Spotting Scope

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Hey Guys,
I was wondering if any of you had a recommendation on a good (reasonably priced <$500) spotting scope. Possibly for precision rifles in the future, but for now standard milsurps (mauser, mosin nagant etc.).
 
I got my Minox MD50 from site sponsor CameralandNY for just under $300 incl. taxes, duty, shipping, sot hat's well within your budget. I think it's good value, and very good optical quality for the price. Check the specs, you have to decide if it suits your intended use.
 
x2 on Minox optics. My spotting scope came used via a U.S. based gun forum. Also have a set of binocs direct from Cameraland and like those as well.
 
There is a Bushnell Spacemaster in the EE right now that is well under $500. I think the Spacemaster is at a point in the Bushnell range where they are starting to get serious about the quality, not just catering to a price point.
 
Anyone know what range of scopes I should be on the lookout for? I was hoping at one point to be able to hit one km (precision rifles) mostly now budget has grown to 1000 and anyone recommend the magnification required to see hits at that range?
 
See hits at 1000? You mean see splash in the dirt? Holes in target?
If you have a quality scope on your rifle, you will likely have better resolution than through a low priced spotter.
 
was hoping for holes in the target. Currently my scope budget for my rifles is the same at about 1000, but when i get into long range was hoping to get that upto 1500ish.
 
Konus 20-60x100. There are 3 of us that casually shoot as a group who own this particular spotting scope and they are absolutely a great value at under 400 USD. We've spotted splatter/hits on metal targets at 1 mile....and perhaps the other guys have even seen hits further. I'm all about quality and from the mind set that you get what you pay for but after looking through spotting scopes that cost 5x I'd say that isn't the case when comparing the higher end spotters to the Konus. They get very good ratings....and as a matter of fact the 20-60x100 is one of the highest rated spotting scopes that opticsplanet dot com sells. Check their website for more info. **Make sure you buy a good tripod because this particular model is heavy and bulky.**
 
Anyone have any experience with the Vortex HD 20-60x85 spotting scope?? Or are there better ones out for that kind of money???
 
celestron 65 or 80 they make star gazing equipment and the spotting scopes are 275 to 400 for the 65 or 80 non ED glass models, cannot go wrong, we use them for f-class out to 1000 yards and within 600 yards the 65 is excellent

Jefferson
 
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