Thanks for the suggestions folks. To some extent it sounds like the truism -- get what you pay for -- applies here.
One possibility I had discounted but maybe shouldn't have. I have a fairly serious pair of Fujinon binoculars 7 X 50, nitrogen filled, internal compass, the whole bit. I may give them a try.
By the way I called up shoot-n-c a few weeks ago and they send you a couple of free targets free just for calling. They seemed to work pretty well, really, for the pistols I was using. I may get some more. If I use them for rifle, I'll let you know the results.
Also, in the grandiose pipedream category, I had this thought. If the budget for this problem is on the order of a grand, what would it cost to attach one of those little PC based cameras to a tripod about 3inches to the right of the target and beam the picture back to a PC at the shooter's stations.
Problem: Shot #1 puts PC camera in PC camera heaven.
Plan B: Skip the camera. Make the target itself a touch sensitive pad with an infrared gizmo that says: Base, this is mobile one. You're 2.3 inches high and 1.476 inches low. Using 180 gr 270 win at 300 yds you need to turn your Leupold one click up and two clicks ... You get the idea.
It also solves the problem of having nothing to look at after you actually get the sucker zeroed in. You know, the old, yeah, I remember, that hole wasn't here, but the other one was. Or was it the other way around.
Nuts?? Anybody know someone in the infrared business. They're used for printers and stuff now. Don't know the range. Touch sensitive pads were around for monitors, albeit accepting impacts somewhat lighter than 2500 fps.