Spotting Scope

mld · Post by **mld** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:29 pm

What is a good spotting scope for spotting targets from 10 metre air pistol to 50 metre free pistol? I would like reasonably good optics for my aging eyes ;)

Murray

CamelNL · Post by **CamelNL** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:25 am

I bought a secondhanded chinese crap scope for 40 euro's including the tripod. I Canton look through it with glasses on but it works perfect. In trying to say that you don't need a spotting scope wich cost the jackpot. Or mount a rifle scope on a tripod :D

Have a nice day.

j-team · Post by **j-team** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:59 am

I have one of these: http://www.pilkguns.com/scopes.shtml
and can highly reccomend them.

al-sway · Post by **al-sway** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:11 am

Harvey at Airgunsplus out of Prince Albert was selling the Hawke line of compact scopes. With mine I can easily spot .22 holes at 50 metres.

mld · Post by **mld** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:47 pm

Thanks I'll check with Harvey.

Murray

Misny · Post by **Misny** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:37 am

j-team wrote:I have one of these: http://www.pilkguns.com/scopes.shtml
and can highly reccomend them.

Unfortunately the NG scopes appear to have been out of stock at Pilkington's for quite some time.

GaryN · Post by **GaryN** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:56 pm

Take a look at this one from Burris.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?p ... ber=234707
The nice thing is it can focus under 10m. That is important as some scopes cannot focus that close. My very old Bushnell can just barely focus down to 10m, and I have to back the eyepiece out to get it focused at 10m.

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:01 pm

Here's another:
http://www.championshooters.com/store/p ... 338&page=1

Good people to deal with, too.

william · Post by **william** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:15 pm

I've always found Champion's Choice to be a joy to deal with, and they don't ever put their brand name on junk.

http://www.champchoice.com/cat-Champion ... e-576.aspx

j-team · Post by **j-team** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:35 pm

Misny wrote:
j-team wrote:I have one of these: http://www.pilkguns.com/scopes.shtml
and can highly reccomend them.
Unfortunately the NG scopes appear to have been out of stock at Pilkington's for quite some time.

Try Potters in Australia: http://www.potfire.com.au/products/ngscope.htm

GaryN · Post by **GaryN** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:34 pm

Since we are talking scopes....
When does a 45 degree scope work better than a straight scope?

Misny · Post by **Misny** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:59 pm

GaryN wrote:Since we are talking scopes....
When does a 45 degree scope work better than a straight scope?

I'm sorry, but I have to answer your question with a question. When doesn't it?

slofyr · Post by **slofyr** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:16 pm

Misny wrote:
j-team wrote:I have one of these: http://www.pilkguns.com/scopes.shtml
and can highly reccomend them.
Unfortunately the NG scopes appear to have been out of stock at Pilkington's for quite some time.

Curious, that. Superb scope, too.

They are still available from Nikkonos on eBay http://tinyurl.com/3n9rz8j , or from Gilman: gilman at northgroup dot cn

GaryN · Post by **GaryN** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:09 pm

Misny
I have never used a 45 degree scope, only a straight scope, so I have not had the experience of seeing the difference in use. Maybe I have run into limitations of straight scope but worked around that limitation w/o thinking about it.

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