not satisfied with my Kowa Scope. I have a 45 year old 60mm Redfield that is a lot better then Kowa.

[johnl]

Kurt, which model of Kowa do you own? A tact shooter buddy of mine swears by their 77mm version. I love to have from the big three but I blew my budget on my upcoming bull barrel build Just need something half decent to see holes at 200y for now.

[Nuclearcricket]

What size holes are you looking to spot at 200?
Sam

[Kurt]

John I have the 821-M Kowa.
The light needs to be good before I can see a .308 hole in the black on a 200 yard target. The 60mm redfield I can see the .22 holes but not using the Kowa.
There is a guy that I know that upgraded his old 66mm Kowa to a 821 with the ED glass and ended up selling it and went back to his old 66mm. He said I cant see holes with the 821 that I see using the old scope.

[Don McDowell]

My vortex viper will get me the 22 holes at 150 meters. But probably the most important consideration in a spotting scope for bpcr/bptr is the sharpness and clarity to be able to read mirage at distance.

[Old Jim]

Occasionally, our individual eyesight lets us see better with what appears to be a lesser spotting-scope. I have an old Bushnell fixed power spotter that lets me see tiny holes in the black at great distances. Something my Kowa didn't do. I purchased the Bushnell in 1968 w/ a 24x, 32x and a 45x eyepieces, long before there was "ED, HDX, PDQ, KMA, etc", glass.

All the best,

[Don McDowell]

I actually like a good pair of binoculars best , the larger view and using two eyes seems to help a lot. Before the Barska's I had got broke I able to watch something over half the bullets going to the target. Now with just a spotter, things have to be just exactly right to catch a bullet in flight.

[Kurt]

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.