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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1741029" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>One doesn't even need "A high quality 12X optic." Check out this.</p><p></p><p>This morning I took the Kowa 20-60X77 and a Bushnell Spacemaster 12-36X 60 to compare with a Sightron 6-24X42 AO, a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 SF and a Swarovski z5 5-25X52 SF to the shooting range. There was a target at 200 yards with a few .22 caliber bullet holes so I decided to use it. After looking through the Kowa on its lowest setting of <strong>20X</strong> I found a bullet hole at 12 o'clock about 2" from the "X" in the red part of the target and decided that would be the "target" detail.</p><p></p><p>When looking through the Sightron on <strong>24X</strong> I just could not get it to resolve the bullet hole no matter how much I adjusted the scope. I could see holes in the white O.K. Then I got out the 6500 and found the hole with it set on <strong>24X</strong>. I could not go down even 1X and still see the hole. After fooling with the z5 for a while trying to see in on a lower setting, I finally turned it up to <strong>25X</strong> and could see the hole in the red. Thinking I was wasting time, but already had it with me, I took out the Bushnell Spacemaster. I set it on 20X and could easily see the hole at 12 o'clock so I turned it down to <strong>12X</strong>. I could still see the hole<strong>!</strong></p><p></p><p>I asked a fellow shooter if he didn't mind would he look through all the optics to see what he saw. He obliged; and even brought a Zeiss 3-15X42. He ended up on the same settings I did. Also he mentioned he just could not resolve the hole with the Sightron. When we looked though his Zeiss we could not see the hole. </p><p></p><p>Conclusion: Mediocre spotting scopes are definitely better than good rifle scopes for resolving detail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1741029, member: 70559"] One doesn't even need "A high quality 12X optic." Check out this. This morning I took the Kowa 20-60X77 and a Bushnell Spacemaster 12-36X 60 to compare with a Sightron 6-24X42 AO, a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 SF and a Swarovski z5 5-25X52 SF to the shooting range. There was a target at 200 yards with a few .22 caliber bullet holes so I decided to use it. After looking through the Kowa on its lowest setting of [B]20X[/B] I found a bullet hole at 12 o’clock about 2” from the “X” in the red part of the target and decided that would be the “target” detail. When looking through the Sightron on [B]24X[/B] I just could not get it to resolve the bullet hole no matter how much I adjusted the scope. I could see holes in the white O.K. Then I got out the 6500 and found the hole with it set on [B]24X[/B]. I could not go down even 1X and still see the hole. After fooling with the z5 for a while trying to see in on a lower setting, I finally turned it up to [B]25X[/B] and could see the hole in the red. Thinking I was wasting time, but already had it with me, I took out the Bushnell Spacemaster. I set it on 20X and could easily see the hole at 12 o’clock so I turned it down to [B]12X[/B]. I could still see the hole[B]![/B] I asked a fellow shooter if he didn’t mind would he look through all the optics to see what he saw. He obliged; and even brought a Zeiss 3-15X42. He ended up on the same settings I did. Also he mentioned he just could not resolve the hole with the Sightron. When we looked though his Zeiss we could not see the hole. Conclusion: Mediocre spotting scopes are definitely better than good rifle scopes for resolving detail. [/QUOTE]
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