Need cheap spotting scope!

On 11 Aug 2000 09:43:50 -0400, "Karl Juul" <
## Spacemaster. Bushnell or Bausch & Lomb, forget which. Great for astronmy
## too. Has good eye relief.
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#Thanks. I just got the Cabella's catalog today and the Midway one last week,
#they both have Spacemasters.

Shooters aren't the only ones who use spotting scopes. Check out
various camera shops, too. Good mail order shops are B&H
(#), Adorama (#), and
Cameraworld.com (#). I purchased a Nikon Sky &
Earth 20x60 for $200 shipped from Adorama a couple weeks ago and I'm
extremely happy with it. It has very good eye relief, no distortion,
good edge-to-edge sharpness, very good resolution, and .22 holes at
100 yards is absolutely no problem. I looked through another person's
cheap Bushnell with a zoom eyepiece and he said he needed 36 power to
see .22 holes at 100 yards. The Bushnell had bad eye relief, bad
resolution, and a lot of distortion.

Devin


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# Spacemaster. Bushnell or Bausch & Lomb, forget which. Great for astronmy
# too. Has good eye relief.

Thanks. I just got the Cabella's catalog today and the Midway one last week,
they both have Spacemasters.

Karl


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: I'm looking for the cheapest spotting scope that will allow me to easily see
: ..22 caliber holes at 100 yards under good lighting conditions.

At the low end - Bushnell, I compared one and a similar price range Simmons
against a far wall in the store. The decision to pay a few bucks more
for the Bushnell was a no-brainer. Also, some people cut out the backing
cardboard around the bull to make the little holes easier to see.

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Dave Bostock Florida, USA
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Try this link at CheaperThanDirt:
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They have some great scopes!


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Just about anything with 20x magnification or more and 50 mm objective
should suit for this purpose. I have even used 10x binoculars when the
light was right, but the higher power makes it a good bit easier to
distinguish overlapping holes.

brian
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There are no wise young men



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