I’m in the market for a spotting scope and need some help making my mind up between these two, hopefully from users with real world experience. HP, BR or F class guys I know have thoughts here.
https://www.leupold.com/sx-4-pro-gui...spotting-scope
https://vortexoptics.com/vortex-vipe...-straight.html
My main plan for this scope is finding small caliber holes at 200/300 yards on paper, not marking hits on steel or the possible peek at a deer across a 40 acre field.
I’m pretty sure from past experience both will do the job on a sunny day, but how about a dark cloudy one?
I am pretty sure both will run me about the same price within ~$100 or less with my discounts so that’s a ways down the list on the pro/con, and warranty is the same.
Both are offered in slightly smaller versions 15x45x65, that would save me a couple bucks if one would do the job so that’s another option. I have a old 15x45x60 Burris that allows me to see 22 cal holes @200 with good lighting and minimal mirage but is dark on higher power and looses resolution on the top end too. A hole in the black disappears under most conditions and is frustrating after while. I’m hopeful that the newer glass coatings and designs will have corrected some of this.
I’ve looked through a few scopes and spotters in shops both out the windows and handheld out the doorway but I’m not steady enough to judge the avg binoculars let alone a spotter this way. Windows screw with what I see when peering out them and don’t show real world clarity IMO so resting on a counter does not help. For some reason gun shops don’t trust me taking a $1000 glass to a farm field to check it out on birds and tree lines. Don’t know why…
Thanks for any help.
I know there are lots of great scopes out there, Kowa, Meopta as examples but I’m set on one of these so don’t bother telling me how great a Swarovski is or what your Zeus’s is like. I am sure they are nice, but I’m stretching the budget with these two and I’m pretty sure one of them will do what I want