Spotting scope for range shooting

[Johnny in Texas]

I find very nice scopes for good prices on ebay. Bausch & Lomb and Kowa these are older but great quality tripods Freeland stuff used but exell. cond. 25X to 30X is all you need 20X will work but 25X is better. My favorite old scope is a 27.5X 95MM Bausch & Lomb I bought on ebay for 125.00 with a tripod.

[Greg Ficklin]

I have been using a great scope for HP for 3 seasons now with no complaints. It is a Champions Choice ED Deluxe 60 (something) mm fixed 25X with two speed focus. When compared side by side with a Kowa 821 out to 600 yards the CC scope's brightness, and resolution were comparable to the more expensive Kowa. The only thing my CC scope gives away to the Kowa is in eye relief. This makes Kowa the best, but similar performance can be had for much less in the CC scopes at around $450. The real bang for the buck is with the Konus, but they are fragile, and not water resistant.
I believe the best all around scope for HP is the Kowa 66 with 27 LER eye piece. The light gathering of the huge objective lenses just isn't needed for shooting in broad daylight at the expense of size and weight. Life is too short to live with dark murky optics. Get a good scope and good three legged stand.

[ratter]

spotting scopes

Konus scopes are quite good. Optics are excellent for such a low priced scope. 80mm is most popular. Kowa is an excellent high priced scope. I don't think the optics on the Kowa warrant the price difference. I own both scopes and both scopes do an excellent job. Seeing 223 holes will not pop out using a Kowa over a Konus Itialian made scope. I like my Kowa but use both scopes. The 100mm Konus is heavy and bulky and many scopeheads won't fit the 100mm Konus...Ray-vin head now sold by Creedmoor...will work. I can't see much difference between the two scopes side by side comparison at 200 or 300 yards. Kowas seem to have priced themselves out of the market for many but if you find one at a good price grab it anyway. It comes down to ..Konus is an excellent low to mid priced scope and Kowa is an excellent higher priced scope. Konus comes with zoom eye piece and Kowa you have to purchase the eye piece and the Kowa zoom is almost $300. Hi power shooters favor around 25 to 30 power.