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Help me choose a spotting scope.
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<blockquote data-quote="teesquare" data-source="post: 1202994" data-attributes="member: 56740"><p>If you walk the line at most long range shooting competitions - you will usually see one brand of spotting scope more than any other...KOWA.</p><p></p><p>Why? Fantastic Glass. You did not mention how far you want to see - and at what detail. That is critical to your buying a scope that is "purpose driven".</p><p> I currently use an old, KOWA TSN-821. That is a non-ED glass 20-60x82mm angled scope.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday - at a range where there was a large black rectangular target @ 1320 yards - my friend had his scope - which was in the 900 price range that you are looking at. It is a fine scope - and I am not knocking it, or your choices that you listed either.</p><p></p><p>He could see the large rectangle, and I could as well - thru his scope - clearly...but not with enough resolving power to discern what the target was made of.</p><p></p><p>I got out my old KOWA. Set it up and tuned it. Coating on the objective sense has some areas that are "specs" of failing coating. The exterior was painted originally with something akin to fly-paper ( KOWA will refinish it, when I send it in - free of charge . Flatly - it is old and ugly...( well - maybe it is on the same path that many of us are on...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p>Result? - When looking thru the KOWA, it was clear that the target we were looking at was a stack of RR ties, and old - big - tires. I could see the tread pattern on the tires when viewed thru the KOWA....</p><p></p><p>Resolving power is different from magnification...or "sharpness"... it is the detail that can make the difference in...the "detail" of what you are looking at.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teesquare, post: 1202994, member: 56740"] If you walk the line at most long range shooting competitions - you will usually see one brand of spotting scope more than any other...KOWA. Why? Fantastic Glass. You did not mention how far you want to see - and at what detail. That is critical to your buying a scope that is "purpose driven". I currently use an old, KOWA TSN-821. That is a non-ED glass 20-60x82mm angled scope. Yesterday - at a range where there was a large black rectangular target @ 1320 yards - my friend had his scope - which was in the 900 price range that you are looking at. It is a fine scope - and I am not knocking it, or your choices that you listed either. He could see the large rectangle, and I could as well - thru his scope - clearly...but not with enough resolving power to discern what the target was made of. I got out my old KOWA. Set it up and tuned it. Coating on the objective sense has some areas that are "specs" of failing coating. The exterior was painted originally with something akin to fly-paper ( KOWA will refinish it, when I send it in - free of charge . Flatly - it is old and ugly...( well - maybe it is on the same path that many of us are on...:D) Result? - When looking thru the KOWA, it was clear that the target we were looking at was a stack of RR ties, and old - big - tires. I could see the tread pattern on the tires when viewed thru the KOWA.... Resolving power is different from magnification...or "sharpness"... it is the detail that can make the difference in...the "detail" of what you are looking at.:) [/QUOTE]
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