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Best spotting scope under $1,000
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 538749" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>never seen one. I have seen their other optics that came out of Europe, and were pretty good. Is the scope water proof and shock proof? A lot of the high end scopes are not</p><p> </p><p>When I looked a scopes prior to buying one I based everything off a Swarovski 82mm scope with a 20-60x eyepiece in the noon sunlight over black top parking lots. I still think the Swarovski is the best I've ever looked thru. I liked the Lieca, but found the shimmer off it tobe bothersome with my old eyes. There is a Nikon and a Bushnell that are very good, but both are over a thousand dollars, but neither will run with a Swarovski. The Kowa was ever so slightly lower in optical quality than the Nikon and Bushnell, but a later look see with the same scope that had the Flourite lenses was a no contest. The only scope better was the Swarovski, and it was just ever so slightly better.</p><p> </p><p>My tests were run over a black top parking lot in mid July. All tests were conducted right at 12 noon on cloudless days in high eighty and low ninety temps. All scopes were mounted on a super heavyduty tripod that was about 12" off the ground (I really wanted the test to be about 8" off the blacktop, but the tripod wouldn't go any lower). I used a series of targets that were about 100, 250, and 400 yards out, plus one that was well over 750 yards. I wanted to do a 1000 yard test, but could not get all the pieces together at the sametime. The four hundred yard test was a simple stop sign that was very bright and shiney. Some scopes even showed a slight flare with the red in that bright light. The actually items checked on that one were the rusted screws holding the sign in place. The better scopes picked out the screw driver slot, and the pitting from rust. Looking back I think I could have used a regular optical test target for the four hundred and seven hundred yard test. </p><p> </p><p>What makes me mad is that a week after I took delivery of the KOWA, I could have had the Swarovski for about $1200!!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 538749, member: 25383"] never seen one. I have seen their other optics that came out of Europe, and were pretty good. Is the scope water proof and shock proof? A lot of the high end scopes are not When I looked a scopes prior to buying one I based everything off a Swarovski 82mm scope with a 20-60x eyepiece in the noon sunlight over black top parking lots. I still think the Swarovski is the best I've ever looked thru. I liked the Lieca, but found the shimmer off it tobe bothersome with my old eyes. There is a Nikon and a Bushnell that are very good, but both are over a thousand dollars, but neither will run with a Swarovski. The Kowa was ever so slightly lower in optical quality than the Nikon and Bushnell, but a later look see with the same scope that had the Flourite lenses was a no contest. The only scope better was the Swarovski, and it was just ever so slightly better. My tests were run over a black top parking lot in mid July. All tests were conducted right at 12 noon on cloudless days in high eighty and low ninety temps. All scopes were mounted on a super heavyduty tripod that was about 12" off the ground (I really wanted the test to be about 8" off the blacktop, but the tripod wouldn't go any lower). I used a series of targets that were about 100, 250, and 400 yards out, plus one that was well over 750 yards. I wanted to do a 1000 yard test, but could not get all the pieces together at the sametime. The four hundred yard test was a simple stop sign that was very bright and shiney. Some scopes even showed a slight flare with the red in that bright light. The actually items checked on that one were the rusted screws holding the sign in place. The better scopes picked out the screw driver slot, and the pitting from rust. Looking back I think I could have used a regular optical test target for the four hundred and seven hundred yard test. What makes me mad is that a week after I took delivery of the KOWA, I could have had the Swarovski for about $1200!! gary [/QUOTE]
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