Need bino’s for PRS match.

[The Durk]

Hey guys! Long time lurker, first time poster. I’m going to be doing my first PRS matches next year, and I wanted to know what bino’s would you guys recommend in the $500-1000 range? Any PRS shooters mind shedding some advice on what magnification, field of view, and features do you look for? Thanks!

 

[gr8fuldoug]

May I suggest a tripod mounted Meopta Meostar 12x50? We have one of the older series units, new, for only $899.99. I think this would be perfect

 

[Sheldon N]

I’m going to be doing my first PRS matches next year, and I wanted to know what bino’s would you guys recommend in the $500-1000 range?

If you're all in on PRS and shooting a ton, a set of 12-15x on a high quality tripod are great as a tool for spotting impacts, watching where other shooters are hittig, and watching mirage and wind conditions downrange. Plus some shooters deploy tripods as shooting support in varying forms so the tripod selection is also an important question.

But since you said this is going to be your first match I would lean towards keeping it simple and not going all in on a $1k+ bino/tripod setup. I'd recommend a quality set of 8 or 10x42 that you can use handheld for scouting out where targets are located on a stage. It will be smaller and easier to carry around, less gear to mess around with and distract you as you get a feel for the sport. Plus at a match you'll also get a chance to see a crap ton of tripods and binos etc and look at what you like or don't like. You can always sell them and change over to something else if you feel you need to down the road.

 

[aard3]

Doug@Cameraland posted some really good pricing on Meostar Binos in another thread... I have been very tempted to give him a call.. I think it was the 15X version

 

[Forrest84]

I’ve been using the pig 0311 tripod $125, leophoto 40 ballhead $210 I think and the 12x leupold pro guid $550 and it has been serving me well enough that I havnt bothered looking at any upgrades. The binos have been surprisingly very good most of all

 

[Travis224]

I have a set of Vortex Furies, I love them. Very clear, possibly the clearest I’ve looked thru. I mount this on a tripod and have replaced my spotting scope with them.

 

[CavReconScout]

I bought a Meopta Meostar binocular earlier this year and they are outstanding. Every person who has looked through them has commented on the clarity. I mount them on a Pig Tripod with an Outdoorsman adapter.

 

[aaronk]

You can't beat a set of 10x42 binos for all around use, I just picked up a set of Maven C1's and have been very happy with them.

 

[The Durk]

Thanks for all the help, guys! I really appreciate it.

 

[Unknown]

Don't forget to look at the goodwill auction site. I scored a pair of Steiner 7x50 Military/Marine binoculars with a compass in them for $150.00. It cost me another $50 to send them back to Steiner and have a new compass, compass switch, and battery installed, but with shipping, I'm still into them only ab out $225.00. They also have the mil scale in the right lens, so it is really easy to direct someone to whatever I'm looking at. 264 degrees and 5 mils out can direct someone to whatever I'm looking at if they have a compass and mil scale, or if I just let them look through my binos. The lenses on the ones I got are like new... I think they retail for around $1200-1500.

Goodwill auctions doesn't always have what I want, but it is sure worth checking from time to time.

 

[Vio515]

Look at the Cabelas Intesnity series of binos. Great bang for the buck.

And look for a tripod that has fluid head movement. It makes moving the optic much smoother.

As mentioned above, get a quality set of binos but dont go wild. You will get to see and play with many things in your upcoming matches.