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Best Spotting scope for $800.00
03 March 2015, 00:56
OLBIKERBest Spotting scope for $800.00
I have a Minox angled 62 ED now.I like the optics but detest the angled spotter.I just can`t use it in my truck because it sits too high.So I want a straight one only.$800 to $900 is what I can afford to spend.Would even buy used if in good condition.Thanks ahead,OB
Perhaps just buy the Minox Straight 62 w/o any eyepiece and then just pop in the current eyepiece you're using. Would save you a couple hundred bucks from what you want to spend.
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09 March 2015, 18:32
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by OLBIKER:
I have a Minox angled 62 ED now.I like the optics but detest the angled spotter.I just can`t use it in my truck because it sits too high.So I want a straight one only.$800 to $900 is what I can afford to spend.Would even buy used if in good condition.Thanks ahead,OB
Rotate the spotter to eye level. IMHO and experience the angled is the way to go for comfort of use. There is a bit of a learning curve.
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09 March 2015, 19:23
OLBIKERquote:
Originally posted by jwp475:
quote:
Originally posted by OLBIKER:
I have a Minox angled 62 ED now.I like the optics but detest the angled spotter.I just can`t use it in my truck because it sits too high.So I want a straight one only.$800 to $900 is what I can afford to spend.Would even buy used if in good condition.Thanks ahead,OB
Rotate the spotter to eye level. IMHO and experience the angled is the way to go for comfort of use. There is a bit of a learning curve.
That does not work on a Minox as it has no collar to rotate in.It is solid to the mount.
09 March 2015, 19:23
OLBIKERquote:
Originally posted by Dom:
Perhaps just buy the Minox Straight 62 w/o any eyepiece and then just pop in the current eyepiece you're using. Would save you a couple hundred bucks from what you want to spend.
A good idea.Thanks,OB
10 March 2015, 01:17
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by OLBIKER:
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Originally posted by jwp475:
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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
I have a Minox angled 62 ED now.I like the optics but detest the angled spotter.I just can`t use it in my truck because it sits too high.So I want a straight one only.$800 to $900 is what I can afford to spend.Would even buy used if in good condition.Thanks ahead,OB
Rotate the spotter to eye level. IMHO and experience the angled is the way to go for comfort of use. There is a bit of a learning curve.
That does not work on a Minox as it has no collar to rotate in.It is solid to the mount.
That would present a problem for sure.
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A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
10 March 2015, 03:06
carpetman1Go to EBAY and find a 15-60 zoom, Rochester NY made Bausch&Lomb. Heavy and built like a Mac truck, but you mention using it in truck. If you also plan on packing it, look some more. If truck only, you wont beat it. They are clear.
22 April 2015, 04:39
AbbispaA used swarovski would be your best bet. Personally i prefer the angled, but to each their own.
22 April 2015, 14:31
Andre Mertens+1.
André
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