I'm looking for a spotting scope and I can't decide what one to choose. It's just for the range I shoot out to 500m right now. These are the ones I'm looking at Pentax PF-80 ED or Kowa TSN - 664 XD or should I just save up for the Kowa TSN - 880 or the Pentax PF-100. I would like to be able to see 30cal bullet holes at 500m. Any advise will be helpful I don't current own one and never used a quality spotting scope.
Spotting Scope help
- Thread starter zelko
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None of the scopes above will allow you to see .30 cal bullets holes at 500 yards, at least not in the black part of the target. I have a Kowa TSN-1 the only time I can see bullet holes at 300 yards is if the sun is behind the target with almost zero wind. Once a little bit of wind picks up and the mirage starts running even these hits will disappear. Any of the scopes above would be a good choice for seeing an orange or white spotting disc on a black target out to 1000 yards.
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The PF 80 ED is excellent. I just added a fixed zoom eyepiece for additional clarity. Consider having a look at a review I recently wrote: http://rifletalk.org/2015/05/19/review-of-pentax-80ed-spotting-scope/
I haven't used that model of Kowa but they don't make anything that is poor quality.
I haven't used that model of Kowa but they don't make anything that is poor quality.
