Best value spotting scope suggestions?

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evan the cdn

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I'm in the market for a spotting scope. I like the idea of a more compact design but that's not critical. I don't mind spending money if there's good value in it. Do you have any suggestions?
 
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I don't us a spotting scope under 500 yards..........10-50 sightron and a weaver T36 both work just fine
 
evan the cdn said:
Is that a recommendation that I buy a high powered scope to use as a spotting scope?
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absolutely, take the money your going to spend on a spotter and upgrade your optics.

600 can be a challenge seeing holes and hits but 500 is pretty easy, hits on 600 on steel are plain as day and that is 223 and up
 
spotting scopes can be imported from the USA with no issues, but upgrade to at least 32 power on the high end of the magnification on your scope
 
yodave said:
spotting scopes can be imported from the USA with no issues, but upgrade to at least 32 power on the high end of the magnification on your scope
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I want a spotting scope because I will be able to use it with all my rifles and don't want to bolt 14+" glass on all of them.
 
I bought a Vortex Diamondback 20-60x80mm last week. For under $700 I would say it is a pretty decent piece of gear. It is my first spotting scope so I didn't want to go full retard until I know that I need to. The Cabelas brand of HD scopes are amazing actually! But they start around $2500ish?? They rival the 5-6k sworos for sure! All depends on what you want to spend I suppose.
 
For target use it's hard not to consider the various camera systems as an alternative. For the price, they are really competitive with good optics. For me, I regret my earlier purchase of a spotter and would have preferred to put the cash into better scopes.

http://www.bullseyecamera.com/
 
From a value proposition I found a decent spotter scope was as expensive as a good rifle scope for 100m maybe even 200m a less expensive one was okay but beyond that I invested in a better rifle scope as was suggested .
 
Unless of course this rifle is going to see use beyond shooting paper, in which case you're giving up field of view (FOV), which is handy for hunting. If it's a dedicated target rifle, go for higher magnification. Just be aware of the disadvantage(s).
 
And while we're typing about spotters, those legs that come with the kit aren't the best.
What's a decent set of legs worth now a days?
Be nice to get the spotter off the shooting bench and on the floor.
 
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