Spotting Scope
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Unless you're shooting 50 cal, seeing bullet holes at 600 yds will be a challenge. Of course that depends on your target background and lighting etc. In any event, you're going to need some quality glass, which won't be cheap. Qualities to look for are light gathering ability (i.e. objective size) and optical quality. Also remember that higher power eyepieces restrict brightness and don't always let you see better. At least that's true in my experience.
To be honest the only scope I have actual 600 yd. experience with is a Kowa TSN821 with a 27x eyepiece. We typically shoot 30 cal at a black bullseye. You can see some holes, but not all, if you stare long enough and keep playing with the focus. Black is the toughest target color to see bullet holes. White or a shoot-n-see would have made life a lot easier.
Laphroaig
To be honest the only scope I have actual 600 yd. experience with is a Kowa TSN821 with a 27x eyepiece. We typically shoot 30 cal at a black bullseye. You can see some holes, but not all, if you stare long enough and keep playing with the focus. Black is the toughest target color to see bullet holes. White or a shoot-n-see would have made life a lot easier.
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phonejack
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Kowa, expensive but, worth every penny
Don McDowell
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Vortex viper is the scope I'm using for bptr competition. It'll pick up 44 and 45 caliber holes at 3-400 yds.
Just as important as the scope is the stand. A lightweight flimsy stand will make the best of scopes almost worthless .
Just as important as the scope is the stand. A lightweight flimsy stand will make the best of scopes almost worthless .
paulo
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gamestalker
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I have a couple of them. One is a Leupold 15x45x something, can't remember the objective. But it isn't very good for target spotting, ok for hunting though.
I also have a Vortex 20x60x80 Diamond Back, and that is one seriously crisp, bright imaging spotting scope, on the range or other wise. It's by no means a light weight compact piece of glass though, but hey, it is top end quality, IMO. For the money ($500+ tax) I haven't seen that quality of imaging in a 60X spotting scope for less than a couple grand, even that is stretching things a bit for a spotting scope with that magnification capability.
GS
I also have a Vortex 20x60x80 Diamond Back, and that is one seriously crisp, bright imaging spotting scope, on the range or other wise. It's by no means a light weight compact piece of glass though, but hey, it is top end quality, IMO. For the money ($500+ tax) I haven't seen that quality of imaging in a 60X spotting scope for less than a couple grand, even that is stretching things a bit for a spotting scope with that magnification capability.
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loose noose
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Do like my Redfield 20X80x80, not so sure about 600 yards but I can easily see .223 rounds at 250 yards, and 30-06/270 rounds at 450-500 yards on white and green paper. Incidentally the farthest you can shoot is 500 yards where I shoot. Naturally you need a good steady tri-pod in order to get the most out of your spotting scope.
zerobarrier
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I use a leupold 20-60x 80mm ventana for out to 500yards. $500ish, stand it comes with sucks.
loose noose
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Note correction on the Redfield scope, it is 20X60X80, not 20X80X80. However it is very clear, and I do have a quality tri-pod attached to it when I go out to the range.
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