Spotting Scopes?

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Spotting Scopes?

Post by Blazerman » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:23 pm

Anyone have any tips on buying a spotting scope want to buy one but not sure on what to get. Heard alot of good things on nikon i use nikon binos and they are good anyways please let me know whats a good scope :-k

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Post by TheGreatwhitehunter » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:06 am

Nikon and vortex are decent for the money, Zeiss is not bad either.

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Re: Spotting Scopes?

Post by huntindad » Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:11 am

Don't overlook the Pentax ED series they are great at any price and are much less than the big names. The lens selection is endless as they accept astronomical telescope lenses of which Pentax arguably makes the best.

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Re: Spotting Scopes?

Post by TheHardWay » Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:48 pm

As with any optic, buy the best you can afford. I bought my swarovski sts 80 used (but like new) off of ebay for considerably less than retail.

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Re: Spotting Scopes?

Post by Blazerman » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:17 pm

Thank you guys for help I'm gonna keep lookin into pentax and vortex I wish there was somewhere I can go to look through a couple long range lol I'm scared that it will look nice in the store but not in the field lol

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Re: Spotting Scopes?

Post by TheHardWay » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:27 pm

Don't hesitate to ask the retailer to take the scopes outside and look through them in natural light. I know this may be harder to do in big store such as cabela's or sportman's warehouse than it would be in a smaller sporting goods store. However, like you said you want to be sure it is the one you want and if the retailer wants to make a sale, they should be willing to do this.

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Post by bc.pse » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:52 pm

Redfield Spotting Scope=AMAZING! I Bought it and have got two other people to buy it cause they liked it! Its the bomb shizzle!
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Post by Blazerman » Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:42 pm

Redfield ill have to check that out thanks man

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Post by Bigd7400 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:46 am

Have any of you guys had any experience with Bushnell spotting scopes? Any particular model?
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Re: Spotting Scopes?

Post by crunch14 » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:20 am

I really like my REDHEAD from BassPro. 15-45x and packs easy.
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