I hate the wind, even with a good tripod it sucks. paying for this hobbie is starting to sound like a second job is needed!!Originally Posted by 358mag
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I hate the wind, even with a good tripod it sucks. paying for this hobbie is starting to sound like a second job is needed!!
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Your just going to have to work smarter not harder ... ..
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I hear you!!Your just going to have to work smarter not harder ... ..
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Re: Spotting scope recommendations
Yeah it was a huge step ,have a great pair of Zeiss bino's and really could not justify that much on a spotting scope ,this seems to be pretty nicely finished and was out at looking at Brant today, great optics ,and did get a good tripod although not the 999.99 one they had ,my goat hunting days are behind me ,now just gotta make sure that 6th tine is there....
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Where the heck did you find that. In the market for one myself. A lot of the reviews in the bird watching and long range forums are saying the Gold Ring 12-40x60 HD stacks up pretty well against Swaro/Zeiss/Leica. Tempted to pull the trigger soon but I've got a few months before it's really necessary.
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T.R.
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IIRC the leupold's usually go on sale in the spring. It is very good glass for the price.
Will keep my eyes out for a deal on one of the 'big three'. They're always out there - local guy who had upgraded to the new swaro.
Kowa stuff is not to be over-looked. Buddy bought one from Hermit and it worked well - FOV wasn't as large but definitely good glass. No problems picking out three legals in the band of five.
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Mandela
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More or less the objective for me. Have seen some good reviews about Kowa. Tough to beat the size of the GR and the more I read the more I'm impressed.
What you do for yourself dies with you. What you do for others lives long after you're gone.
T.R.
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Spotting.html
I see the Kowa as having a 66mm objective compared to the 60mm of the Leupold and still being lighter and they say smaller but I find that hard to believe. The TSN-664 with the 30WA eye piece is a good bang for the buck. Is that the price for the 12-40x60mm HD Leupold?? Seems expensive.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Spotting.html
Last edited by pescado; 02-10-2014 at 10:30 AM.
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I just bought a Vortex Razor HD and I'm extremely impressed. For the price I could hardly pass it up. I compared them with both Zeiss and Swarovski scopes, and they held their own! I am definitely one of those that would buy good the first time and not cheap out, all of the rest of my optics are Swarovski and I feel this new spotter is right there. I'm extremely impressed I have to say.
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