Spotter with wide field of view - adaptable with a bino attachment.

[Bulldog Firearms]

Looking for recommendations on a high end spotter with emphasis on wide field of view capable of accepting a bino attachment. Reticle would be nice too.

Tired of being at matches and being able to only see 2-3 pieces of steel.

What's out there that's great?

 

[flyer]

I'm upgrading my spotter with a binoviewer, rings and an MRO finder:

I'm not sure how wide angle it is and magnification is hard to calculate due to the Barlow but I'm thinking about getting some 20mm focal length eyepieces with 70° apparent field of view which will hopefully work well at 1,000 yards+.

The rings still need some work to fit and an ARCA rail instead of Vixen.

This on a gimbal mount (Whimberly copy) is a nice low fatigue setup that is easy to balance and aim.

A couple notes: you need an erecting prism or else your images will be a combination of flipped and/or reversed and I can't tell you where to get a scope like mine. It's a 90mm Maksutov Cassegrain with 500mm focal length, Chinese, sold under several brands but only available used now as far as I know. Other Maksutov Cassegrain scopes are available but most with much longer focal lengths and longer tubes (less portable). My binoviewer is an Arcturus, I'm using the 1.85x Barlow and I also got a Lacerta T2 hybrid erecting prism for it (not shown, highly recommended). The rings are Explore Scientific brand made for a 102mm refractor but fit my scope perfect after removing the felt padding that was lining the rings (the adhesive removal sucked).

 

[SporterII]

Pentax 20 XW on my 80 ED makes 25x and 150'@ 1000yds. Awesome view.

 

[RTH1800]

FOV is largely determined by power. Might consider a variable spotter.

 

[bwahl]

FOV is largely determined by power. Might consider a variable spotter.

This is true...but we're seeing manufacturers shrink the mag range and this allows the field of view to increase a bit at equivalent mag.

If you look through an old ATS swaro they are 20-60x and the new ATX/stx is 25-60x for the 65mm and 85mm. Vortex follow up with the razor in a 27-60x VS the 20-60x of old. Bigger FOV, less... tunneling... I guess would be an okay word to use.

 

[Bulldog Firearms]

Appreciate all the info. Makes sense that power range would significantly affect field of view.