Starting to see some spotting scopes make a comeback at matches? Mainly spotters that have a reticle. Has anyone jumped back to a spotter instead of binos?
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Used a spotter with a reticle and now use binos with a reticle and it’s much nicer to use the binos. I wouldn’t go back to a spotter.
If I didn't already have a a set of Swaro SLCs, I'd buy a pair of Bushnell Match Pros or the Apex Binos with reticle
Having been down this rabbit whole a million times, I can tell you that you'll always be lacking a little. Especially if you only want to use one or the other, binos or spotter.
Either the reticle is garbage or the glass is, or something else. The minox spotter has a great reticle, but terrible glass (not the same as zp5 rifle scope). The vortex reticle is really nice and glass aint bad. But you are stuck with 22x fixed mag. Swaro and Hensoldt reticles are pretty horrible. And binos are limited to 15x and not many with a reticle. I know some are fans of stuff mentioned above, but I'm personally not going to use binos with glass less than a Swaro SLC.
Leupold Mk4 are decent glass and some decent reticles. But far from ideal when you're used to Swaro spotter glass and really good reticles like ZCO.
If somehow swaro could put an adjustable magnification along with an electronic reticle into the BTX....it would be the perfect optic.
Until something like that comes around, I've just made peace that I'm either going to have to use multiple items or know I'm limited when I don't use multiple items.
I've even gone as far as considering pairing my spare Mk5 with my SLC 15x to get the best of both worlds. Not sure I'm going to follow through on that thought.
Having been down this rabbit whole a million times, I can tell you that you'll always be lacking a little. Especially if you only want to use one or the other, binos or spotter.
Either the reticle is garbage or the glass is, or something else. The minox spotter has a great reticle, but terrible glass (not the same as zp5 rifle scope). The vortex reticle is really nice and glass aint bad. But you are stuck with 22x fixed mag. Swaro and Hensoldt reticles are pretty horrible. And binos are limited to 15x and not many with a reticle. I know some are fans of stuff mentioned above, but I'm personally not going to use binos with glass less than a Swaro SLC.
Leupold Mk4 are decent glass and some decent reticles. But far from ideal when you're used to Swaro spotter glass and really good reticles like ZCO.
If somehow swaro could put an adjustable magnification along with an electronic reticle into the BTX....it would be the perfect optic.
Until something like that comes around, I've just made peace that I'm either going to have to use multiple items or know I'm limited when I don't use multiple items.
Have you heard of the new Athlon Midas G2 PRO 12x50 UHD Reticle BinocularI'd love to see someone that can disassemble a bino and etch the reticle.
Have you heard of the new Athlon Midas G2 PRO 12x50 UHD Reticle Binocular
ATBR MIL reticle is designed to assist shooters and spotters in providing shooting corrections as well as the ability to perform milliradian ranging of targets. The .2 mil open-center crosshair provides a fine focal point to center your target. The hashmarks are spaced in .2 mil increments out to 5 mils to provide accurate measurements and correction values.
Nice! Glad to see midrange optics with reticles. I'm spoiled with my Leica's though as far as glass quality.
I never thought of milling prior, but I’ve been only shooting team matches for the last 3-4 years, but my local club is starting a PRs series, so I’ll have to start looking into that.
Now if someone will make some 12 or 15x binos with LF, swaro glass and bushnell price
I’d like to look thru these soon!The Bushnell is also in that midrange price too.
Match Pro ED 15x56 Binoculars | Best Spotting Binoculars With Reticle
Purpose-built for the competitive shooter, the Match Pro ED binoculars are 15x and have an MRAD reticle BridgeSet IPD stabilizer for the long range shooter.www.bushnell.com
Yeah glass is +\- leupold spotter glass. But reticle is great. And glass is good enough for most match use.Either the reticle is garbage or the glass is, or something else. The minox spotter has a great reticle, but terrible glass (
I also grabbed a Bushnell Match Pro bino with the reticle and will be testing that out at the Frostbite match this coming weekend... So we shall see how it goes.