Looking for ideas on a target shooting spotting scope for 100 to 200 yard rifle range.

Looking for good quality without breaking the bank. Previously bought a budget model off Amazon thats really only good for bird watching at best.

Walking to the target to inspect hits just doesn't work to well and interupts the other shooters.

Thanks in advance

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Previously bought a budget model off Amazon thats really only good for bird watching at best.

I don't have the experience to provide a useful recommendation, but found this comment amusing - serious birdwatchers are, as a group, more fanatically obsessed with optical performance than anyone else I have come across.

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Originally posted by maladat:

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Previously bought a budget model off Amazon thats really only good for bird watching at best.

I don't have the experience to provide a useful recommendation, but found this comment amusing - serious birdwatchers are, as a group, more fanatically obsessed with optical performance than anyone else I have come across.

Trust me its not the caliber optic that a serious birdwatcher would want. It the only use I could spin it as possibly useful for.

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Originally posted by maladat:

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Previously bought a budget model off Amazon thats really only good for bird watching at best.

I don't have the experience to provide a useful recommendation, but found this comment amusing - serious birdwatchers are, as a group, more fanatically obsessed with optical performance than anyone else I have come across.

+1

Shooting with open sights?

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Looking for ideas on a target shooting spotting scope for 100 to 200 yard rifle range.

Looking for good quality without breaking the bank. Previously bought a budget model off Amazon thats really only good for bird watching at best.

What does "Not breaking the bank" mean to you? Depending on who you are that is a wide range. So need a specific budget amount.

I use Shoot and See targets and have no problems seeing hits at 200yds shooting a 5.56 using a Nikon 13-30x50ED Fieldscope. But if I am shooting cast bullet shoots with my M1(30 06) at 200yds on a paper target I use my Pentax 80EDA with a 20-60x eyepiece. But I am going to switch to a fixed Pentax XW20 eyepiece(27x).

You are also going to need a good tripod or bench mount. A cheap tripod with allow too much movement to get a good image. I prefer a bench mount when I am shooting off a bench.

To give you an idea of what I am talking about.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bench...-Stand-/302946961673

For ranges like that, might try a vortex diamondback or something from vanguard.

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Originally posted by Hangtime:
Looking for ideas on a target shooting spotting scope for 100 to 200 yard rifle range.
Walking to the target to inspect hits just doesn't work to well and interupts the other shooters.

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Originally posted by offgrid:
Shooting with open sights?

To expand upon offgrid's point -- IMO the best spotting scope is the rifle scope we use to aim with. Assuming, of course, the shooter is using a scope.

A quality scope with clear glass and adequate magnification provides immediate feedback to the shooter, without breaking position. Target type helps, too. Assuming paper targets are used, a simple white heavy paper with small aiming dots usually shows impacts well. Another option is some type of shoot-n-see target.

I recommend investing in the optics on your rifle first, then down the road consider a spotting scope -- if still necessary.

You can buy a used Nikon for a song and a dance usually. I am not an expert on them but look for one made in Japan. You will get a good optic at a more than fair price and it will be well made.

Open iron sights. Wanting to look at target to see where I'm hitting.

Edit. M1 doesn't accommodate scope but AR would.

I'm looking for one of those bench or stand mount monocular type spotters.

Trying to sight in several m1s and ar's most are iron sight. I have eotech that doesn't really need sighting in. But have a vortex SPARC at red dot that does needs sighting

I use an old Bushnell on a Freeland bipod when shooting hi power, or general range use,

20x, maybe, and is clear,

I have also used a bushnell spacemaster that was variable, and worked well,

cannot remember what my Unertl is , power wise, have not had it to the range, yet,

Thanks for the info..

Have you considered some of those short-range video cameras?

I remember seeing an ad for one. The camera endand transmitter are housed in what looks like a ammo can.

Your phone or tablet are the receivers.

Hope this helps.

Jake

If $500 isn't too much for you I'd recommend the Leupold GoldRing 15-30X50 Spotting Scope Kit. Here a link to a youtube review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xf_uCQrTs

and a place to purchase it

https://www.gearbuyer.com/site/index.html.

I've used mine for spotting 223 and 308 hits on targets out to 200 yard which is my range limit. Excellent resolution and clarity.

Following this. In the next year I should get into a private range with 300 & 500 yard steel.

I've been very happy with my Kowa. Not european glass prices, but very crisp

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Originally posted by imadat:
Have you considered some of those short-range video cameras?

I remember seeing an ad for one. The camera endand transmitter are housed in what looks like a ammo can.

Your phone or tablet are the receivers.

Hope this helps.

Jake

I use TargetVision.