Thread: Does a spotting scope need a reticle to be useful for long range shooting?

Originally Posted by Musik

Great question mate. Like most everyone else is saying. Any spotting scope is great to get eyes down range on a target. Unknown distance targets can get tricky and a scope with mil dots make for easy adjustments. Not necessary but it just depends on the shooter / spotter.

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these are crap shots , as I find getting any pics looking thru scopes or spotters with a hand held camera , very difficult , also the pics do not do justice to the glass , but it gives you an idea what it looks like

Originally Posted by ChrisF

these are crap shots , as I find getting any pics looking thru scopes or spotters with a hand held camera , very difficult , also the pics do not do justice to the glass , but it gives you an idea what it looks like

You'd hope the glass is good for the price of that one day I'll get one.....

Donot get the Spotter60 , get the lower power Spotter45 , thats what I would advise of the two , when I ordered my60 , the 45 was not made , now that it is , I feel the 45 would be better in field use

Another reason FOR having a reticle in a Spotter , is for making measurements & adjustment of a zero , with out having to walk to the target & measure with a ruler .
Just did that today , with a realitively low power , fixed 10x40 MST-100 scope today , I knew that FFP scopes of 15x or more where very handy at 100m when doing a zero , BUT the higher power spotter with reticle is even more handy , dosnt matter , what scope adjustments are , you can always do a quick conversion , or approx it .
So if you have terrain that is tricky or a bit of a pain , the reticle comes in real handy , making less trips up to the target area .

Had a shot at 200yds , and saw the shot 1 full mil left , so just cranked on 3.5 moa on windage & its done .

Later Chris