Spotting Scope Recommendation

[Green Republican]

Anyone have a spotting scope recommendation? It's mostly for the bench at 100 to 300 yards (Savage 10FP w/Leupold 3.5-10 M1). So far the Bausch and Lomb Elite has been recommended.

 

[dZ]

check out the Kowas on www.jarheadtop.com

www.jarheadtop.com/kowa.html

 

[addecus]

B&L Discoverer is an excellent scope for the price (199-215).I've used it right next to Kowa's and Swarzofski.

 

[Art Eatman]

I've had a couple of these el cheapo 20X-60X K-Mart telescopes. They work okay up to around 40X, but are a bit fuzzy above that. I have more money in a high-quality camera tripod for it.

Art

 

[Bud Helms]

Best value I've found is the B&L Discoverer.

 

[jsr75]

Another vote for the KOWA

I've been through quite a few spotting scopes, progressively working my way up to better quality. After recently getting into long range competition matches (tactical division) and seeing that over 90% of the shooters were using Kowa spotting scopes, I figured there must be something about them. Did much talking with some of the senior shooters and they recommended that I get the TS-612 with 25X LER eye piece. This set up along with a creedmoor tripod would be ideal for prone shooting. They were right! Great scope indeed!

 

[Jeff OTMG]

Celestron makes a number of spotting scopes, the most common being the C90. I have a C5 on my want list. The FBI uses C8's, but they are non-standard items and are built to order.

 

[Steve Smith]

I have a Kowa 661...I REALLY like it!

www.jarheadtop.com

Jim doesn't advertise the 661 on his site, but he can get it. It's slightly under the 821 in price (maybe $100 less, I forgot)